Temora, New South Wales
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Temora is a town located in north east part of the Riverina
area of New South Wales
, 418 kilometres (259.7 mi) south-west of the state capital, Sydney
. At the 2006 census
the population of Temora was 4,086.
A railway line came to Temora in 1897. In the early twentieth century, Temora was among a number of places in New South Wales settled
by people of German origin
.
and sheep. It has the second largest honey producer in Australia.
Aviation is well represented with the Temora Aero Club located at Temora Airport
. The Aero Club caters for GA, RAA and Gliding flying and instruction.
Skydive Temora also operates at the airport providing Tandem Skydives as well as solo and advanced skydiving training courses.
The town is also the location for the Temora Aviation Museum
, which has a large range of aircraft, including Australia's only two flying Spitfires
. The town also has a rural museum.
Temora has been reported as being the friendliest town in New South Wales, following a series of mentions in the Sydney Morning Herald's Column 8, which organised a bus trip to the town for Sydney readers in 2005.
Temora High School is a comprehensive high school located in a rural setting. It was established in 1952. Temora High School has an outstanding record of achievement both academic and sporting, consistently achieving some of the best HSC results in the Riverina. In 2003 Temora High School was awarded a Director-General’s Excellence Award for Senior School Achievement and Support.
Riverina
The Riverina is an agricultural region of south-western New South Wales , Australia. The Riverina is distinguished from other Australian regions by the combination of flat plains, warm to hot climate and an ample supply of water for irrigation. This combination has allowed the Riverina to develop...
area of New South Wales
New South Wales
New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...
, 418 kilometres (259.7 mi) south-west of the state capital, Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
. At the 2006 census
Census in Australia
The Australian census is administered once every five years by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The most recent census was conducted on 9 August 2011; the next will be conducted in 2016. Prior to the introduction of regular censuses in 1961, they had also been run in 1901, 1911, 1921, 1933,...
the population of Temora was 4,086.
History
Temora started as a pastoral station in 1847. Gold was discovered later in the area, and a small village established. Temora Post Office opened on 1 February 1874 and was renamed West Temora in 1880 on the same day an existing East Temora office was renamed Temora.A railway line came to Temora in 1897. In the early twentieth century, Temora was among a number of places in New South Wales settled
German settlement in Australia
German settlement in Australia began in large numbers in 1838, with the arrival of immigrants from Prussia to Adelaide, South Australia. German immigrants became prominent in settling South Australia and Queensland...
by people of German origin
German settlements in the Riverina
In Australia, a number of German settlements in the Riverina were established in the late nineteenth century. The settlements were populated by Germans migrating both from established German settlements in South Australia and directly from Germany...
.
Temora today
The Temora area has a variety of agricultural and farming industries including wheat and canolaCanola
Canola refers to a cultivar of either Rapeseed or Field Mustard . Its seeds are used to produce edible oil suitable for consumption by humans and livestock. The oil is also suitable for use as biodiesel.Originally, Canola was bred naturally from rapeseed in Canada by Keith Downey and Baldur R...
and sheep. It has the second largest honey producer in Australia.
Aviation is well represented with the Temora Aero Club located at Temora Airport
Temora Airport
Temora Airport is a small airport in Temora, New South Wales, Australia.-History:The airport was extended during World War II by the Royal Australian Air Force as No. 10 Elementary Flying Training School for a training school providing initial flight training for pilot graduates flying de...
. The Aero Club caters for GA, RAA and Gliding flying and instruction.
Skydive Temora also operates at the airport providing Tandem Skydives as well as solo and advanced skydiving training courses.
The town is also the location for the Temora Aviation Museum
Temora Aviation Museum
The Temora Aviation Museum is an Australian aerospace museum located in Temora, New South Wales. The Museum was established in late 1999, based on the collection of warbird aircraft owned by David Lowy...
, which has a large range of aircraft, including Australia's only two flying Spitfires
Supermarine Spitfire
The Supermarine Spitfire is a British single-seat fighter aircraft that was used by the Royal Air Force and many other Allied countries throughout the Second World War. The Spitfire continued to be used as a front line fighter and in secondary roles into the 1950s...
. The town also has a rural museum.
Temora has been reported as being the friendliest town in New South Wales, following a series of mentions in the Sydney Morning Herald's Column 8, which organised a bus trip to the town for Sydney readers in 2005.
Temora High School is a comprehensive high school located in a rural setting. It was established in 1952. Temora High School has an outstanding record of achievement both academic and sporting, consistently achieving some of the best HSC results in the Riverina. In 2003 Temora High School was awarded a Director-General’s Excellence Award for Senior School Achievement and Support.
Notable people
- Trent BarrettTrent BarrettTrent Barrett is an Australian retired professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s...
, Former National Rugby LeagueNational Rugby LeagueThe National Rugby League is the top league of professional rugby league football clubs in Australasia. The NRL's main competition, called the Telstra Premiership , is contested by sixteen teams, fifteen of which are based in Australia with one based in New Zealand...
footballer for the St George Dragons and Cronulla SharksCronulla SharksThe Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks are Australian professional Rugby league team based in Cronulla, in the Sutherland Shire, Southern Sydney, New South Wales...
. - Brett FirmanBrett FirmanBrett Firman is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 2000s. He now plays for the Helensburgh Tigers of the Illawarra Rugby League. He previously played in the National Rugby League, primarily in the halves, for the St. George Illawarra Dragons, Sydney Roosters, North...
, National Rugby League footballer. - Todd PaytenTodd PaytenTodd Payten is an Australian professional rugby league footballer for the Wests Tigers in the National Rugby League competition. He previously played for the Sydney Roosters and the Canberra Raiders, and played junior football with the Temora Dragons...
, National Rugby League footballer, currently playing for Wests TigersWests TigersThe Wests Tigers are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Sydney's mid-western suburbs. They have competed in the National Rugby League since they were formed at the end of the 1999 season as a joint-venture club between the Balmain Tigers and the Western Suburbs...
. - Josh McCroneJosh McCroneJosh McCrone is an Australian rugby league player for the Canberra Raiders in the National Rugby League. He currently plays as a five eighth but can also play halfback.-Early and personal life:...
, National Rugby League footballer, currently playing for the Canberra RaidersCanberra RaidersThe Canberra Raiders are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the national capital city of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. They have competed in Australasia's elite rugby league competition, the National Rugby League premiership since 1982...
. - Ryan HinchcliffeRyan HinchcliffeRyan Hinchcliffe is an Australian professional rugby league footballer for the Melbourne Storm of the NRL. Hinchliffe began his NRL career at Parramatta. He previously played for the Canberra Raiders before moving to the Storm, with whom he won the 2009 NRL Premiership.Ryan Hinchcliffe is a hooker...
, National Rugby League footballer, currently playing for the Melbourne StormMelbourne StormThe Melbourne Storm are an Australian professional rugby league club based in the city of Melbourne. They are the first fully professional rugby league team based in the Australian rules football-dominated state of Victoria....
. - Raymond HoganRaymond HoganRaymond Patrick Hogan was an Australian cricketer. Hogan was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born at Temora, New South Wales....
, a cricketer who played first-class cricket in England for NorthamptonshireNorthamptonshire County Cricket ClubNorthamptonshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Northamptonshire. Its limited overs team is called the Northants Steelbacks. The traditional club colour is Maroon. During the...
. - Steve ReardonSteve ReardonSteve Reardon born 5 August 1971 in Temora, New South Wales, Australia is a former rugby league player. He played for the Canterbury Bulldogs as a second-row and lock. He played from the interchange bench for the Canterbury Bulldogs in their loss at the 1998 NRL grand final to the Brisbane...
, Former National Rugby League footballer for the Canterbury Bullldogs. - Brad Kahlefeldt World champion triathlete
- Cate ShortlandCate ShortlandCate Shortland is an Australian writer and director of film and television.She was born 10 August 1968 in Temora, New South Wales. She graduated from the Australian Film Television and Radio School, where she received the Southern Star Award for most promising student.She has created several award...
is an Australian writer and director of film and television. - Mark KerryMark KerryMarcus "Mark" Anthony Kerry is a former Australian backstroke and freestyle swimmer of the 1970s and 1980s, who won three Olympic medals, including a gold in the 4 × 100 m medley relay at the 1980 Moscow Olympics as the backstroker for the Quietly Confident Quartet...
, Olympic gold medal swimmer, member of the "Quietly Confident QuartetQuietly Confident QuartetThe Quietly Confident Quartet was the self-given name of the Australian men's 4 × 100 m medley relay swimming team that won the gold medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow...
". - Archer DennessArcher DennessMajor Archer Paterson Denness MC, was an Australian Army officer who served during the Second World War and the Korean War.-Personal life:...
, an Australian Army officer who won the Military CrossMilitary CrossThe Military Cross is the third-level military decoration awarded to officers and other ranks of the British Armed Forces; and formerly also to officers of other Commonwealth countries....
at the Battle of YongjuBattle of YongjuThe Battle of Yongju , also known as the Battle of the Apple Orchard, took place as part of the United Nations offensive towards the Yalu River, against the North Korean forces which had invaded South Korea during the Korean War...
in 1950, during the Korean WarKorean WarThe Korean War was a conventional war between South Korea, supported by the United Nations, and North Korea, supported by the People's Republic of China , with military material aid from the Soviet Union...
. - Scott Reardon World champion waterskier
- Luke BreustLuke BreustLuke Breust is an Australian rules footballer who currently plays for Hawthorn in the Australian Football League ....
, Australian Football League footballer, currently playing for HawthornHawthorn Football ClubThe Hawthorn Football Club, nicknamed the Hawks, is a professional Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League . The club, founded in 1902, is the youngest of the Victorian-based teams in the AFL. The team play in Brown & Gold vertically striped guernseys...
. - Hon. Roddy Meagher QC, Former NSW Judge of Appeal