Everything about Nyngan totally explained
Nyngan is a town in north-western
New South Wales,
Australia, in the
Bogan Shire Local Government Area. At the 2001
census, Nyngan had a population of 2,065.
Nyngan is located between
Narromine and
Bourke, on the junction of the
Mitchell Highway and
Barrier Highway, 583 km north-west of
Sydney. The Barrier Highway starts at Nyngan, and runs west to
Cobar.
It is on the
Main Western railway line, New South Wales but is no longer served by
passenger trains.
History
Major Thomas Mitchell was the first European explorer to visit this area in 1835. He described it as a 'long pond with many birds, ducks and brolgas'.
The major town in the area wasn't Nyngan but Canonba, 30km to the north. However, when the
Western Railway line was built, it didn't pass through Canonba but Nyngan and so most of people of Canonba moved to Nyngan.
The Nyngan Floods
In April 1990, unusually heavy rains caused major flooding in the town, despite a massive effort by local people to build levee walls using sandbags. With the town almost completely flooded, all the residents had to be evacuated by helicopter from the railway station,
the highest point of the town, which wasn't flooded. Army helicopters, TV news helicopters and private helicopters all cooperated in the airlift.
The airlift is commemorated by an Army
helicopter placed outside of the Nyngan Railway Stations.
Ironically, the flood damage to railway tracks provided the justification to withdraw
passenger railway services to Nyngan and the railway station is now a museum.
Gallery
Image:Nyngan-Court-House.JPG|Court house, Nyngan
Image:Nyngan-Railway-Station.JPG|Railway station (now museum), Nyngan
Image:Nyngan-helicopter.JPG|Helicopter commemorating the airlift during the 1990 floods
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