- Bookham, New South Wales
Infobox Australian Place | type = town
name = Bookham
state = nsw
caption = Entering Bookham
lga =Yass Valley Council
postcode = 2582
coordinates = coord|34|47|21|S|148|38|16|E |scale:100000_region:AU-NSW |display=title,inline
pop = 355 (within 7 km radius) [ [http://www.fallingrain.com/world/AS/2/Bookham.html www.fallingrain.com/world/AS/2/Bookham] ]
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elevation= 607
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county = Harden
stategov = Burrinjuck
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dist1 = 308
location1= Sydney
dist2 = 149
location2= Wagga Wagga
dist3 = 29
location3= Jugiong
dist4 = 20
location4= Bowning [ [http://www.travelmate.com.au/MapMaker/MapMaker.asp Travelmate] ]Bookham is a small village in the
Southern Tablelands of theRiverina Region ofNew South Wales ,Australia and is a part of the Yass Valley Shire. It is about 29 km west of Yass on theHume Highway . It has a population of about 100.The general grazing area which now encompasses the village of Bookham was originally collectively called "Bogolong" and childhood memories of the races at "Bogalong Racetrack" inspired
Banjo Paterson to write his poem "Old Pardon the Son of Reprieve". [ [http://www.touristaustralia.com.au/destinations/newsouthwales/destination.asp?product_id=9051289 Tourism Australia Bookham & Banjo Patterson] ]The name change came about in 1839 when Lady Jane Franklin — wife of
John Franklin , Lieut-Governor of Van Diemen's Land between 1837 and 1843, became the first woman European woman to travel overland fromPort Phillip to Sydney and stayed in the area in 1839. [ [http://www.abc.net.au/tasmania/stories/s1195837.htm ABC Tasmanian Stories] ]Shortly after a design for the village at "Cumbookambookinah" near Bogolong was drawn up and that name was shortened either through general usage or by design to the current name of Bookham. [ [http://www.gnb.nsw.gov.au/name_search/extract?id=KWYbwpqb Geographical Names Board of NSW] ]
There are two churches: the Uniting Church ("c." 1926) and the Catholic Church, St Columbas, ("c." 1910) still standing in the town. [ [http://www.touristaustralia.com.au/destinations/newsouthwales/destination.asp?product_id=9051289 Tourism Australia Bookham Churches] ]
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