Cookardinia, New South Wales

Cookardinia New South Wales
Entering Cookardinia
Cookardinia
Population:	283
Postcode:	2650
Coordinates:	35°34′0″S 147°13′0″E / 35.566667°S 147.216667°E / -35.566667; 147.216667Coordinates: 35°34′0″S 147°13′0″E / 35.566667°S 147.216667°E / -35.566667; 147.216667
Location:	503 km (313 mi) from Sydney 57 km (35 mi) from Wagga Wagga 27 km (17 mi) from Holbrook 24 km (15 mi) from Henty [1]
LGA:	Greater Hume Shire Council
County:	Goulburn
State District:	Albury
Federal Division:	Farrer

Cookardinia is a small and almost non-existent village 24km east of Henty. Its surrounding area has an approximate population of 283 persons. ^[2]

The place name Cookardinia is derived from the local Aboriginal word meaning "the place of the giant kingfisher" - probably a reference to the Kookaburra and hence the phonetic similarity of the start of each word.^[3]

Only several small buildings remain, including the old 'Buckaringa' woolshed on the Cookardinia - Henty road and the Memorial Hall built in 1925.

Squatter's Arms Inn

On the intersection of the Henty, Culcairn and Holbrook roads can be seen the (rapidly deteriorating) ruins of the Squatter's Arms Inn which was built in 1848.

The Squatter's Arms Inn closed its doors to official trading in 1925 but then was briefly restored internally when it featured in the 1976 filming of Mad Dog Morgan, starring Dennis Hopper. ^{[4] [5]}

Cookardinia Post Office opened on 1 December 1873 and closed in 1976. ^[6]

References

1. ^ Travelmate
2. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (9 March 2006). "1161205 (Census Collection District)". 2001 Census QuickStats. http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/LocationSearch?collection=Census&period=2001&areacode=1161205&producttype=QuickStats&breadcrumb=PL&action=401. Retrieved 2007-06-30.  Map
3. ^ Geographical Names Board
4. ^ "Travel - Henty". Sydney Morning Herald. 2004-02-08. http://www.smh.com.au/news/New-South-Wales/Henty/2005/02/17/1108500193758.html. Retrieved 2007-01-04. 
5. ^ Mad Dog Morgan Movie (1976)
6. ^ Premier Postal History. "Post Office List". https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=NSW&country=. Retrieved 2009-06-11.