Warrimoo, New South Wales

Infobox Australian Place | type = suburb
name = Warrimoo
city = Sydney
state = NSW


caption =
lga = City of Blue Mountains
postcode = 2774
est =
pop = 2,285 (2006)
area =
propval =
stategov =
fedgov = Macquarie
near-nw = Valley Heights
near-n = Valley Heights
near-ne = Hawkesbury Heights
near-w = Valley Heights
near-e = Mount Riverview
near-sw =
near-s = Blaxland
near-se = Mount Riverview
dist1 = 75
dir1 = west
location1= Sydney CBD

Warrimoo is a small village in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales, Australia. Warrimoo is located 75 kilometres west of Sydney, in the local government area of the City of Blue Mountains.

Warrimoo (elevation: 273 metres) borders the townships/suburbs of Blaxland, Mount Riverview, Sun Valley and Valley Heights.

The village is serviced by a small public school, a railway station and several shops including a post office. Warrimoo has a few escarpments and views that are quite untapped by tourism due to the size of the suburb and the "tucked away" nature of the bush trails where the lookouts are placed.

History

Warrimoo is an Aboriginal word meaning "eagle" ["Origin of Blue Mountains Town Names" [http://www.bmcc.nsw.gov.au Blue Mountains City Council] ] .

In 1898, a railway station platform named Karabah was built in the area to service a developing estate, possibly sharing the same name. It had closed before World War 1, but in 1918 a new station was built, not much further down the Blue Mountains line, named Warrimoo. This station burnt down in a bushfire in the 1950s and was subsequently rebuilt. Warrimoo came to national prominence during the devastating Black Christmas bushfires of 2001 that destroyed seven houses in Cross Street.

Transport

Warrimoo railway station is on the Blue Mountains Line of the CityRail intercity network.

Culture

The village slogan "Blinky Bill Territory" is in honour of author and illustrator Dorothy Wall, creator of the popular children's character Blinky Bill, who lived in Warrimoo between 1934 and 1937 [http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A120406b.htm "Australian Dictionary of Biography - Dorothy Wall"] .

Population

The 2006 census put the population of Warrimoo at 2285.There are 862 private dwellings situated in Warrimoo (2006 Census)

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