Cooma, Administrative center in Snowy Monaro Region, Australia.
The town of Cooma extends across the eastern slopes of the Great Dividing Range, functioning as the primary service point for the Snowy Mountains region.
During the 1950s, Cooma underwent substantial growth as the operational base for the Snowy Mountains Hydroelectric Scheme, which brought workers from numerous countries.
The Snowy Scheme Museum in Cooma displays artifacts and documents from the engineering project that shaped Australian multicultural development through migrant workers.
Visitors access Cooma through regular coach services from Sydney and Canberra, with the town providing essential services for travelers heading to alpine destinations.
The Southern Cloud Memorial in Cooma commemorates Australia's first major civil aviation disaster, marking the 1931 disappearance of an aircraft in the Snowy Mountains.
Location: New South Wales
Location: Snowy Monaro Regional Council
Location: Cooma
Elevation above the sea: 796 m
Part of: Snowy Mountains
Shares border with: Coolringdon, Dairymans Plains, The Brothers, Bunyan, Middle Flat, Polo Flat, Binjura, Rock Flat, Pine Valley
GPS coordinates: -36.23167,149.11778
Latest update: May 27, 2025 07:05
Snowy Mountains Scheme
48.2 km
Kosciuszko National Park
75.1 km
Honeysuckle Creek Tracking Station
73.3 km
Namadgi National Park
73.3 km
Bimberi Peak
70.2 km
Seaman's Hut
78.7 km
Mount Twynam
74.2 km
Orroral Valley Tracking Station
68.7 km
Deua National Park
70.7 km
Big Trout
40.4 km
Cooma Monaro Railway
1.7 km
Wadbilliga National Park
47 km
Guthega Dam
69.2 km
Snowy Scheme Museum
40.3 km
Kiandra Courthouse
68.7 km
Rock Flat Creek
13.6 km
Bredbo River railway bridge, Bredbo
28.9 km
Rock Bolting Development Site
1.1 km
Bredbo River railway bridge
28.9 km
Royal Hotel, Cooma
706 m
Crankies Plain Bridge
75.4 km
Ingalara Creek railway bridge, Michelago
46.3 km
Transfiguration Monastery
77 km
Tantangara Reservoir
66 km
Lake Jindabyne
48.9 km
The Corrective Services NSW Museum
502 m
Mount Kosciuszko summit walk
78.9 km
Cooma Library
842 mReviews
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