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Nowra is a city in the South Coast region of New South Wales, Australia. Located SSW and about by road south of the state capital of Sydney, With its twin-town of Bomaderry, Nowra had an estimated population of 35,383〔 Estimated resident population (ERP) at 30 June 2010.〕 as at June 2014. It is also the seat and commercial centre of the City of Shoalhaven. Geologically, the city is situated in the southern reaches of the Sydney basin. 〔http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/image/0007/96847/20758.gif〕 The region around Nowra is a farming community, sustaining a thriving dairy industry〔 and a number of State forests, but is also increasingly a retirement and leisure area for Canberra and Sydney. The naval air station HMAS ''Albatross'' is located about south-west of Nowra. The name Nowra, originally written by Europeans as 'nou-woo-ro' (pronounced Nowa Nowa by the Aborigines of the area), is an Aboriginal word for ''black cockatoo''.〔"(Travel: Nowra )", ''Sydney Morning Herald'', 8 February 2004. Retrieved on 26 April 2007.〕 ==History== The Nowra region, south of Bomaderry Creek was inhabited by the Wodi-Wodi tribe of the Yuin nation while north of Bomaderry Creek was inhabited by the Dharawal Aboriginal people prior to European arrival. Around 1824, ex-convict Mary Reibey applied for a land grant in the Burrier area, on the southern side of the Shoalhaven River. The Nowra township was officially recognised in 1852. Less than ten years later, in 1861, a postal service was established. Also in that year, the racehorse 'Archer', trained in Nowra by Etienne de Mestre, won the first Melbourne Cup. By 1885, Nowra was declared a town.〔"(Nowra Police Station )". ''NSW Police Regions and History''. Retrieved on 29 April 2008〕 A major landmark in the area is the house Bundanon, which began as a single-storey weatherboard structure built about 1840. In 1866, a two-storey sandstone house, made of locally quarried stone, was built immediately in front of the weatherboard house. The sandstone house features timber verandahs and is now listed on the Register of the National Estate.〔The Heritage of Australia, Macmillan Company, 1981, p.2/162〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nowra, New South Wales」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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