Brindabella, New South Wales facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Brindabella New South Wales
Aerial view of Brindabella Valley from east
Brindabella Location in New South Wales
Population	22 (2016 census)
Postcode(s)	2611
LGA(s)	Snowy Valleys Council Yass Valley Council
County	Buccleuch Cowley
Parish	Bramina Brindibella Clive Coree Cromwell
State electorate(s)	Goulburn
Federal Division(s)	Eden-Monaro
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Brindabella is a locality in south-east New South Wales, Australia, mainly in the area of Snowy Valleys Council and partly in Yass Valley Council. It is reached by the Brindabella Road from the Australian Capital Territory over the Brindabella Ranges. It is significant as the early home of Miles Franklin, who wrote a well known book called Childhood at Brindabella. It had a population of 22 at the 2016 census, who live in the Brindabella Valley. The locality also includes a large unpopulated area consisting of parts of the Brindabella National Park, the Kosciuszko National Park and the Bimberi Nature Reserve and of state forests.

Goodradigbee River in Brindabella

The Goodradigbee River flows north through the valley. A major farm in the valley is Brindabella Station.

History

The place was named by Indigenous Australians as Brindabella, meaning "two kangaroo rats". The area was considered as an outstation of Yarralumla station. Joseph Franklin and his family settled in the Brindabella Valley in 1861 and Thomas Franklin built the first homestead.