Nimmitabel

Nimmitabel (postcode: 2631) is a small town in the Monaro region in southeast New South Wales, Australia, in the Cooma-Monaro Shire Local government area. At the 2006 census, Nimmitabel had a population of 237 people.

The town is 37 kilometres south of Cooma and 75 km west of Bega. Nimmitabel is located on the highway which from Cooma to about 10 km south of Nimmitabel is both the Snowy Mountains Highway (HWY 23) and the Monaro Highway (HWY 18).

It is on the southern end of the Great Dividing Range, at the west of the Monaro Range, and lies 20 km west of the Wadbilliga National Park.

Nimmitabel means the place where many waters start or divide in the local Aboriginal language. Many various spellings were adopted for the town, including: Nimmitybelle, Nimithybale, Nimitybell, Nimity Belle and Nimmitabel.

Timeline

 * 1840 Locals started calling the village Nimoitebool
 * 1845 Appears on Townsend's map as Nimmitabel
 * 1858 Church was built
 * 1857 Renewal of license for hotel
 * 1858 Post office arrives
 * 1861 Bell's Store
 * 1863 Separate Courthouse built
 * 1865 Geldmacher builds windmill
 * 1866 Cameron's Store opens
 * 1912 Railroad arrives
 * 1921 Area's first saw-mill opens

Trivia
Part of the movie, The Sundowners was filmed in Nimmitabel in 1959.The daughter of a local grazier also trained the ducks for the film "Babe".