Bomen
Wagga Wagga, New South Wales
Aerial view of Bomen in December 2021
Bomen is located in New South Wales
Bomen
Bomen
Coordinates35°04.5′S 147°25′E / 35.0750°S 147.417°E / -35.0750; 147.417
Population40 (SAL 2021)[1]
LGA(s)City of Wagga Wagga
CountyClarendon
ParishNorth Wagga Wagga
State electorate(s)Wagga Wagga
Federal division(s)Riverina
Suburbs around Bomen:
Cartwrights Hill Bomen Eunanoreenya
North Wagga Wagga Gumly Gumly Eunanoreenya

Bomen is a northern suburb of Wagga Wagga in southern New South Wales, Australia. The suburb is dominated by industrial enterprises including Cargill Beef, Watties, the Wagga Wagga Livestock Marketing Centre (saleyards). The suburb is also home to Wagga Wagga's secondary (and original) railway station on the Main Southern line, when the line waited for the construction of a bridge over the Murrumbidgee River. New streets in Bomen are to be named after sheep and cattle breeds.[2]

Heritage listings

Bomen has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

Industry

Major industries located within Bomen are located within the Bomen Business Park which include Cargill Foods Australia, Heinz-Watties factory, BOC Gas plant and Austrak concrete sleeper plant.[4] Bomen is the site of the proposed Riverina Intermodal Freight & Logistics Hub.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Bomen (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. 
  2. ↑ Wagga Wagga City Council (2009). Planning Standing Committee May Business Paper (PDF). p. 21. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 April 2012. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
  3. ↑ "Bomen Railway Station". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Department of Planning & Environment. H01093. Retrieved 18 May 2018. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC-BY 4.0 licence.
  4. ↑ "Bomen Business Park". Wagga Wagga City Council. Business Wagga Wagga. Archived from the original on 18 July 2008. Retrieved 26 January 2009.
  5. ↑ Riverina Intermodal Freight & Logistics Hub Archived 19 February 2017 at the Wayback Machine City of Wagga Wagga


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