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by crossing the
Murrumbidgee near Bredbo and travelling north west through rough country before getting to open plains. The Statistical Returns of 1831 listed J Slake (probably Blake) as holding the Yayak (Yaouk) station and the Brayshaws settled in the Bobeyan Valley during the 1840s. Archibald Crawford bought the Yaouk run in partnership with Lachlan Cochrane, but Crawford had to retire from the partnership in 1864. The property is still owned by the Cochrane family. For many years, the district relied primarily on the town of Adaminaby for supplies and services. The poet
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first telephone in the area, in 1918. The community hall was built in 1946 on land donated by the Luton family. For many years the mail was delivered once each week - the mailman came and stayed the weekend, returning to Cooma on Monday with mail and wood or wool. Many stories of the early families and properties in
Shannons Flat and southern Namadgi are included in the book
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While
Shannons Flat never grew into a village, a school was opened in 1906; it was a one-teacher school with a residence, with as many as 14 students at one time. The school operated until 1965 and a few years later the building was transferred to Peak View. The Bell family of Shannons Flat had the
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and is mostly between 1,000 and 1,400 metres (3,300 and 4,600 ft) above sea-level, so usually receives several snowfalls every year. Significant geographic features include Mt
Roberts (1,450 metres (4,760 ft) with sweeping views across the Monaro), and Alum Creek and Jones Creek which both
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A small school (called Alum Creek School) operated from July 1887 to August 1897. The
Shannons Flat/Yaouk area was initially isolated from the general spread of early settlement which came through Bredbo and Bunyan and moved further south. The original squatters to Yaouk were more likely to arrive
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ski resort, but is usually avoided by tourists due to the usually poor condition of the gravel sections of the road. Other local roads include Jones Plain Road, Callemondah Road and
Wrights Hill Road.
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Agriculture is primarily sheep and cattle grazing. A potential wind farm development by CBD Energy
Limited is currently in hiatus. This generated national media attention in 2009 when
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who lived in the region in the 1880s based some of his poems on places and events in the area.
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Two major roads run through the area. The
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143:308 km (191 mi) S of
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155:40 km (25 mi) NW of
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680:Snowy Monaro Regional Council
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546:"Namadgi National Park"
407:Memories Before Namadgi
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100:35.93333°S 148.95000°E
683:local government area
564:"NSW schools listing"
291:Namadgi National Park
285:. The town is in the
273:is a locality in the
105:-35.93333; 148.95000
190:Federal division(s)
178:State electorate(s)
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769:Coolringdon
724:Billilingra
330:2016 census
311:Billilingra
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250:Murrumbucca
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78:Coordinates
960:Categories
874:Tantangara
834:Nimmitabel
719:Bibbenluke
605:0957709501
439:References
277:region of
116:Population
91:148°57′0″E
859:Rock Flat
839:Numeralla
829:Michelago
814:Jindabyne
804:Eucumbene
799:Dry Plain
789:Dangelong
739:Bumbalong
714:Berridale
694:Adaminaby
530:16 August
503:16 August
433:Adaminaby
374:Adaminaby
366:Adaminaby
336:Geography
283:Australia
245:Dry Plain
119:78 (
88:35°56′0″S
884:Wambrook
879:Tinderry
809:Jerangle
794:Delegate
764:Colinton
754:Cathcart
624:ABC News
413:Industry
376:and the
370:Canberra
319:Canberra
297:and the
223:Colinton
151:Canberra
138:Location
935:Thredbo
920:Kiandra
915:Guthega
819:Jingera
784:Dalgety
759:Chakola
729:Bombala
391:Kiandra
385:History
351:geology
328:At the
293:in the
744:Bunyan
734:Bredbo
704:Anembo
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469:6 July
362:Tharwa
349:. The
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307:Bredbo
275:Monaro
238:Bredbo
230:Bolaro
183:Monaro
166:LGA(s)
145:Sydney
894:Yaouk
774:Cooma
749:Burra
567:(PDF)
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358:Cooma
323:Cooma
303:Yaouk
213:Yaouk
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