Tooraweenah, New South Wales

Tooraweenah is a village in the Australian state of New South Wales. It lies in a valley on the western side of the Warrumbungles mountain range, between the cities of Gilgandra and Coonabarabran in the southwest to the northeast, and is part of the administrative area of ​​Gilgandra Shire. Today, some 240 inhabitants in Tooraweenah and the surrounding area.

History

1837 a 16,000 acre tract of territory by the squatter Andrew Brown was repossessed. 1841 opened a first shop and a small village began to grow. Through the Land Settlement Act of 1861, the population of the area was further promoted. In 1884 a school was opened, followed by a hotel in 1886.

1916 represent 23 men of Tooraweenah on a march in the city Bathurst, the oldest inland settlement in Australia to recruit men for the military service in the First World War. Today, a monument commemorates those known as Kookaburra March become march.

In 1931, Cecil Arthur Butler landed after his direct flight from London to Australia with his plane near Tooraweenah. 1938 Butler returned and established an airmail and passenger service, the Charleville with Sydney union, with stops in Cunnamulla, Bourke, Coonamble and Tooraweenah.