Coolac, New South Wales

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Coolac is a village in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia in Gundagai Shire. Inches redirects here To see the Les Savy Fav album see Inches. The Riverina is an agricultural region of south-western New South Wales (NSW Australia For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Gundagai Shire is a local government area in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia, on the Hume Highway. It has a population within a 7 kilometre radius of approximately 187 people. ^[2]

The place name Coolac is derived from the local Aboriginal name for a plant which was abundant in the area and also from the Aboriginal word meaning "native bear". Indigenous Australians are descendants of the first known human inhabitants of the Australian continent and its nearby islands. ^[3]

The 11 kilometre section of the Hume Highway at Coolac is the last two-lane section of highway between Sydney and the Sturt Highway interchange. The Hume Highway / Hume Freeway is one of Australia's most important and notable interstate Highways which runs for 880 km inland between Sydney and Since 1986, plans have been drawn-up for the Coolac bypass, with a review of environmental factors report completed in 1997 but construction not commencing until May 2007 and is expected to be completed in November 2009 - Under AusLink. AusLink is an Australian Government land transport funding program established in June 2004 and administered by the Department of Transport and Regional Services. ^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]

Windmill Cottage, Coolac

The satirical Bald Archy art competition began in Coolac at the Coolac Festival of Fun, launched by Peter Batey. The Bald Archy is an Australian art prize a parody of the Archibald Prize. The home of this competition is now the Museum of the Riverina in Wagga Wagga and it also travels to Sydney and Melbourne for exhibition once Maude the Cockatoo, who is the official judge, selects the winning entries each year. The Museum of the Riverina is a local history museum in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia. Wagga Wagga Sydney (ˈsɪdniː is the most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 4 Melbourne ( is the second most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 3

Coolac Geological Site

The Coolac Geological Site 4km north-east of Coolac, is the best known example in Australia of a substantial ophiolite assemblage. An Ophiolite is a section of the Earth's Oceanic crust and the underlying upper mantle that has been uplifted or emplaced to be exposed within Continental The distinctive rock assemblage over a 130 hectare site provides insights into events in the continental evolution of eastern Australia. ^[8]^[9] The rocks here were part of the oceanic crust and mantle, normally not exposed on the earth's surface. Oceanic crust is the part of Earth's Lithosphere that surfaces in the Ocean basins The mantle is a part of an Astronomical object. The interior of the Earth, similar to the other Terrestrial planets, is Chemically divided The rock from the mantle is called Coolac Serpentinite. Serpentinite is a rock composed of one or more Serpentine Minerals Minerals in this group are formed by serpentinization a hydration and metamorphic

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References

^ Travelmate
^ www.fallingrain.com Coolac
^ NSW Geographical Names Board
^ ABC Riverina NSW 2009 finish date for Hume Highway work
^ Work begins on bypassing Hume Hwy black spot
^ AbiGroup - Coolac Bypass, NSW
^ Coolac bypass construction officially begins Quote: "Mrs Hull said the project has been fully funded by the Australian Government at a cost of $179 million and the 12 kilometre bypass and four-kilometre highway upgrade is due to be open in November 2009. "
^ Australian Government Department Transport and Regional Services, Segment 1.4 Wagga to Yass
^ for example, abstract of article in GeoScience World Tectonic significance of 400 Ma zircon ages for ophiolitic rocks from the Lachlan fold belt, eastern Australia and an article in the Journal and Proceedings of The Royal Society of New South Wales entitled Hydrothermal Ca-Al Silicates in Ophiolitic Rocks near Coolac, N.S.W.

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