Bemboka, New South Wales

Infobox Australian Place | type = town
name = Bemboka
state = nsw


caption =
lga = Bega Valley Shire Council
postcode = 2550
est =
pop = 249
pop_footnotes =
elevation=
maxtemp =
mintemp =
rainfall =
stategov = Bega
fedgov = Eden-Monaro
dist1 = 474
dir1 = SSW
location1= Sydney
dist2 = 193
dir2 = S
location2= Canberra
dist3 = 36
dir3 = E
location3= Bega
dist4 = 77
dir4 = SE
location4= Cooma

Bemboka is a town in the South Coast region of New South Wales, Australia. The town is located on the Snowy Mountains Highway, in the Bega Valley Shire Local Government Area, 474 kilometres (295 mi) south of the state capital, Sydney. At the 2006 census, Bemboka had a population of 249.Census 2006 AUS
id=UCL107000
name=Bemboka (L) (Urban Centre/Locality)
accessdate=2007-10-25
quick=on]

The first European settlers arrived in the Bemboka area in 1871.cite web
url = http://www.sapphirecoast.com.au/bemboka.htm
title = Bemboka
publisher = Sapphire Coast Tourism
accessdate = 2007-06-17] Bemboka was gazetted in 1877, following a survey a year earlier. The town was originally named Colombo; the name was changed to Bemboka in 1883. The "Lyttleton" private subdivision was incorporated into the village in 1923.cite web
url = http://walkabout.com.au/locations/NSWBemboka.shtml
title = Bemboka
work = Walkabout
publisher = Fairfax
accessdate = 2007-06-17] The town was the location of the former Mumbulla Shire Council administration offices and at one stage had its own newspaper, the "Bemboka Advocate".

The town economy is based on dairying with butter and cheese factories all established in the late 1890s. Bemboka is notable for retaining most of its older timber buildings.

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