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(Links last checked June 2008)
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Mills Cross Radio Telescope
Of interest locally is the Mills Cross Radio Telescope,
operated by the University of Sydney, and located near
Hoskinstown, just off the Captains Flat Road from Queanbeyan.
http://www.physics.usyd.edu.au/astrop/most/
http://www.atnf.csiro.au/news/newsletter/oct01/focus_hist.htm
http://www.tip.csiro.au/History/PottsHill.htm
http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/biography/Mills.html
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Local Husky breeders and landowners
Most of the Mine site is a private residence and the
property is called Mikulov. The residents breed, train and
exhibit Siberian Huskies and have been doing so for 14 years.
http://trak.to/Mikulov
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Tourism
commercial tourism site, with some out of date information.
http://www.walkabout.com.au/theage/locations/NSWCaptainsFlat.shtml
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Statistics
This is the location of
information from the 2006 Census, the most recent from which
data are available. It is free.
Click here then enter the postcode 2623 into the box on the page.
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Gold!
A brief history of the gold-mining in Captains Flat. I can't
vouch for its accuracy but it's an entertaining read:
http://www.gold-net.com.au/archivemagazines/oct99/62294864.htm#9
Recently exploration for gold
and other resources has commenced again by
Ironbark Gold and
Monaro
Mining
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Captains Flat Primary School
Some
basic information about the primary school
here.
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Railways
This site has information on the railway line from Captains
Flat to Bungendore, as well as photos of the line, including the
Captains Flat end and at Hoskinstown. Oddly, there are no photos
of the station – as it is now a private residence you can’t just
go and see it for yourself, so it’s disappointing that there are
no photos publicly available (on the web at least). There is an
embryonic plan to turn the railway line into a cycle trail
between Bungendore and Captains Flat. It is to be hoped that the
infrastructure will remain undamaged just in case trains ever
have a chance of running again.
http://www.nswrail.net/lines/captains_flat/index.html
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War Memorials
a site dedicated to War memorials has a page about the
Captains Flat memorial.
http://www.skp.com.au/memorials2/pages/20031.htm
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Captains Flat Cemetery
Local cemeteries are well indexed on the internet.
The Captains Flat cemetery is detailed at
http://www.ozgenonline.com/aust_cemeteries/nsw/yarrowlumla/captflat.htm,
and other local cemeteries can be found listed at
http://www.ozgenonline.com/aust_cemeteries/nsw/ if you know
their names. Examples are Carwoola, Jerangle and Hoskinstown.
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House Prices
And for those of you addicted to watching the real estate
market, check out Allhomes.
http://www.allhomes.com.au/ah/ah0069?lstype=res&divid=20071
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Jerangle Public School
http://www.jerangle.ps.education.nsw.gov.au/index.htm
- The Outsider Coffee Lounge and Gallery
A very good restaurant, The Outsider, is located in Captains
Flat. The proprietors, Christine Simpson and Gunther Deix are
friendly and warmly welcome visitors. Gunther is an accomplished
artist and displays his works in the Restaurant and adjoining
Gallery. You can visit their website at:
http://www.outsidercafe.netfirms.com
See also: Captains Flat Attractions - The Outsider Coffee Lounge
and Gallery
- Captains Flat Hotel
A couple of pages about the Captains Flat Hotel. The
information is out of date now that the hotel has new
proprietors. You can eat at the pub most evenings and weekends.
It also has lovely accommodation.
http://www.gdaypubs.com.au/CaptainsFlat/
See also: Captains Flat Attractions - Captains Flat Hotel
- Captains Flat Telegraph
a free newspaper for the town, also available online.
http://www.captainsflat-tele.org
- The Bungendore Mirror
despite its name, is distributed throughout the western part
of the Palerang Shire , including Captains Flat. Its website
contains the current issue, page by page in .pdf format or in
one file. It also
contains contact details for the newspaper should you wish to
contact them to advertise or for any other reason.
http://www.bungendoremirror.com.au
- The Palerang Bulletin
Distributed shire-wide, new website at
www.palerangbulletin.com.au.
- The Braidwood Times
Published in Braidwood and is a subsidiary of the
Canberra Times.
http://braidwood.yourguide.com.au/
- The Queanbeyan Age
Includes coverage of
issues in the Palerang shire area, and is
also a sister paper of the Canberra Times.
http://queanbeyan.yourguide.com.au/
- The Queanbeyan
Chronicle
A weekly newspaper.
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Braidwood
Braidwood has a strong presence on the internet, being a
popular tourist destination especially for passing traffic from
Canberra to the coast and back. Braidwood’s Community
Association, BRASS, does not currently have a website. An
example of Braidwood's internet presence and strong community
can be found at its Historical Society
http://www.braidwoodmuseum.org.au/ with a museum, a Film
Club operating in the old theatre, and an arts
group - BRAG
http://www.bragart.com.au/ and so on.
Others are Braidwood's Community Newsletter
http://www.braidwood.net.au/communitynews/index.htm [not
being updated]. Braidwood
Tourism is at
www.visitbraidwood.com.au/ - a very comprehensive
source of information about the area.
- Bungendore
A similar source of information about Bungendore and its
surrounds is
http://www.bungendore.info.
Bungendore is a lively town which lies on the King's Highway
east of Canberra, and on the way to the coast. Like Braidwood
(45km further east) it enjoys much trade from the tourist
traffic, and day-trippers from Canberra. It is also a commuter
town for Canberra, and some say that as it is effectively a
suburb, it has a less cohesive community than one might expect.
Until quite recently the Chamber of Commerce -
www.bungendore.com.au - performed some of the functions of a
Community Association, but now there is the
Bungendore Residents Group -
http://www.bungendorevillage.org.
- Numeralla
South of Braidwood, on the way to Cooma via the village of
Numeralla (www.numeralla.com), are the regions of Ballalaba, Krawareee and Badja.
- Landcare
The Shoalhaven Landcare site has links to numerous Landcare
groups in the area, just East of Captains Flat -
www.shoalhaven-landcare.asn.au
- Bywong
Bywong Community Association has an excellent website. It can be found at
http://www.bywongcommunity.org.au. Bywong is a rural residential
community north of Bungendore, and host to a very large car boot
sale held annually in March. (See their website for more
details).
- Burra
Over the hills, but not very far away as the crow flies, is
the rural residential area of Burra, with a very slick
website for its community
association.
- Majors Creek
Majors Creek is a sleepy little town, probably Captains
Flat's nearest neighbour, about 35km to our east. It has an
annual, much-respected folk music festival in November. The
website is
http://www.musicatthecreek.com/
Links to other community associations in the region will be added
when provided to the webmaster, or as he finds them.
- Local Government
Early in 2004, the part of Yarrowlumla
Shire containing Captains Flat and Bungendore was merged with
Tallaganda Shire, which was centred around Braidwood. This new
shire is named Palerang Council. Information about the shire is
currently available from the council's website -
http://www.palerang.nsw.gov.au. Palerang is a distinctive mountain close
to the geographic centre of the council area.
- State Government
The Capital Region Development Board is a
joint initiative of the New South Wales and Australian Capital
Territory governments, and their website is at
http://www.capitalregion.org.au.
- Federal Government
The Capital Region Area Consultative Committee
is at:
http://www.cr-acc.asn.au/cr-acc.php.
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