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| | Cootamundra, New South Wales - Travelmate |
 | | While history abounds in Cootamundra’s many fine old buildings, and its vaunted position as birthplace of Sir Donald Bradman, it is not so well known that this big Riverina stock-selling centre, about 427 kilometres south-west of Sydney, provides a focal point for natural displays of some of the most beautiful wattle trees in the country. |
 | | Cootamundra is also noted for its many historic buildings including the gaol, which was built in 1885, town hall (1890) and district hospital (1892). |
 | | Three years after it opened in 1875, the town's first school welcomed a 13-year-old pupil-teacher who was to emerge as one of Australia's great poets and the first woman admitted to the Australian Workers' Union, Dame Mary Gilmour. |
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