# Jerrawa

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Town in New South Wales, Australia

Town in New South Wales, Australia

Jerrawa Town Community hall and Anglican church at Jerrawa. Jerrawa Location in New South Wales Coordinates: 34°46′46″S 149°04′27″E / 34.77944°S 149.07417°E / -34.77944; 149.07417 Country Australia State New South Wales Region Southern Tablelands LGA Upper Lachlan Shire Location 19 km (12 mi) E of Yass 67 km (42 mi) W of Goulburn 263 km (163 mi) SW of Sydney Government • State electorate Goulburn • Federal division Riverina Elevation 594 m (1,949 ft) Population • Total 106 (SAL 2021)[2] Postcode 2582 County King Parish Jerrawa Localities around Jerrawa Broadway Broadway Dalton Bango Jerrawa Oolong Manton Lade Vale Lade Vale

**Jerrawa** ([/dʒɛrəwə/](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/English)) is a locality in the [Upper Lachlan Shire](/source/Upper_Lachlan_Shire), [New South Wales](/source/New_South_Wales), Australia.[3][4] It lies on the north side of the [Hume Highway](/source/Hume_Highway) about 30 km to the east of [Yass](/source/Yass%2C_New_South_Wales) and was served by [Jerrawa railway station](/source/Jerrawa_railway_station) on the [Main Southern line](/source/Main_Southern_railway_line%2C_New_South_Wales) between [Sydney](/source/Sydney) and [Melbourne](/source/Melbourne) between 1876 and 1975.[5] At the [2016 census](/source/2016_Australian_census), it had a population of 73.[6]

The area now known as Jerrawa lies on the traditional lands of [Gandangara](/source/Gandangara) or [Ngunnawal](/source/Ngunnawal) peoples.[7][8] These two groups spoke a closely related, if not identical, language. The name Jerrawa is said to be a settler rendering of an aboriginal language word for 'iguana',[9][10] probably referring to the [goanna](/source/Goanna).

The railway station and siding were situated at a location where the railway line gradient was flat, after rising from the bridge over [Jerrawa Creek](/source/Jerrawa_Creek) and then rising again to the west.[11] A small settlement, including an Anglican church (Christ Church), a hall, and a school, developed on the southern side of the railway line, near the railway station.[12][13][14][15] Some of the houses in the settlement were for railway employees. It seems that the settlement was never proclaimed as a village.

The school at Jerrawa operated from November 1877 to December 1963. Until 1882, the school was named Catherine Creek,[16][17] after a nearby tributary of [Jerrawa Creek](/source/Jerrawa_Creek), which is still known as Catherine's Creek.

Jerrawa had a store that also served as its post office.[18] There was no Methodist church at Jerrawa but its inhabitants used the isolated Greendale church and cemetery, which was already in existence from 1862 and predated the settlement at Jerrawa.[19]

In August 1938, Jerrawa was in the path of a violent [whirlwind](/source/Whirlwind) that left a trail of damage a mile and a half long and 500 yards wide, damaging some of the settlement's buildings, in less than a minute.[20]

The presence of an iron ore deposit at Jerrawa had been known since around 1879.[21] During the Second World War, with a shortage of coastal shipping, local sources or iron ore were mined to feed the steelworks at [Port Kembla](/source/Port_Kembla%2C_New_South_Wales).[22] One of these wartime ore mines was at Jerrawa.[23][24][25]

Jerrawa's hall is falling into disrepair.[15] Jerrawa has a showground and holds an annual [agricultural show](/source/Agricultural_show), around Easter time, referred to as 'the Little [Easter Show](/source/Easter_Show).'[26][27] The old store still exists but is now a private residence. On its side facing the railway, the building carries old advertising for [Griffiths Brothers Teas](/source/Griffiths_Brothers_Teas).[18] All that remains of the old railway station is its sign, which has been re-erected beside the railway line.[5]

A history of Jerrawa was published in 1985.[28]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Australian Bureau of Statistics](/source/Australian_Bureau_of_Statistics) (28 June 2022). ["Jerrawa (suburb and locality)"](https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/SAL12027). *Australian Census 2021 QuickStats*. Retrieved 28 June 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [Australian Bureau of Statistics](/source/Australian_Bureau_of_Statistics) (28 June 2022). ["Jerrawa (suburb and locality)"](https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/SAL12027). *Australian Census 2021 QuickStats*. Retrieved 28 June 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-GNR_3-0)** ["Jerrawa"](https://proposals.gnb.nsw.gov.au/public/geonames/45aaac6e-9bf8-4314-8659-4a6749d9d36f). [Geographical Names Board](/source/Geographical_Names_Board_of_New_South_Wales). Retrieved 19 March 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Jerrawa"](https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/6074552). OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 19 March 2021.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-:2_5-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-:2_5-1) ["Jerrawa Station"](http://www.nswrail.net/locations/show.php?name=NSW:Jerrawa&line=NSW:main_south:0). Retrieved 3 August 2017.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-census2106_6-0)** [Australian Bureau of Statistics](/source/Australian_Bureau_of_Statistics) (27 June 2017). ["Jerrawa"](https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2016/SSC12018). *2016 Census QuickStats*. Retrieved 3 August 2017.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Tindale Tribes - Gandangara"](https://web.archive.org/web/20201027024501/http://archives.samuseum.sa.gov.au/tindaletribes/gandangara.htm). *archives.samuseum.sa.gov.au*. Archived from [the original](http://archives.samuseum.sa.gov.au/tindaletribes/gandangara.htm) on 27 October 2020. Retrieved 18 March 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["Portion of map of Aboriginal traditional lands"](http://www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au/img/map_aus/aboriginal_australia_map_e4.jpg). 24 September 2015. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20150924025453/http://www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au/img/map_aus/aboriginal_australia_map_e4.jpg) from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 19 March 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** ["NSW Railway Station Names and Origins"](https://www.nswrail.net/library/station_names.php). *www.nswrail.net*. Retrieved 18 March 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** ["Names of railway stations in New South Wales : with their meaning and origin"](https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/6502911). *trove.nla.gov.au*. Retrieved 18 March 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** ["TS 0002 TI - INFRASTRUCTURE ENGINEERING MANUAL, Curve and Gradient Diagrams (Version 2)"](https://www.transport.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/media/documents/2017/Curve_and_Gradient_Diagrams_V2-0_b.pdf) (PDF). Rail Access Corporation. July 1999. p. S00 - 15.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** ["Parish of Jerrawa, County of King \[cartographic material\] : Land Districts of Gunning and Yass, Gunning & Goodradigbee Shires, Eastern Division N.S.W."](https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-233908994) *Trove*. Retrieved 18 March 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-13)** ["Jerrawa - Satellite View"](https://www.google.com/maps/place/Jerrawa+NSW+2582/@-34.7859995,149.0855445,431m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x6b171ffb934346db:0x40609b49043def0!8m2!3d-34.7939997!4d149.0830108). *Google Maps*. Retrieved 18 March 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-14)** ["Jerrawa"](https://www.weekendnotes.com/jerrawa/). *www.weekendnotes.com*. Retrieved 18 March 2021.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-:0_15-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-:0_15-1) McJannett, Ray (18 September 2018). ["In Jerrawa: The hall that once rocked"](https://www.yasstribune.com.au/story/5653709/in-jerrawa-the-hall-that-once-rocked/). *Yass Tribune*. Retrieved 18 March 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-16)** ["Jerrawa"](https://nswgovschoolhistory.cese.nsw.gov.au/schoolHistory?schoolId=4164). *nswgovschoolhistory.cese.nsw.gov.au*. Retrieved 18 March 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-17)** ["Jerrawa Public School"](https://www.records.nsw.gov.au/image/15051_a047_006914). *www.records.nsw.gov.au*. 16 August 2018. Retrieved 18 March 2021.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-:1_18-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-:1_18-1) ["Old store and Post Office - Jerrawa"](https://mapio.net/pic/p-11905542/). *Mapio.net*. Retrieved 18 March 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-19)** ["Greendale Cemetery"](https://www.gundaroo.info/genealogy/cemeteries/greendal/greendal.htm). *www.gundaroo.info*. Retrieved 18 March 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-20)** ["WHIRLWIND STRIKES JERRAWA"](https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article249562929). *Yass Tribune-Courier (NSW : 1929 - 1954)*. 29 August 1938. p. 2. Retrieved 18 March 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-21)** ["GOULBURN"](https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13446572). *Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954)*. 29 November 1879. p. 5. Retrieved 31 March 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-22)** ["N.S.W. MINERAL WEALTH IN WAR-TIME"](https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article234602564). *Smith's Weekly (Sydney, NSW : 1919 - 1950)*. 15 November 1941. p. 20. Retrieved 31 March 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-23)** ["MINING REVIVAL"](https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article249830399). *Yass Tribune-Courier (NSW : 1929 - 1954)*. 1 May 1941. p. 6. Retrieved 31 March 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-24)** ["JERRAWA"](https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article249830527). *Yass Tribune-Courier (NSW : 1929 - 1954)*. 5 May 1941. p. 2. Retrieved 31 March 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-25)** ["IRON ORE"](https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article249836366). *Yass Tribune-Courier (NSW : 1929 - 1954)*. 12 January 1942. p. 1. Retrieved 31 March 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-26)** ["Jerrawa Show - Agshows NSW - Your Country Show Movement"](https://www.agshowsnsw.org.au/shows/all-shows/146-jerrawa-show). *www.agshowsnsw.org.au*. Retrieved 18 March 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-27)** ["ABN Lookup"](https://abr.business.gov.au/). *abr.business.gov.au*. 1 November 2014. Retrieved 18 March 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-28)** Bush, Rosallie (1985). *Jerrawa, a village that was : including a genealogy of the Bush families*. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0959060103](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0959060103).

## External links

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- [Map of Parish of Jerrawa, County of King (1958)](https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-233908994/view) - N.S.W. Department of Lands

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