Book Book, New South Wales

Town in New South Wales, Australia

35°22′10″S 147°33′48″E / 35.36944°S 147.56333°E / -35.36944; 147.56333Population130 (SAL 2021)^[1]Postcode(s)2650Elevation225 m (738 ft)Location

455 km (283 mi) from Sydney
35 km (22 mi) from Wagga Wagga
14 km (9 mi) from Ladysmith
11 km (7 mi) from Kyeamba^[2]

LGA(s)City of Wagga Wagga County Wynyard State electorate(s)Wagga Wagga

Book Book is a rural community in the central east part of the Riverina. It is about 12 km (7 mi) north of Kyeamba and 15 km (9 mi) south of Ladysmith.

The area now known as Book Book lies on the traditional lands of Wiradjuri people.^[3]

Book Book exists now only through a set of old tennis courts and the telephone exchange that sits just off the Tumbarumba road. The tennis courts were used by a local tennis club.^[4]^[5] There was also a village hall at which dances and other social events were held. There were also Anglican church services held there.^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]

There was a public school at Book Book that first opened as a 'half-time' school in October 1924 and closed in December 1987.^[9]

Notes and references

^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Book Book (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
^ Travelmate Archived 24 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine^{[dead link]}
^ Studies, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (10 January 2021). "Map of Indigenous Australia". aiatsis.gov.au. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
^ "BOOK BOOK TENNIS CLUB". Daily Advertiser. 27 July 1915. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Tennis Club Dance at Book Book". Daily Advertiser. 15 May 1946. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
^ "BOOK BOOK". Daily Advertiser. 11 July 1940. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
^ "ANGLICAN SERVICES". Daily Advertiser. 19 April 1951. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
^ "AMUSEMENTS". Daily Advertiser. 1 May 1941. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
^ "Book Book". nswgovschoolhistory.cese.nsw.gov.au. Archived from the original on 28 November 2021. Retrieved 28 November 2021.