Corowa, New South Wales

English: Corowa, New South Wales is a town in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia. The town is located on the Murray River, with its sister town, Wahgunyah, Victoria, located on the other bank. The town was home to one of the conferences to discuss the feederation of the Australian colonies in 1893.

This page is a part of the larger project Towns of the Riverina, New South Wales.

Churches and religious buildings

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  St John's Anglican church
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  St John's Anglican church, seen from Federation Avenue.
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  Anglican hall. Built in 1929
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  St Andrew's Presbyterian church and hall. The hall (left), built in 1895, was the original church. The new church was built in 1934
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  St Mary's Roman Catholic church, built in 1927
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  Roman Catholic hall, built in 1893 as the church school
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  St Mary's Roman Catholic convent school, built in 1929
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  Uniting church

Hotels

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  The former Court House Hotel, now apartments
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  Globe Hotel, on this site since 1860
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  The Corowa Hotel, built around 1881
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  Hotel Australia, opened in 1893
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  Newmarket Hotel, built in 1888
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  Royal Hotel, first licenced in 1869
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  Royal Hotel at night
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  The wide veranda of the Royal Hotel
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  Star Hotel. The hotel features underground shops
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  The former Terminus Hotel, now privately held flats

Public buildings

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  Federation museum, formerly the Border Brass Band hall and built in 1915.
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  Court house. The middle section was opened in 1888, the side additions were completed in 1890. The venue for the official proceedings of the 1893 Federation conference. Still in use
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  Corowa Fire station, built in 1926.
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  Memorial Hall, originally the School of Arts and now a tourist information centre. The facade was built in 1914.
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  Post office, opened in 1880 and still in use. Substantially renovated behind the original facade.
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  Corowa Shire Council offices and chambers, built in 1967
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  Riverina TAFE campus, was the original public school building and built in 1878
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  Public library and resource centre, was built in 1912 as a branch of the Commercial Bank of Sydney

Commercial buildings

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  Looking west along Sanger St
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  Bed and Breakfast, was built in 1884 as the Bank of Australasia. Two Pepper trees stand in front.
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  Commonwealth Bank branch
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  Former State Bank branch, built in 1936. Now Government offices
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  National Australia Bank branch, built in 1901
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  Offices
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  Solicitor's office
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  Rex Theatre, built in 1936 and closed on 1964. Now a Dimmey's discount store
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  Former Westpac (Bank of New South Wales) branch, now shops and offices

Other

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  Park at Corowa, near the river
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  Federation style houses
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  A larger residence
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  Memorial to Queen Victoria
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  War memorial and clock tower, unveiled in 1922

External link

• Walking tour of Corowa

See also: Wahgunyah, Victoria.