Carwoola

Carwoola New South Wales
St Thomas' Anglican church, Carwoola - completed in 1874
Carwoola
Coordinates	35°25′54″S 149°24′4″E / 35.43167°S 149.40111°E / -35.43167; 149.40111Coordinates: 35°25′54″S 149°24′4″E / 35.43167°S 149.40111°E / -35.43167; 149.40111
Population	1,428 (2016 census)
Postcode(s)	2620
Location	239.7 km (149 mi) SW of Sydney 9.1 km (6 mi) E of Queanbeyan 19.5 km (12 mi) SE of Canberra
LGA(s)	Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council
County	Murray
Parish	Wamboin
State electorate(s)	Monaro
Federal Division(s)	Eden-Monaro
Localities around Carwoola: The Ridgeway Kowen Bungendore Queanbeyan Carwoola Hoskinstown Googong Yarrow Primrose Valley

Carwoola is a locality in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is immediately to the south of the Kowen district, which is located in the Australian Capital Territory. The Molonglo River passes through the Carwoola area before opening out into the Molonglo Plains. The Kings Highway and Captains Flat Road are the two major through routes. Carwoola is part of the Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council and the Southern Tablelands geographic area. The area also roughly aligns with the original Carwoola Parish.

Carwoola has a Community Hall, managed by the local Community Association and a Rural Fire Brigade of the NSW Rural Fire Service (the Stoney Creek Brigade) as well two public areas in Bowen Street and Molonglo River Drive.

Carwoola Landcare is also an active part of the Molonglo Catchment Group.

The first white men to come to the area arrived around 1820, and began to settle along the Molonglo Plains, arriving at the junction of the Molonglo and Queanbeyan Rivers on 8 December 1820. Timothy Beard, a convict who had arrived in the Colony in 1805 and received his pardon in 1817, set up as an innkeeper on 100 acres of land near Campbelltown. In 1828 he "squatted" on the Molonglo River near where Canberra Abattoir is situated today.