Nimmitabel, New South Wales

Nimmitabel New South Wales
Looking south through the town along the highway
Nimmitabel
Coordinates	36°30′0″S 149°17′0″E / 36.50000°S 149.28333°E / -36.50000; 149.28333Coordinates: 36°30′0″S 149°17′0″E / 36.50000°S 149.28333°E / -36.50000; 149.28333
Population	237 (2006 census)
Postcode(s)	2631
Elevation	1,075 m (3,527 ft)
Location	435 km (270 mi) SSW of Sydney 152 km (94 mi) S of Canberra 37 km (23 mi) SE of Cooma 75 km (47 mi) W of Bega
LGA(s)	Snowy Monaro Regional Council
State electorate(s)	Monaro
Federal Division(s)	Eden-Monaro
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall 15.6 °C 60 °F 3.4 °C 38 °F 687.6 mm 27.1 in

Nimmitabel is a small town in the Monaro region in southeast New South Wales, Australia, in the Snowy Monaro Regional Council local government area. At the 2006 census, Nimmitabel had a population of 237.

The town is 37 kilometres (23 mi) south of Cooma and 75 kilometres (47 mi) west of Bega. Nimmitabel is on a stretch of highway shared between the Snowy Mountains Highway (HWY B72) and the Monaro Highway (HWY B23).

It is on the southern end of the Great Dividing Range, at the west of the Monaro Range, and lies 20 kilometres (12 mi) west of the Wadbilliga National Park.

Nimmitabel means "the place where many waters start or divide" in the local Aboriginal language. Many various spellings were adopted for the town, including: Nimmitybelle, Nimithybale, Nimitybell, Nimity Belle and Nimmitabel.

The area around Nimmitabel has the only true chernozem soil in Australia, a very rich, fertile and dark colored soil.

Geldmacher's windmill tower at Nimmitabel

The concrete elephant at the Nimmitabel Bakery

Nimmitabel railway station 21 years after the last train