Extract
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| GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES REGISTER EXTRACT | |
| 20th June 2013 | |
| Reference: | 56918 |
| Placename: | Tamworth |
| Designation: | City |
| Status: | Assigned 6th June 1969 |
| GNB File: | GNB3805 |
| LGA: | Tamworth Regional |
| Approx. AGD66 Lat: | -31 05 00 |
| Approx. AGD66 Long: | 150 56 00 |
| Approx. GDA94 Lat: | -31 04 54 |
| Approx. GDA94 Long: | 150 56 04 |
| Topographic Map: | Tamworth |
| 1:100000 Map: | Tamworth 9035 |
| Parish: | Tamworth |
| County: | Inglis |
| Description: | Proclaimed a city in 1946, it is situated near the junction of Peel and Cockburn rivers on the New England Highway about 280 road miles north of Sydney and about 70 road miles south west of Armidale. It is served by the Main Northern Railway and Air Services. |
| Origin: | So named after the Staffordshire town in which Sir Robert Peel (a British P.M.) represented in the House of Commons. (Information from Papers on Australian Place Names J.S. Ryan P. 54) |
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