Bomen, New South Wales
Suburb of Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
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Bomen is a northern suburb of Wagga Wagga in southern New South Wales, Australia. The suburb is dominated by industrial enterprises including Cargill Beef, Watties, the Wagga Wagga Livestock Marketing Centre (saleyards). The suburb is also home to Wagga Wagga's secondary (and original) railway station on the Main Southern line, when the line waited for the construction of a bridge over the Murrumbidgee River. New streets in Bomen are to be named after sheep and cattle breeds.[2]
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Aerial view of Bomen in December 2021 | |||||||||||||
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 Interactive map of Bomen | |||||||||||||
| Coordinates: 35°04.5′S 147°25′E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | New South Wales | ||||||||||||
| City | Wagga Wagga | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 40 (SAL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||
| County | Clarendon | ||||||||||||
| Parish | North Wagga Wagga | ||||||||||||
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Heritage listings
Bomen has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:
- Main Southern railway: Bomen railway station[3]
Industry
Major industries located within Bomen are located within the Bomen Business Park which include Cargill Foods Australia, Heinz-Watties factory, BOC Gas plant and Austrak concrete sleeper plant.[4] Bomen is the site of the proposed Riverina Intermodal Freight & Logistics Hub.[5]
