Tharwa
Tharwa is a village in the district of Paddys River, in the Australian Capital Territory in Australia. It is situated on the southern side of the Australian Capital Territory, 35 kilometres south of Canberra.Photo: Bidgee, CC BY-SA 3.0 au.
- Type: Village with 94 residents
- Description: township in the Australian Capital Territory
- Also known as: “Tharwa, Australian Capital Territory” and “Tharwa, Australian Capital Territory, Australia”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Tharwa Bridge.
Tharwa Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Nick-D, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tharwa Bridge is a four span Allan truss bridge that provides a high-level crossing point across the Murrumbidgee River, allowing traffic between Canberra and Tharwa village. It is the oldest surviving bridge in the Australian Capital Territory.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Booroomba Rocks.
Booroomba Rocks
Locality
Booroomba Rocks is a granite area in Namadgi National Park, in the Australian Capital Territory, particularly noted for its slab climbing. The rocks are divided into several areas, the most prominent being North Buttress, Middle Rocks, and South Buttress. Booroomba Rocks is situated 8 km southwest of Tharwa.
Tharwa
- Categories: township and locality
- Location: Australian Capital Territory, Australia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-35.51045° or 35° 30′ 38″ southLongitude
149.06364° or 149° 3′ 49″ eastPopulation
94Elevation
628 metres (2,060 feet)Open location code
4RPFF3Q7+RFOpenStreetMap ID
node 186947418OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2146970Wikidata ID
Q4451942
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Ukrainian—“Tharwa” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Tharwa (Australiako Hiriburuaren Lurraldea)”
- Basque: “Tharwa”
- Cebuano: “Tharwa”
- Dutch: “Tharwa”
- Italian: “Tharwa”
- Japanese: “サーワ”
- Russian: “Тарва”
- Swedish: “Tharwa”
- Ukrainian: “Сарва (Австралійська столична територія)”
- Ukrainian: “Сарва”
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