Brindabella Ranges is a
mountainA mountain is a large landform that stretches above the surrounding land in a limited area usually in the form of a peak. A mountain is generally steeper than a hill. The adjective montane is used to describe mountainous areas and things associated with them...
range in
New South WalesNew South Wales is Australia's most populous state, located in the south-east of the country, north of Victoria, south of Queensland and east of South Australia...
,
AustraliaAustralia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the continental mainland , the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans...
. The Brindabellas are visible to the west of
CanberraCanberra is the capital city of Australia. With a population of over 345,000, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth largest Australian city overall. The city is located at the northern end of the Australian Capital Territory, south-west of Sydney, and north-east of Melbourne...
and form an important part of the city's landscape.
The name is said to mean “two kangaroo rats” in the language of the local
AboriginesIndigenous Australians are the original inhabitants of the Australian continent and nearby islands, and these peoples' descendants. Indigenous Australians are distinguished as either Aboriginal people or Torres Strait Islanders, who currently together make up about 2.6% of Australia's...
. However, another account states that "Brindy brindy" (or Brendy Bear) was a local term meaning water running over rocks and bella was presumably added by the Europeans as in "bella vista".
Brindabella National ParkBrindabella is a national park in New South Wales , 266 km southwest of Sydney in the Brindabella Ranges.On the 8th of January a fire started there and it became one of the most well known fires in Australia.-External links:*...
lies north-west of the NSW-ACT border abutting
Namadgi National ParkNamadgi National Park is located in the southwestern part of the Australian Capital Territory, bordering Kosciuszko National Park in New South Wales. It lies approximately 40 km southwest of Canberra, and makes up approximately 46% of the ACT's land area....
and covers an area of 213.6 square kilometres.
Brindabella Valley (Brendy Bear Valley), in the middle of the range, is 40 km south-west of Canberra and 350 km from
SydneySydney is the largest city in Australia, and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney has a metropolitan area population of approximately 4.34 million and an area of approximately 12,000 square kilometres. Its inhabitants are called Sydneysiders, and Sydney is often called "the Harbour City"...
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Brindabella Ranges is a
mountainA mountain is a large landform that stretches above the surrounding land in a limited area usually in the form of a peak. A mountain is generally steeper than a hill. The adjective montane is used to describe mountainous areas and things associated with them...
range in
New South WalesNew South Wales is Australia's most populous state, located in the south-east of the country, north of Victoria, south of Queensland and east of South Australia...
,
AustraliaAustralia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the continental mainland , the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans...
. The Brindabellas are visible to the west of
CanberraCanberra is the capital city of Australia. With a population of over 345,000, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth largest Australian city overall. The city is located at the northern end of the Australian Capital Territory, south-west of Sydney, and north-east of Melbourne...
and form an important part of the city's landscape.
The name is said to mean “two kangaroo rats” in the language of the local
AboriginesIndigenous Australians are the original inhabitants of the Australian continent and nearby islands, and these peoples' descendants. Indigenous Australians are distinguished as either Aboriginal people or Torres Strait Islanders, who currently together make up about 2.6% of Australia's...
. However, another account states that "Brindy brindy" (or Brendy Bear) was a local term meaning water running over rocks and bella was presumably added by the Europeans as in "bella vista".
Brindabella National ParkBrindabella is a national park in New South Wales , 266 km southwest of Sydney in the Brindabella Ranges.On the 8th of January a fire started there and it became one of the most well known fires in Australia.-External links:*...
lies north-west of the NSW-ACT border abutting
Namadgi National ParkNamadgi National Park is located in the southwestern part of the Australian Capital Territory, bordering Kosciuszko National Park in New South Wales. It lies approximately 40 km southwest of Canberra, and makes up approximately 46% of the ACT's land area....
and covers an area of 213.6 square kilometres.
Brindabella Valley (Brendy Bear Valley), in the middle of the range, is 40 km south-west of Canberra and 350 km from
SydneySydney is the largest city in Australia, and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney has a metropolitan area population of approximately 4.34 million and an area of approximately 12,000 square kilometres. Its inhabitants are called Sydneysiders, and Sydney is often called "the Harbour City"...
. It is on the edge of the
Snowy MountainsThe Snowy Mountains, known informally as "The Snowies", are the highest Australian mountain range and contain the Australian mainland's highest mountain, Mount Kosciuszko, which reaches 2,228 metres AHD....
. The
Goodradigbee RiverThe Goodradigbee River is in south-eastern New South Wales, Australia. It flows into Burrinjuck Dam and thus is a tributary of the Murrumbidgee River....
flows through the valley.
Before European settlement it was inhabited by the Ngunnawal, Walgalu and Djimantan Aborigines. The area was first settled in the 1830s by European squatters with land first being purchased in 1849. Gold was found in 1860 but mined from the 1880s; in 1887 the Brindabella Gold Mining Company was formed. Mining continued til 1910. It is now an agricultural area.
Australian author
Miles FranklinMiles Franklin was an Australian writer and feminist who is best known for her autobiographical novel, My Brilliant Career, published in 1901...
grew up in the Brindabella Valley and wrote an autobiographical work,
Childhood at Brindabella, which told of her early life in the valley.