Located 50 km NW of Cootamundra
Industries Mining, wheat, oats, barley, poultry, eggs, cattle, sheep, horses, honey,
canola
Timeline of Temora
1880 Town gazetted
1880 Gold rush
1880 Post office established
1880 Police station built
1880 School built
1880 Telegraph established
1880 Typhoid epidemic
1881 Cemetery established
1881 Fire brigade established
1881 Population 3254
1882 Major fire in town
1882 Gale
1883 Hospital built
1883 New school built
1891 Major fire in town
1891 Population 915
1893 Railway station built
1895 Cells added to police station
1895 Population about 1800
1896 Railway engine shed built
1897 Major fire in town
1899 Grasshopper infestation
1901 Post office additions and alterations
1901 Alterations and additions to telegraph office
1901 Population 1603
1902 Railway station refreshment room destroyed by railway accident
1902 Telegraph office burnt down
1902 Telephone exchange established
1903 New hospital built
1903 New railway engine shed built
1904 Cyclone and a woman killed
1904 Heatwave
1904 Post office burnt down
1904 Post office replaced
1904 Telegraph office rebuilt
1 Aug 1907 Dimitrios Kalligeros, born 1883 to Georgios Kalligeros and Kiriakoiula Kominou in Pitsinianika, went directly to Temora after immigrating to Australia. He was a refreshment room proprietor in Hoskins Street. He spent many years there.
1905 Bushfire
1909 Police barracks built
1909 Typhoid epidemic
1909 Kosmas Samios, born 1889 to Georgios Samios and Stamatoula Samiou in Aloizianika, spent seven months in Temora
1910 Major fire in town
1910 New school built
1911 Population 3561
Abt 1911-1912 Vasilios Tambakis, born 1889 to Panagiotis Tambakis and Eleni Karidi in Areoi, lived in Temora
1912 Sale yards established
Abt 1912-1918 Panagiotis Samios, born 1896 to Ioannis Samios and Ekaterini Psarou in Pitsinianika, lived in Temora
1913 Electricity came to town
1913-1916 Dimitrios Samios, born 1898 to Ioannis Samios and Ekaterini Psarou in Pitsinianika, lived in Temora
Abt 1917-1920 Spiridon Kalligeros, born 1890 to Georgios Kalligeros and Kiirkaoula Kominos in Pitsinianika, lived in Temora
Abt1920 Andreas Kominos, born 1894 to Minas Kominos and Vretoula Kominou in Kominianika, spent 10 months living in Temora
Late 1922 Georgios Georgopoulos, born 1904 to Anastasios Georgopoulos and Eleni Cheltzou in Christoforianika, spent seven months in Temora when he first immigrated to Australia
1923 Dust storm
Sep 1923-1925 Ioannis Kalligeros, born 1897 to Pantelis Kalligeros and Vasilikoula Kalligerou in Pitsinianika, lived in Temora
1924 Powerhouse with 24.7 m chimney built
1924-1928 Ioannis Kasimatis, born 1905 to Gersimos Kasimatis and Anezina Leontzini in Pitsinianika, lived in Temora
1925-1927 Panagiotis Kalligeros, born 1901 to Panagiotis Kalligeros and Grigoria Kasimati in Pitsinianika, lived in Temora
1928-1929 Antonios Vamvakaris, born 1909 to Theodoros Vamvakaris and Kerani Zaglaniki in Vamvarakianika, lived in Temora
1929 Major fire in town
1 May 1929 Petros Simitekolos, born 1889 to Fotios Simitekolos and Ekaterini Kasimati in Katouni, lived in Temora until his death in 1949. He is buried in the local cemetery
1931 Major fire in town
1933 Powerhouse demolished
1933 Population 3823
1935 water reservoir built
1935 Major storm
1935 Water supply
7 Feb 1936 Dimitrios Tzortzopoulos, born 1900 to Georgios Tzortzopoulos and Olympia Tzortzopoulos in Karavas, died from injuries sustain in a motor vehicle accident. He was travelling by taxi to see a business he was wanting to purchase in a neighbouring town.
1939 Sewerage in town
1940 Airport built
1940 Old hospital demolished and new hospital built
1941 Airforce training school established
1941 Gale
26 May 1941 Nikolaos Katsoulis, born 1908 to Efstathiis Katsoulis and Maroula Gavrili in Katsoulianika, signed up for WWII
1942 Ioannis Kalligeros, born 1917 to Panagiotis Kalligeros and Kiriaki Maselou in Kalamos, served for Australia in WWII and was stationed in Temora
1942 Antonio’s Kaloutzis, born 1905 to Georgios Kaloutzis and Kiriaki Harou in Manitohori, served for Australia in WWII and was stationed in Temora
1942-1945 Emmanouil Kasimatis (Emanuel Casimatis), born 1918 to Gerasimos Kasimatis and Anezina Leontsini, served for Australia in WWII and was stationed in Temora
1947 Population 4179
1953 New sale yards built
1953 High school built
1954 Population 4567
1956 Technical college establish
1958 Additions to technical college
1961 Population 4469
1962 Additions to high school
1962 Nick Kassimatis of Drymonas settled in Temora. He worked for Patsy Semos in Semos Cafe fro three years before buying the business.
1964 Flood
1966 Additions to high school
1966 Population 4536
1967 Additions to school
1969 500,000 gallon steel water reservoir built
1971 Population 4325
1972 Additions to high school
1973 Hailstorm
1973 Automatic telephone exchange
1974 Flood
1976 Population 4324
1981 Population 4350
1986 Population 4295
1991 Population 4279
1992 Technical college became a campus of Riverina Institute
1996 Major upgrade to high school
1996 Population 4125
2001 Population 4146
2006 Population 4086
2010 New campus of Riverina College built on a new site
2011 Population 4417
2019 Dust storm
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Historical Guide to New South Wales by Philip Simpson
National Archives of Australia naturalisation papers
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