Warrimoo is a village in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales

New South Wales

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, Australia

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. Warrimoo is located 75 kilometres west of Sydney

Sydney

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, in the local government area of the City of Blue Mountains

City of Blue Mountains

The City of Blue Mountains is a local government area of New South Wales, Australia, governed by the Blue Mountains City Council. The city is located in the Blue Mountains range west of Sydney.-Demographics:...

. At the 2006 census

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, Warrimoo had a population of 2,285.

Warrimoo (elevation: 273 metres) borders the townships/suburbs of Blaxland

Blaxland, New South Wales

Blaxland is a town in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales, Australia. Blaxland is located 70 kilometres west of Sydney in the local government area of the City of Blue Mountains...

, Mount Riverview

Mount Riverview, New South Wales

Mount Riverview is a town off the Great Western Highway about 2 km NE of Blaxland in the Lower Blue Mountains, New South Wales, 70 kilometres west of Sydney, Australia...

, Sun Valley

Sun Valley, New South Wales

Sun Valley is an address locality in the state of New South Wales, Australia in the City of Blue Mountains.- References :...

 and Valley Heights

Valley Heights, New South Wales

Valley Heights is a small township of the City of Blue Mountains in New South Wales, Australia. It is approximately from Sydney and is located east of the township of Springwood...

.

The village is served by a small public school (Warrimoo Public School), a private school (Wycliffe Christian school), a railway station and several shops including a post office. Warrimoo has a few escarpments and views that are quite untapped by tourism due to the size of the suburb and the "tucked away" nature of the bush trails where the lookouts are placed.

History

Warrimoo is an Aboriginal word meaning place of the eagle .

In 1898, a railway station platform named Karabah was built in the area to service a developing estate, possibly sharing the same name. It had closed before World War I

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, but in 1918 a new station was built, not much further down the Blue Mountains line, named Warrimoo. This station burnt down in a bushfire in the 1950s and was subsequently rebuilt. Warrimoo came to national prominence during the devastating Black Christmas bushfires

Black Christmas (bushfires)

The Black Christmas bushfires were bushfires that burnt for almost three weeks from 25 December 2001 across New South Wales, Australia. It was the longest continuous bushfire emergency in NSW history....

 of 2001 that destroyed seven houses in Cross Street.

Transport

Warrimoo railway station is on the Blue Mountains Line of the CityRail

CityRail

CityRail is an operating brand of RailCorp, a corporation owned by the state government of New South Wales, Australia. It is responsible for providing commuter rail services, and some coach services, in and around Sydney, Newcastle and Wollongong, the three largest cities of New South Wales. It is...

 intercity network.

Culture

The village slogan "Blinky Bill Territory" is in honour of author and illustrator Dorothy Wall

Dorothy Wall

Dorothy Wall was a New Zealand-born author and illustrator of children's fiction books. She is most famous for creating Blinky Bill, an anthropomorphic koala who was the central character in her books Blinky Bill: the Quaint Little Australian , Blinky Bill Grows Up and Blinky Bill and Nutsy...

, creator of the popular children's character Blinky Bill

Blinky Bill

Blinky Bill is an anthropomorphic koala and children's fictional character created by New Zealand-born Australian author Dorothy Wall. The character of Blinky first appeared in Brooke Nicholls' 1933 book, Jacko - the Broadcasting Kookaburra, which was illustrated by Wall...

, who lived in Warrimoo between 1934 and 1937.

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