Corowa

Corowa is a border town between New South Wales and Victoria. Located on the Murray River Lake Mulwala and the Rutherglen Wine Regions are dominant features for the local area. The district has long been a producer of wool, wine grapes, timber and gold mining. The section of the Murray River between Albury and Swan Hill is popular with local tourists especially in Summer. Corowa is in the heart of this tourist belt.

Corowa has played a large role in the history of Australia. The conference held there in the early 1890's was instrumental in advancing a scheme for a popularly elected convention to be established and thence prepare a draft constitution. The people living along the Murray in Victoria and New South Wales were amongst the keenest proponents of a federal system as the inconvenience of tolls and customs houses over the Murray River was ever present.

By plane
Closest airport is at Albury. Albury is a major regional airport, with car hire facilities and regular services to Sydney and Melbourne. There is an airport at Corowa, but there are no scheduled passenger services.

By train
Connections to the train are by coach to Wangaratta and onto Melbourne, or coach to Albury and onto Sydney.

By car
Corowa is a 30 minute diversion from the Hume Highway/Freeway via the B58 Riverina Highway. Corowa is 600 km south west of Sydney via the Hume Highway.

See
Sanger street has a number of 19th century buildings famed for their connection to the Federation conventions. At the top of the street is the Oddfellows Hall where the public meetings were held and at the bottom of the street is the Globe Hotel where conference delegates ate their meals. There are also other excellent buildings from that era.

Sleep
There is a range of hotels to choose from. In the main street alone there are motels ranging from less than $100pn to over $300pn



Go next
Corowa can be a small town based to explore the Riverina. Albury is a short drive away, and the wineries around Rutherglen.