Editing Nowra (section)

==History==
[[File:Kinghorn Street, Nowra, N.S.W. - circa 1930.jpg|left|thumb|Kinghorn Street in 1930]]
Prior to European arrival, the part of the Nowra region south of the Shoalhaven river was inhabited by the Wandi-Wandandian tribe of the [[Yuin]] nation, while the region north of Shoalhaven was inhabited by the [[Dharawal people|Dharawal]] people.{{cn|date=August 2022}}  The name Nowra, originally written by Europeans as 'nou-woo-ro' (pronounced Nowa Nowa by the Indigenous Australians of the area), is an Aboriginal word for the [[black cockatoo]].<ref name="SMH">"[http://www.smh.com.au/news/New-South-Wales/Nowra/2005/02/17/1108500198352.html Travel: Nowra]", ''[[Sydney Morning Herald]]'', 8 February 2004. Retrieved 26 April 2007.</ref>

Circa 1824, ex-convict [[Mary Reibey]] applied for a land grant in the Burrier area, on the southern side of the [[Shoalhaven River]]. The Nowra township was officially recognised in 1852. Less than ten years later, in 1861, a postal service was established. In 1861, the racehorse [[Archer (horse)|Archer]], which was trained in Nowra by [[Etienne L. de Mestre|Etienne de Mestre]], won the first [[Melbourne Cup]]. Nowra was declared a town in 1885<ref name="PoliceNSW">"[http://www.policensw.com/region/southern/shoalhaven/lac/ss1.html Nowra Police Station] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110306064701/http://www.policensw.com/region/southern/shoalhaven/lac/ss1.html |date=6 March 2011 }}". ''NSW Police Regions and History''. Retrieved 29 April 2008</ref> and a city in 1979.
[[File:Bundanon Homestead .jpg|left|thumb|Bundanon Homestead]]
A major landmark in the area is the house [[Bundanon]], which renowned Australian artist [[Arthur Boyd]] and his wife Yvonne donated to the people of Australia in 1993 along with an adjoining property that had been previously owned by Boyd's brother-in-law, the equally famous Australian artist [[Sidney Nolan]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Morris |first=Linda |date=29 June 2018 |title=Future of Arthur Boyd's gift to the nation is secured |url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/art-and-design/future-of-arthur-boyd-s-gift-to-the-nation-is-secured-20180626-p4znss.html |access-date=12 January 2021 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=16 January 2020 |title=Picasso, Boyd, Nolan artworks in multi-million-dollar move as fire threat makes them 'too vulnerable' |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-01-17/bushfire-risk-triggers-arthur-boyd-picasso-art-relocation/11871004 |access-date=12 January 2021 |website=www.abc.net.au |language=en-AU}}</ref> Bundanon began as a single-storey weatherboard structure built around 1840. In 1866, a two-storey sandstone house, made of locally quarried stone, was built immediately in front of the original weatherboard house. The sandstone house features timber verandas and is now listed on the [[Register of the National Estate]].<ref>The Heritage of Australia, Macmillan Company, 1981, p.2/162</ref>
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