Towamba, New South Wales

Along with settlements such as Burragate, Pericoe, Rocky Hall and Kiah, Towamba was one of the settlements established after Benjamin Boyd began to open up the area to European settlement in the 1840s and 1850s.

The small community has been served by four schools, the Towamba Public School (I) (between 1 Nov 1862 and 28 Feb 1863), the Towamba Half-Time School (with Cochranes Flat) (between 1 Apr 1870 and 30 Jun 1875), the Towamba Provisional School (one month only in 1882) and more recently, Towamba Public School (currently located in Towamba Street).

In 1889, following a cricket match at Millpoint Pass, when Towamba defeated nearby Pericoe, members of the losing team returned with guns to set about killing the victors. A reliable account of what occurred is unavailable, a painting by William Laing at the Eden Killer Whale Museum provides, at least, a record of a bizarre event.

Towamba remains a small service centre for the neighbouring agricultural community.