Cootamundra History Highliughts By kate officer Period: Jan 1, 1875 to Dec 31, 1942 Cootamundra History Highlights Jan 27, 1875 !Biggest Kangaroo Killed! Jan 27, 1893 Huge Rabbit plauge ibn Cootamundra Jan 27, 1896 First balloon Acent at Cootamundra Jan 27, 1902 One Of The Worst Droughts This Year Aug 27, 1908 Don Bradman Was Born In Cootamundra Jan 27, 1913 Cootammundra had a Blue Moon Jan 27, 1916 Biggest mouse plauge in Cootamundra Jan 27, 1916 Millitary camp at Showgrounds Feb 19, 1926 Lion escapes from circus Dec 10, 1926 Town encircled with bushfires Jan 27, 1932 Rice millls and silos were built Jan 27, 1935 Greyhund Racing Jul 31, 1938 Three inch fall of snow Jan 27, 1939 Record Heat Wave Jan 27, 1940 Air Disaster On Church Hill Jan 27, 1942 St. Cathriene Sacred Heart Hospital was built
