Tocumwal

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Tocumwal ( ) is a town in the southern Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia, in the Berrigan Shire local government area. The town, north of the city of Melbourne, lies on the northern bank of the Murray River, which forms the border with Victoria. The Newell Highway and Murray Valley Highway join at the Murray River, and form part of the main road route National Highway between Brisbane and Melbourne. At the , Tocumwal had a population of 2,862. The name of the town is probably a corruption of the local Pangerang indigenous word, "Tucumiva" (or "Tucumival"), meaning "deep hole". Near Tocumwal is a 25-metre-deep hole in granite rock, now known as "The Blowhole", which is linked underground to the nearby Murray River.

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1. date of establishment: 1862 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

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