Cowra

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Japanese garden World War II event heritage-listed site locality regional airport town war cemetery

Cowra is a regional town in central-west New South Wales, Australia, known for its agricultural industry and the historic World War II Cowra breakout.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Cowra canonical	25
Cowra, New South Wales	5
Cowra region	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T556973 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Cowra
Context triple: [Division of Riverina, includesTown, Cowra]

A. Deniliquin
Deniliquin is a rural town in southern New South Wales, Australia, known for its agricultural industry and annual ute muster festival.
B. Cootamundra
Cootamundra is a regional town in New South Wales, Australia, known for its agricultural industry and as the birthplace of cricket legend Sir Donald Bradman.
C. Coleambally
Coleambally is a small irrigation-based town in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia, known for its rice and agricultural production.
D. Swan Hill
Swan Hill is a regional city in north-western Victoria, Australia, known for its agriculture, historic river port, and tourism along the Murray River.
E. Kempsey
Kempsey is a town in New South Wales, Australia, situated on the Macleay River and serving as a regional centre on the state’s Mid North Coast.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Cowra
Target entity description: Cowra is a regional town in central-west New South Wales, Australia, known for its agricultural industry and the historic World War II Cowra breakout.

A. Deniliquin
Deniliquin is a rural town in southern New South Wales, Australia, known for its agricultural industry and annual ute muster festival.
B. Cootamundra
Cootamundra is a regional town in New South Wales, Australia, known for its agricultural industry and as the birthplace of cricket legend Sir Donald Bradman.
C. Coleambally
Coleambally is a small irrigation-based town in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia, known for its rice and agricultural production.
D. Swan Hill
Swan Hill is a regional city in north-western Victoria, Australia, known for its agriculture, historic river port, and tourism along the Murray River.
E. Kempsey
Kempsey is a town in New South Wales, Australia, situated on the Macleay River and serving as a regional centre on the state’s Mid North Coast.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Japanese garden ⓘ World War II event ⓘ heritage-listed site ⓘ locality ⓘ regional airport ⓘ town ⓘ war cemetery ⓘ
casualties	4 Australian soldiers killed ⓘ over 200 Japanese prisoners killed or wounded ⓘ
climate	humid subtropical climate ⓘ
containsGravesOf	Japanese civilians ⓘ Japanese servicemen ⓘ
country	Australia ⓘ Australia ⓘ
countrySubdivision	Central West (New South Wales) ⓘ surface form: Orana and Central West
date	5 August 1944 ⓘ
designer	Ken Nakajima ⓘ
distanceFrom	approximately 190 km north of Canberra ⓘ approximately 310 km west of Sydney ⓘ
electoralDistrict	state electorate of Cootamundra ⓘ
event	Cowra breakout ⓘ
federalDivision	Division of Riverina ⓘ
hasAttraction	Cowra Japanese Garden and Cultural Centre ⓘ
hasCemetery	Cowra Japanese War Cemetery ⓘ
hasFacility	Cowra Airport ⓘ
hasHeritage	Cowra Prisoner of War Camp Site ⓘ
hasPopulation	over 8,000 ⓘ
knownFor	Japanese Garden and Cultural Centre ⓘ World War II Cowra breakout ⓘ agricultural industry ⓘ cattle grazing ⓘ horticulture ⓘ peace and reconciliation initiatives with Japan ⓘ sheep grazing ⓘ viticulture ⓘ war cemeteries ⓘ wine production ⓘ
localGovernmentArea	Cowra Shire ⓘ
locatedIn	Central West (New South Wales) ⓘ surface form: central-west New South Wales
locatedOnRiver	Lachlan River ⓘ
location	Cowra self-linksurface differs ⓘ Cowra self-linksurface differs ⓘ Cowra self-linksurface differs ⓘ Cowra self-linksurface differs ⓘ Cowra self-linksurface differs ⓘ
opened	1979 ⓘ
participants	Australian military personnel ⓘ Japanese prisoners of war ⓘ
region	Central West (New South Wales) ⓘ surface form: Central West
result	mass escape attempt from POW camp ⓘ
state	New South Wales ⓘ
transport	Mid-Western Highway ⓘ Olympic Highway ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (31)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Division of Riverina → includesTown → Cowra ⓘ

Central Tablelands → contains → Cowra ⓘ

Wiradjuri people → hasTraditionalOwnerStatusIn → Cowra ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cowra region

Lachlan River → flowsThrough → Cowra ⓘ

Lachlan River → hasMajorTownInCatchment → Cowra ⓘ

Cowra → location → Cowra self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Cowra breakout

Cowra → location → Cowra self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Cowra Prisoner of War Camp Site

Cowra → location → Cowra self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Cowra Japanese Garden and Cultural Centre

Cowra → location → Cowra self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Cowra Japanese War Cemetery

Cowra → location → Cowra self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Cowra Airport

Central West (New South Wales) → hasTown → Cowra ⓘ

Mid-Western Highway → endPoint → Cowra ⓘ