Jounama is a rural locality in the Snowy Mountains of New South wales and a civil Parish of the Buccleuch County.Robert McLean, The New atlas of Australia : the complete work containing over one hundred maps and full descriptive geography of New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia and Western Australia, together with numerous illustrations and copious indices (Sydney :J. Sands, [1886) Map 11.
Jounama is on the western side of the ranges on Jounama Creek and the Snowy Mountains Highway, south-west of Canberra as the crow flies.
Climate
Jounama yields a similar climate to that of Kiandra, albeit of greater continentality due to its more inland location west of the Divide; diurnal range is especially impressive, with a mean daily range of in January. Snowfall is frequent, and oftentimes, heavy.
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