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Gundary, New South Wales
Gundary () is a locality in Goulburn Mulwaree Council in New South Wales, Australia.- It is about southeast of Goulburn on the road to Windellama and northeast of Canberra Canberra ( ) is the capital city of Australia. Founded following the federation of the colonies of Australia as the seat of government for the new nation, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth-largest city overall. The ci .... Its land is largely used for grazing, but it includes rural residential. At the , it had a population of 306. References Goulburn Mulwaree Council Localities in New South Wales Southern Tablelands {{SouthernTablelands-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goulburn Mulwaree Council
Goulburn Mulwaree Council is a local government area located in the Southern Tablelands region of New South Wales, Australia. The area is located adjacent to the Hume Highway and the Southern Highlands railway line. The estimated resident population of the area stood at 29,609 on . The Mayor of Goulburn Mulwaree Council is Peter Walker. Cities, towns and localities The area covered under administration is and includes Goulburn and the towns and localities of: Parts of the Southern Highlands, the Southern Tablelands and Morton National Park lie within the Goulburn Mulwaree Council area. History The oldest habitation sites discovered in the region date back more than 3000–5000 years ago. Two distinct aboriginal language groups were identified in the region when the Europeans initiated contact. These were the Gundungurra and the Ngunnawal groups which were connected through common beliefs and culture. These groups are the Traditional Owners of the Goulburn Mulwaree Local ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tirrannaville
Tirrannaville is a locality in the Goulburn Mulwaree Council, New South Wales, Australia. It is located about 11 km south of Goulburn on the road to Braidwood. It was formerly called Terranna, which is the name of the parish covering most of the locality. The northern part of the defined locality, including the small settlement of Tirrannaville and cemetery, is in the parish of Goulburn. At the , it had a population of 237. The locality mostly consists of grazing land. Railway stations Komungla station A station () was established on the Bombala railway line The Bombala railway line is a branch railway line in the south of New South Wales, Australia. The northern part of it forms part of the main line from Sydney to Canberra, but the southern part is closed. It branches off the Main South line at Jo ... at Komungla in what is now the locality of Tirrannaville in 1884 and it was originally called Bangalore. A small settlement developed there and the station was renamed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canberra
Canberra ( ) is the capital city of Australia. Founded following the federation of the colonies of Australia as the seat of government for the new nation, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth-largest city overall. The city is located at the northern end of the Australian Capital Territory at the northern tip of the Australian Alps, the country's highest mountain range. As of June 2021, Canberra's estimated population was 453,558. The area chosen for the capital had been inhabited by Indigenous Australians for up to 21,000 years, with the principal group being the Ngunnawal people. European settlement commenced in the first half of the 19th century, as evidenced by surviving landmarks such as St John's Anglican Church and Blundells Cottage. On 1 January 1901, federation of the colonies of Australia was achieved. Following a long dispute over whether Sydney or Melbourne should be the national capital, a compromise was reached: the new capital would be buil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Windellama
Windellama is a rural locality in the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia in the Goulburn Mulwaree Council. It is northeast of Canberra and southeast of Goulburn. At the , it had a population of 417. Windellama is a popular location for people from Sydney to make a "tree change". This has created a change in property sizes in the area, previously mostly large agricultural enterprises, now on a multitude of 50-100 acre (20-40 ha)hobby farms. It has a strong community with its own local monthly newspaper theWindellama News, an active Historical Society, Progress Associationmonthly farmer's market Windellama Public School Parents and Citizens Association anRural Fire Brigade Windellama Community Hall Windellama Community Hall, built in 1926, is the local community event centre where local markets and gatherings are held. ThWindellama Hall Marketsare held here every third Sunday of each month, and hosted by the Windellama Progress Association and Hall Incorporated. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goulburn, New South Wales
Goulburn ( ) is a regional city in the Southern Tablelands of the Australian state of New South Wales, approximately south-west of Sydney, and north-east of Canberra. It was proclaimed as Australia's first inland city through letters patent by Queen Victoria in 1863. Goulburn had a population of 23,835 at June 2018. Goulburn is the seat of Goulburn Mulwaree Council. Goulburn is a railhead on the Main Southern line, a service centre for the surrounding pastoral industry, and also stopover for those traveling on the Hume Highway. It has a central park and many historic buildings. It is also home to the monument the Big Merino, a sculpture that is the world's largest concrete-constructed sheep. History Goulburn was named by surveyor James Meehan after Henry Goulburn, Under-Secretary for War and the Colonies, and the name was ratified by Governor Lachlan Macquarie. The colonial government made land grants to free settlers such as Hamilton Hume in the Goulburn area from the o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geographical Names Board Of New South Wales
The Geographical Names Board of New South Wales, a statutory authority of the Department of Customer Service in the Government of New South Wales, is the official body for naming and recording details of places and geographical names in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Whilst the board is an independent body, it is responsible to the general manager of land and property information, currently Des Mooney (presently chairman of the board); who reports to the director general of the Department of Finance and Services, currently Michael Coutts-Trotter. Both the general manager for land and property information and the director general of the department report to the Minister for Finance and Services, currently Greg Pearce. The board was established in 1966 pursuant to the ''Geographical Names Act 1966''. Board composition The board consists of nine members, four of which are those people who hold the office of, or are a respective nominee of: *the Surveyor General o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New South Wales
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Brisbane Grove
Brisbane Grove is a locality in the Goulburn Mulwaree Council area, New South Wales, Australia. It is located on the road from Goulburn to Braidwood about 8 km south of Goulburn. Goulburn Airport is in the locality, on its southwestern edge. The Hume Highway Hume Highway, inclusive of the sections now known as Hume Freeway and Hume Motorway, is one of Australia's major inter-city national highways, running for between Melbourne in the southwest and Sydney in the northeast. Upgrading of the route ... passes through the northernmost part of Brisbane Grove, but there is no exit or entrance. At the , it had a population of 131. References Localities in New South Wales Southern Tablelands Goulburn Mulwaree Council {{Australia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quialigo
Quialigo () is a locality in Goulburn Mulwaree Council in New South Wales, Australia. It lies about 25 km south of Goulburn on the road to Windellama Windellama is a rural locality in the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia in the Goulburn Mulwaree Council. It is northeast of Canberra and southeast of Goulburn. At the , it had a population of 417. Windellama is a popular locatio ... and 110 km northeast of Canberra. At the , it had a population of 253. Quialigo had a state school from 1871 to 1877, 1902 to 1910 and 1917 to 1924. This was described at different times as a "half-time school" or a "provisional school". References Goulburn Mulwaree Council Localities in New South Wales Southern Tablelands {{SouthernTablelands-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Argyle County
Argyle County was one of the original Nineteen Counties in New South Wales and is now one of the 141 Cadastral divisions of New South Wales. It includes the area around Goulburn. It is bounded by Lake George in the south-west, the Shoalhaven River in the east, and the Wollondilly River in the north-east. Argyle County was named by Governor Macquarie after his native county in Scotland. He named it while inspecting the area in 1820. In 1829 the Act for Instituting and regulating Courts of General and Quarter Sessions in New South Wales established courts in the county at Cookbundoon, Goulburn Plains and Inverary. James Byrne was Assistant Surveyor for the County in 1832. In 1835 Argyle had a magistrate and police force. In 1852 it had an area of and population of 5,565. It was also described as having productive land and inexhaustible water. In 1857, Charles Cowper was a major landowner in the area, and held in the county. The Electoral district of Argyle was the former s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bungonia, New South Wales
Bungonia is a small town in the Southern Tablelands in New South Wales, Australia in Goulburn Mulwaree. At the , Bungonia had a population of 367. The name of the town derives from an Aboriginal word meaning 'sandy creek'. History Bungonia was originally called Inverary until it was renamed in 1836. Inverary was the name of the Post Office which was established as the town was starting to form in 1832. When the Great South Road (now the Hume Highway) bypassed the town, Bungonia ceased to grow beyond a very small village. Heritage listings Bungonia has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: * Christ Church Anglican Church * Caarne Historic Site * Inverary Park * Long Gully Mining Area * Lumley Park Homestead * Spring Creek Bungonia Historic Area Local school The local area school is the Windellama Public School. Notable people * Anne Wiggan - Rewarded with the Order of Australia Medal for contribution to Bungonia and Goulburn Communities See also * Bungonia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boxers Creek
Boxers Creek is a locality in the Goulburn Mulwaree Council, New South Wales, Australia. It is located on the southern side of the Hume Highway to the east of Goulburn Goulburn ( ) is a regional city in the Southern Tablelands of the Australian state of New South Wales, approximately south-west of Sydney, and north-east of Canberra. It was proclaimed as Australia's first inland city through letters pate .... At the , it had a population of 226. References Localities in New South Wales Southern Tablelands Goulburn Mulwaree Council {{SouthernTablelands-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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