Marulan is the traditional lands of the
Gundungurra
The Gundungurra people, also spelt Gundungara, Gandangarra, Gandangara and other variations, are an Aboriginal Australian people in south-eastern New South Wales, Australia. Their traditional lands include present day Goulburn, Wollondilly Shire ...
people. It is a small town in the
Southern Tablelands
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The area is characterised by Plateau, high, flat country which has gene ...
of
New South Wales
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, Australia in the
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 popu ...
local government area
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. It is located south-west of Sydney on the
Hume Highway
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, although it bypasses the town proper. Marulan lies on the
150th meridian east
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. It has a
railway station
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on the
Main Southern railway line
The Main Southern Railway is a major railway in New South Wales, Australia. It runs from Sydney to Albury, near the Victorian border. The line passes through the Southern Highlands, Southern Tablelands, South West Slopes and Riverina regions. ...
. Marulan was previously known as ''Mooroowoolen''.
At the , Marulan had a population of 1,178 people.
History
In the early years of European settlement of
Sydney
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, exploration southwest of Sydney was slow. In 1818,
Hamilton Hume
Hamilton Hume (19 June 1797 – 19 April 1873) was an early explorer of the present-day Australian states of New South Wales and Victoria. In 1824, along with William Hovell, Hume participated in an expedition that first took an overland rout ...
and
James Meehan reached
"the Goulburn plains" for the first time. Governor
Lachlan Macquarie
Major-general (United Kingdom), Major General Lachlan Macquarie, Companion of the Order of the Bath, CB (; gd, Lachann MacGuaire; 31 January 1762 – 1 July 1824) was a British Army officer and colonial administrator from Scotland. Macquarie se ...
ordered the construction of the Great South Road (the basis of the northern end of 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 ...
) in 1819 from
Picton to the Goulburn Plains.
The southern part of Macquarie's road ran from
Sutton Forest
Sutton Forest is a small village in the Southern Highlands, New South Wales, Australia in Wingecarribee Shire. It is located 5 km southwest of Moss Vale on the Illawarra Highway. Sutton Forest was originally granted, then owned by Navy Ch ...
roughly along existing minor roads to
Canyonleigh
Canyonleigh (; formerly known as Canyan Leigh) is a locality in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales, Australia, in Wingecarribee Shire
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,
Brayton,
Carrick and
Towrang
Towrang is a village in the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia, in Goulburn Mulwaree Council. It is approximately north of Goulburn on the Hume Highway south from Sydney. At the , Towrang had a population of 171.
History
The ...
, where it joined the current route to Goulburn. Branching from this route (now called the
Illawarra Highway
Illawarra Highway is a short state highway in New South Wales, Australia. It connects Wollongong to the Southern Highlands and links Princes Highway and Hume Highway. It is named after the geographical area it crosses, the Illawarra region.
...
at this point) just south of Sutton Forest, a road, now known as Old Argyle Road, developed in the 1820s. It ran to
Bungonia, via
Wingello,
Tallong
Tallong is in the traditional lands of the Gundungurra people. It is a village within the Southern Tablelands region of New South Wales, Australia, in Goulburn-Mulwaree Council. The village is located just outside the southern extremity of the ...
, and the southern outskirts of Marulan, all, except Wingello, located in
Argyle County, along with Goulburn.
In the early 19th century Bungonia was expected to become a major centre, but it subsequently proved unsuitable for intensive agriculture.
When
Thomas Mitchell rerouted the Great South Road in the 1830s, he decided to bring these two roads together and build a junction at old Marulan, with roads proceeding to Goulburn and Bungonia.
[ When the Main Southern railway reached Marulan in 1868, the town migrated 3 km north to the railway station. Nevertheless, the old cemetery remains at the Bungonia Road intersection. A quarry is being developed near the intersection, so an interchange has been built there.
In 1958, the first truck inspection station in New South Wales was opened on the outskirts of Marulan on the Hume Highway.][First Truck Check Station in Operation '']Truck & Bus Transportation
''Truck & Bus Transportation'' was a Sydney-based monthly trade magazine covering aspects of transport in Australia.
Overview
''Truck & Bus Transportation'' was established in July 1936 by Frank Shennen as ''Transportation''. It was renamed ''T ...
'' February 1959 page 61 In 1986, the town was bypassed when a dual carriageway
A dual carriageway ( BE) or divided highway ( AE) is a class of highway with carriageways for traffic travelling in opposite directions separated by a central reservation (BrE) or median (AmE). Roads with two or more carriageways which are ...
section of the Hume Highway opened.
Marulan Meridian Arch
Located in Meridian Park on George St, the Marulan Meridian Arch is a sculpture that forms an arch with a metal sphere on an axis mounted at the top of arch. It is the very centre of the Eastern Time Zone and, as such, the sun rises here at exactly 6:00am, then sets at exactly 6:00pm, every equinox.
It commemorates the Centenary of Federation
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A centennial, or centenary in British English, is a 100th anniversary or otherwise relates to a century, a period of 100 years.
Notable events
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and that Marulan is the only town on the 150th Meridian
Meridian or a meridian line (from Latin ''meridies'' via Old French ''meridiane'', meaning “midday”) may refer to
Science
* Meridian (astronomy), imaginary circle in a plane perpendicular to the planes of the celestial equator and horizon
* ...
.
Heritage listings
Marulan has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:
* Old Marulan Town
* 16501 Hume Highway, Narambulla Creek: Wandi
* Main Southern railway: Marulan railway station
Marulan railway station is a heritage-listed railway station located on the Main South line in New South Wales, Australia. It serves the town of Marulan. It opened on 6 August 1868. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on ...
Notes
References
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Southern Tablelands
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