Morven is a small

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about 7 kilometres east of

Culcairn Culcairn () is a town in the south-east Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia. Culcairn is located in the Greater Hume Shire local government area on the Olympic Highway between Albury and Wagga Wagga. The town is south-west of the sta ...

in the eastern

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district of

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, Australia. At the

2006 census 6 (six) is the natural number following 5 and preceding 7. It is a composite number and the smallest perfect number. In mathematics Six is the smallest positive integer which is neither a square number nor a prime number; it is the second small ...

, Morven has a population of 464 people.

History

Morven commenced its existence as a

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Staging Post. Morven Post Office opened on 1 September 1880. The Round Hill Hotel is somewhat misnamed, because the actual location of the Round Hill property is some kilometres away on the road from

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to Culcairn. The hotel's name was changed from the Bridge Hotel to its current name when the owner of the hotel also became a part owner of the Round Hill property. The town was serviced by the Holbrook branch railway line until the line was closed over 20 years ago.

Dan "Mad Dog" Morgan

The bushranger Dan "Mad Dog" Morgan roamed the area in the mid-19th century and held up the Round Hill Station property situated along the road to Culcairn. During the hold-up he fatally wounded John McLean, an employee of the station, and a grave and memorial stands at the site to commemorate the event.

Today

In recent years Morven has continued to remain viable with a number of new houses being built and residents moving in. The site of the village still boasts the old church, a set of tennis courts and the Round Hill

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.Greater Hume Shire Council - Morven

Notes and references

External links

Morven Railway Siding
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