Mulloon is a locality in the Queanbeyan-Palerang Region, Southern Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia. At the , it had a population of 144. Mulloon lies generally to the south of the Kings Highway between Bungendore and Braidwood on both sides of Mulloon Creek, a tributary of Reedy Creek, which flows into the

Shoalhaven River The Shoalhaven River is a perennial river that rises from the Southern Tablelands and flows into an open mature wave dominated barrier estuary near Nowra on the South Coast of New South Wales, Australia. Location and features The Shoalhaven ...

. The high ground along the western edge of the Mulloon Creek catchment is part of the crest of the

Great Dividing Range The Great Dividing Range, also known as the East Australian Cordillera or the Eastern Highlands, is a cordillera system in eastern Australia consisting of an expansive collection of mountain ranges, plateaus and rolling hills, that runs rough ...

. The area now known as Mulloon lies close to the boundaries of the traditional lands of the Ngarigo people, to the west, and the Walbanga people, a group of the Yuin, to the east. Mulloon had a public school from 1872 to 1886, which operated "half-time". Its "half time" partner school was Ingledow School. In recent years, the Mulloon Creek catchment has become well known, as the location of projects to revive watercourses and eroded and degraded land. The work began with a demonstration project in 2006, on 3 km of Mulloon Creek at Mulloon. It is now being scaled up to involve around twenty landholders within the catchment, covering 23,000 hectares and 50 km of watercourses. Mulloon Creek under Mulloon Bridge on the Kings Highway

Mulloon Creek under Mulloon Bridge on the Kings Highway

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Stream and rehabilitation projects in the Mulloon Creek catchment
Queanbeyan–Palerang Regional Council Localities in New South Wales Southern Tablelands {{SouthernTablelands-geo-stub