Grabben Gullen is a small village in

Upper Lachlan Shire Upper Lachlan Shire is a Local government in Australia, local government area in the Southern Tablelands region of New South Wales, Australia. The Shire was formed in February 2004 from Crookwell Shire and parts of Mulwaree, Gunning Shire, Gunni ...

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, Australia. At the , it had a population of 253. It is located between

Crookwell Crookwell is a small town located in the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia, in the Upper Lachlan Shire. At the , Crookwell had a population of 2,641. The town is at a relatively high altitude of 887 metres and there are several ...

and Gunning, situated at an elevation of 898 metres above sea level; several

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occur during the winter months. The town is regularly visited by fossickers, seeking

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garnet Garnets () are a group of silicate minerals that have been used since the Bronze Age as gemstones and abrasives. Garnet minerals, while sharing similar physical and crystallographic properties, exhibit a wide range of chemical compositions, de ...

zircon Zircon () is a mineral belonging to the group of nesosilicates and is a source of the metal zirconium. Its chemical name is zirconium(IV) silicate, and its corresponding chemical formula is Zr SiO4. An empirical formula showing some of th ...

s and

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. Its name is derived from an Aboriginal term meaning "small waters", and was chosen due to the numerous small streams in the area, which feed into the

Lachlan River The Lachlan River (Wiradjuri: ''Kalari'', ''Galiyarr'') is an intermittent river that is part of the Murrumbidgee catchment within the Murray–Darling basin, located in the Southern Tablelands, Central West, and Riverina regions of New Sou ...

. Built in the early 1800s, Grabben Gullen hosts St Mary's Catholic Church, a post office opened on 16 December 1891, and a pub named The Albion. The church is of gothic style. Designed by an architect named Mr. Gordon in historical records, it lies approximately 4.5 kilometres from the village centre and celebrated its 150th anniversary in 2013. Grabben Gullen is now a tourist attraction in the Upper Lachlan region, and hosts a monthly produce market.

History

In November 1869 the ''Goulburn Herald and Chronicle'' reported that the residents of Grabben Gullen had signed and adopted a petition. For nine months the residents received no response, and the matter was set aside for about three months. At the expiration of that time an answer was received that a police station would be established. In 1896 the ''Goulburn Evening Penny Post'' reported that the inhabitants of Grabben Gullen were again signing a petition for a police station to be established there.

References

{{authority control Localities in New South Wales Southern Tablelands Upper Lachlan Shire