Wollogorang is a locality in the Upper Lachlan Shire and

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, Australia. A small part of the locality is in

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. It is located about 35 km southwest of

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and 61 km northeast of

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. It lies on both sides of the Federal Highway and on the southern side of the

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. They intersect nearby to the northeast in the locality of Yarra. At the , it had a population of 49. A significant natural feature of the locality is the Wollogorang Lagoon. Wollogorang Road and Thornford Road are other roads in the area.

History

The Wologorong area was first inhabited by the Gundungurra

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and by the mid 1840s the NSW colonial government had granted numerous land grants in the area, beginning white settlement. Wologorong homestead was the centre of a major pastoral property that was established in the 19th century. The socialite Sheila Chisholm, who was a friend of

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and

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was born and brought up there.

References

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