Gulgong New South Wales
Population:	2,021[1]
Postcode:	2852
Elevation:	475 m (1,558 ft)
Location:	299 km (186 mi) NW of Sydney 110 km (68 mi) E of Dubbo 174 km (108 mi) N of Orange 30 km (19 mi) N of Mudgee
LGA:	Mid-Western Regional Council
State District:	Orange
Federal Division:	Gwydir
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Gulgong is a 19th century gold rush town in the Central-West of the Australian state of New South Wales. Inches redirects here To see the Les Savy Fav album see Inches. Gold (ˈɡoʊld is a Chemical element with the symbol Au (from its Latin name aurum) and Atomic number 79 For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. The Commonwealth of Australia is made up of 8 states and territories controlled under a federal system of government

The town is located about 300km (180 miles) north west of Sydney, and about 30km north of Mudgee along the Castlereagh Highway. At the time of the 2001 census it had a population of 2,021^[1] It is situated within the Mid-Western Regional Council local government area. The Australian census is administered by the Australian Bureau of Statistics every five years The Mid-Western Regional Council is a Local Government Area (LGA in the Central West of New South Wales.

The name 'Gulgong' is derived from the name used by the traditional inhabitants, the Wiradjuri, for 'deep waterhole'. Indigenous Australians are descendants of the first known human inhabitants of the Australian continent and its nearby islands. The Wiradjuri (many other spellings see below are an Indigenous Australian group of central New South Wales. Like several towns in this area, it began as a gold mining centre. However, being founded in the 1870s, it was one of the last to be dominated by 'poor man's diggings', that is by individuals without substantial capital investment.

Today much of the 19th century character of the town remains, contributing to its appeal as a tourist destination. Of especial interest is the Prince of Wales Opera House, a survivor with a rich history. ^[2]

Another attraction of note is the Gulgong Pioneer Museum, which has a huge collection of thematically-displayed exhibits, ranging from kitchen utensils to complete buildings that have been relocated to a 'street' on the site.

Apart from tourism and hospitality, local industries include wine production, wool, wheat growing and coal mining.

Literary associations

Famous Australian novelist and bush poet Henry Lawson lived briefly in Gulgong as a child in the early 1870s, while his father sought instant wealth as a miner. Henry Lawson (17 June 1867 – 2 September 1922 was an Australian writer and poet Much to the pride of the townspeople, a montage of goldrush-era Gulgong street scenes was used as a backdrop to the portrait of Lawson on the first Australian ten dollar note (which was in use from 1966 until replaced by a polymer banknote in 1993). ^[3]

Gulgong is believed to be one of the primary locations in Thomas Alexander Browne's Robbery under Arms. Thomas Alexander Browne ( 6 August 1826 &ndash 11 March 1915) was an Australian writer who sometimes published under the pseudonym Australia's first novelist of note, Browne was police magistrate in the period 1871-81. He once hosted English author Anthony Trollope, who later recorded his impressions of Australia and New Zealand (1875). Anthony Trollope (April 24 1815 – December 6 1882 became one of the most successful prolific and respected English Novelists of the Victorian era. ^[4]

The original Jimmy Governor, on whom Thomas Kenneally based his character for The Chant of Jimmy Blacksmith, grew up in the Gulgong district and married there in 1898. JIMMY GOVERNOR (1875 &ndash 1901 was one of the Governor brothers two Indigenous Australian men who committed a series of murders in the Central West and New England

Railways

Gulgong is at the junction of the Sandy Hollow line (which runs west from Muswellbrook), and the Gwabegar line, (which runs north-south from Gwabegar to Wallerawang). The Sandy Hollow- Gulgong railway line is a railway line in northern New South Wales, Australia. Muswellbrook, originally known as 'Muswell Creek' is a town and Local Government Area (see Muswellbrook Shire Council) in New South Wales, Australia The Gwabegar railway line is a railway line in the west of New South Wales Australia which passes through the town of Mudgee to Gulgong and eventually heads to Gwabegar, New South Wales, Australia, is a town of 150 persons located in the middle of the largest naturally forming Cypress Pine Forest in the Southern

Gallery

Some images of Gulgong NSW

The streets of Gulgong seem to have changed very little since the 19th century	Famous Prince of Wales Opera House to left	View from balcony above mechanics workshop	Mayne St Gulgong
Typical old commercial buildings in Gulgong	Prince of Wales Opera House	Vintage tractor, Gulgong heritage museum	Original Gulgong district smithy's house and workshop relocated to 'street' in Gulgong museum
Local inn, from the 1840s, relocated to museum 'street'	Interior of the inn	Guest bedroom, 1840s inn	Horse drawn and motor vehicles in Gulgong museum

References

External links

• About Gulgong
• Gulgong DC Rural Fire Brigade

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