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1169:, took up photography, photographing townlife in the period up to around 1906, when his responsibilities for the new hospital took precedence. He is considered one of Australia's best early documentary photographers, partly for his observant, astute and dispassionate approach. However, they are sometimes highly stylised by integrating his and others shadows in the image, or by making full use of the radical perspective of a wide-angle lens. The question of how and why his images are outstanding is central to the novel 'Belonging' written by G McDougall. The equally interesting story of how Gabriel's glass-plate negatives came into the National Library's possession is found in the NLA's 'Gundagai Album'. The negatives were preserved and presented to the 3072:. The feature race at the meeting was the Snake Gully Flying Handicap, a 1000 metres. The Snake Gully Flying Handicap remained as the feature race of the club's November meeting for the next two years. In 1984 the club applied for TAB status for the 1985 meeting when the proposal was to conduct the first Snake Gully Cup over 1400 metres. The application was unsuccessful. This was the beginning of the Snake Gully Cup in its current format. In 1990 the club once again applied for TAB status for the Cup and were successful in securing this for the 1992 Cup. From that date the Cup has only been conducted on a Friday. The second day of the meet is called 'Hair of the Dog' and is a more family orientated race day. 55: 3044: 534: 3068:

club in the early 1970s. The race however did not materialise due to the lack of support from the committee of the day. The idea gained real momentum at the unveiling of the statues of Dad, Dave, Mum and Mabel at the Snake Gully Service Centre in November 1979 when Ted Tout, one of the principles of the centre mentioned the possibility of a Snake Gully Cup being run as a picnic race meeting similar to the popular Bong Bong Cup meeting. In November 1982, the Gundagai Adelong Racing Club conducted a mid-week race meeting as part of the 50th anniversary celebrations for the

884:. Four men held up Robert Phillips and took a horse, the property of William Hutchinson of Murrumbidgee, who had possession of the land to the immediate north of Gundagai. On one occasion in 1843, a gang of five bushrangers, including one called "Blue Cap", held up and robbed Mr Andrews, the Gundagai postmaster and innkeeper. Cushan the bushranger was known to be operating in the area in 1846, and in 1850, to the south of Gundagai near Tarcutta, two bushrangers held up the Royal Mail, stole the Albury and Melbourne mailbags and rode off with the mail coach's horses. 2837: 873: 3616: 3174: 751: 711: 7218: 39: 6997: 2669: 996:. All mine sites, of which there were several around Gundagai such as Burra, Reno, Jackalass, Jones Creek and Coolac, had miners' camps at or near them. The hill to the north of Gundagai known as Flower Hill once had a large tent settlement that was larger than the permanent North Gundagai residential area. Likewise the Spring Flat goldfield adjacent to the North Gundagai cemetery resulted in a sizeable tent township appearing there. 6782:' as a serial under the pen-name of 'Brent of Bin Bin' and it presents Stella's grandfather with some accuracy. ... Because family fortunes were at low ebb, Joseph then set out for the Victorian gold-fields in 1852, the year that floods washed away the first settlements at Gundagai, Tumut and even part of Yass. Crossing a flooded river south of Gundagai, Joseph lost his saddle and swag and almost died of hunger as a consequence. 607: 2952: 6985: 957:'s gang near Jugiong, is buried next to the grave of Senior Constable Webb-Bowen. Captain Moonlite is also buried in the North Gundagai Anglican cemetery. Captain Moonlite had asked to be buried at Gundagai near his friends James Nesbitt and Augustus Wernicke. Both had been killed in the shoot-out at McGlede's Hut. Moonlite's request was not granted by the authorities of the time, but his remains were 5578: 5533: 5488: 3179: 62: 858:, home to many bird species, have disappeared, largely as a result of ground compaction by cattle and Gundagai Shire Council diverting ground water into underground pipes. The wetlands were on the North Gundagai Common, adjacent to the Gundagai High School, between Bourke and West Streets to the north of Punch Street, to the west and north of the North Gundagai cemetery, and at Coolac. 794:, Jacky Jacky, Long Jimmy and one other played a role in saving many Gundagai people from the 1852 floodwaters, rescuing more than 40 people using bark canoes. A bronze sculpture of Yarri and Jacky Jacky with a canoe was unveiled in Gundagai in 2017. The number of people whom they saved is estimated as 68, one third of the town's population. The historical novel 1196:, Gundagai recorded a population of 1,925. 85.6% were born in Australia and 90.4% spoke only English at home. The most common ancestries in Gundagai were Australian 38.6%, English 33.2%, Irish 9.8% and Scottish 4.3%. The most common responses for religion were Anglican 39.8%, Catholic 32.5% and no religion 11.8%. 992:

railway worker canvas town near the Gundagai Rail Station. Rail workers and their families who moved to Gundagai to work on the rail line, lived in tents in that area into the 1950s. The Chinese camp was in the area of today's Bowls Club as were the Chinese gardens. Burials of deceased Chinese people were in the

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In 1896, the 105 northern approach spans were replaced by a new approach structure of seventy-six spans on a different alignment, and the southern approach was slightly lengthened, giving a total length of 922 metres, which was 12 m less than the previous length. It remained the longest bridge in New

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was mined along Jones Creek just to the west of the town but there are several deposits in the immediate area. Some fibres were two feet long. Prior to 1918 this was the only source of asbestos in New South Wales. Northern Gundagai is built on a hill sometimes known as 'Asbestos Hill' and excavations

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The flood of June 1891 left several pastoral workers and four rescuers, who set out in a boat, stranded in trees just to the south of Gundagai. Edward True dragged a light skiff several miles over hills to the rescue site and managed to save several men from drowning. True also saved a young boy from

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A local settler named Warby is recorded as having "followed Hume and Hovell's tracks to the junction of the Murrumbidgee and Tumut Rivers" and having taken "up a pastoral lease of 19,200 acres ... at a rent of thirty-three pounds per annum. ... He called the property 'Minghee' later called 'Mingay'."

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State Records of NSW, The Surveyor General's Maps and Plans, map G.7.1028, 1850, Showing the Proposed Extension of the Town of North and South Gundagai, Surveyor Larmer, and map G1028d, 1845, Survey of the Site proposed by Commissioner Bingham as an addition to the town of Gundagai on the South Bank

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with stock on 5 December 1838. On reaching the Murrumbidgee River at Gundagai, Eyre, accompanied by two aboriginal youths, Yarrie and Joey, "turned down the river to the westward instead of following further south" and travelled along the northern bank of the river for the better supply of water and

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Bell, O., 1979, 'Tales of Old Gundagai' by Oscar I. Bell, B.E.M. President of the Gundagai and District Historical Society, Published on the occasion of the Sturt Sesqui-Centenary, 1979, p.3. Bell says it was Ben Warby at Mingay but cites 67-78 below establish that it was William Warby, Ben Warby's

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The Snake Gully Cup festival is held each November featuring the Snake Gully Cup two-day racing carnival. It is one of southern New South Wales' premier race events. The idea of conducting a race called the Snake Gully Cup was originally floated in a committee meeting of the Gundagai Adelong racing

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and Frederick Augustus Franklin and had a total length of 314 m, including three wrought iron truss spans each of 31.4 m across the river itself, two southern approach spans of timber, and twenty-three northern approach spans of 9.14 m, also of timber, rising on a gradient of 1 in 30 from the level

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Gundagai had a "Mud Muster", put on by the Nowra Mud, Sweat and Beers people, held on 2 April 2016, sponsored by Gundagai Shire Council. The event involved digging large mud pits throughout the highly significant and documented Aboriginal ceremonial ground on the North Gundagai Common, and filling

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Often bridges have replaced fords but not always in exactly the same location, as bridges require high stream banks, whereas fords favour low banks. Two known old bridges on Morleys Creek no longer exist. Learys Bridge, a wooden bridge that crossed Morleys Creek in line with Byron Street, Gundagai

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of June 1858 declared the Great Southern Road, from near Sydney through Goulburn and Gundagai to Albury, as one of the three main roads in the colony. However, its southern reaches were described as only a 'scarcely formed bullock track' as late as 1858. The road was improved in the mid-1860s with

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and as icing on the cake, by 1874 the bushranger prettily known as Jerry Blossom, was entertaining the district. In 1880, bushrangers held up the Chinese Camp at Gundagai then fled on horseback towards Burra, a locality known to harbour louts and for the ferocious fires that roar through the area.

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bridge as part of the Hume Highway bypass of Gundagai, to replace the Prince Alfred Bridge. It closely follows the alignment of one of the options considered in the early 1930s for a replacement bridge as an alternative to the repair of the Prince Alfred Bridge. It is 1,143 metres (3,750 ft)

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Sometime before 1896, the twenty-three northern spans were replaced with a longer structure consisting of 105 timber spans varying from 4.6 m to 9.14 m long, crossing the full width of the floodplain. In that year a ramp was installed on the western side of the bridge six spans north of the three

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In 1901, a large camp of unemployed men and their families at South Gundagai was waiting for the proposed Gundagai rail line to begin construction. 500 of the men marched from south to north Gundagai, accompanied by the town band, to try to move commencement of the project, forward. There was a

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In 1862, at Bethungra, to the west of Gundagai in the Gundagai Police District, the bushranger Jack-in-the-Boots was captured. A plot to rescue Jack-in-the-Boots, whose real name was Molloy, from police custody while he was being transferred from Gundagai to Yass gaol, was discovered.

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Court House, completed in 1859, was one of the first stone buildings to be erected after the floods of 1852. The interior was originally of red cedar but was destroyed by a fire in 1943 and it was rebuilt with mountain ash. The monument in front of the building is a Boer War

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in 1841. This identification would place Yarri a long way from his traditional lands. The association of the two goes back to newspaper reports at the time. Yarri is also believed to have killed a young part Aboriginal woman 'Sally McLeod' near Gundagai in 1852. Warrants for

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in Gundagai included the Gundagai Meat Processors Plant and D J Lynch Engineering. The meatworks is the shire's largest single employer, with over 100 employees. The latter firm has produced work for major construction projects, including building steel spans for the

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some sections near Gundagai 'metalled' and all creeks bridged between Adelong Creek (approximately 10 kilometres south of Gundagai) and Albury. In 1914 the road was declared a main road of New South Wales, and subsequently designated as state highway 2 and named the

492:), Church, Gundagai. Bishop Edwards noted that following on the path of the explorers "Hume and Hovell, the first Gundagai settlers found a wonderful land on which to establish a town, which was gazetted in 1838 but until 1850, relied on ministry from 599:

Whilst living and working at William Warby's establishment, Caroline McAlister (wife of Thomas McAlister) gave birth to a son, John, on 21 June 1832, who may have been one of the first known children of European descent born in the Gundagai area.

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Following an even higher flood in 1853, North Gundagai was redeveloped at its current site, above the river, on Asbestos Hill and Mount Parnassus, and at South Gundagai on the slopes of Brummies Hill, using pre-existing survey plans made by

3011:'s "The Road to Gundagai", and the traditional ballad 'Flash Jack from Gundagai'. The great British folksinger A. L. Lloyd, who spent time in Australia, recorded both the shearing song 'Flash Jack from Gundagai' and 'The Road to Gundagai'. 903:. In 1863, the bushrangers Stanley and Jones were arrested at Tumut after they had allegedly stolen saddles at Gundagai and hatched a plan to rob Mr Norton's store. Stanley could not be identified. In 1864, Jones was found not guilty. 778:. The Crown Commissioner for the Murrumbidgee District, Henry Bingham, praised the heroic actions of Aboriginal people at Gundagai in rescuing settlers from the 1844 flood. Bingham also requested a reward for local Aboriginal people. 622:

The first move to establish Gundagai as a township was in 1838, when plans for the new settlement of "Gundagae on the Murrumbidgee, about 54 miles beyond Yass ..." were advertised for viewing at the office of the Surveyor-General in

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The original town gazetted as Gundagai in 1838 was situated on the right hand bank of the Murrumbidgee River floodplain at the place colloquially known as "The Crossing Place". That town was hit by several large floods of the

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The name "Gundagai" may derive from "Gundagair", an 1838 pastoral run in the name of William Hutchinson to the immediate north of current day Gundagai. The Aboriginal word "gair" was recorded at Yass in 1836 by the naturalist

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was tied up to an old gum tree at Gundagai by Mr Norton of Gundagai who two years previously had the honour of naming the boat that set off from Gundagai to survey the Murrumbidgee under the command of Captain Robinson, the

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over the Murrumbidgee river near his Gundagai hut and, in January 1838, Deputy Surveyor General Samuel Perry reported, in reference to Gundagai, that "a better site could not have been chosen for a Town of the first class".

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Gundagai, perhaps more than any other Australian locality, is referred to in stories, songs and poems. They include early anonymous writer Theta's poem "'Ode to the Dead of Gundagai", James Riley's 'The Gundagai Calamity',

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Greek, Strati Notara, and was the oldest continuously Greek-run cafe in Australia. In August 2019, the cafe closed and was put up for sale; it was subsequently restored by its new owners and reopened in June 2022.

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Although a small town, Gundagai is a popular topic for writers, including writers of poems and songs, and has become the representation of the typical Australian country town. Gundagai also has a long and strong

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continued initially until 1875, with a second gold rush in 1894. Mines operated again until well into the 20th century with some mining activity still occurring in 2007. The best known historical mines were the

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in 1852. The Murrumbidgee flood of 25 June 1852 swept the first colonial town of Gundagai away, killing at least 78 people (perhaps 89) of the town's population of 250 people, making it one of the worst natural

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gang was going to pay the town a visit and while "extra rifles and ammunition to defend the town" were applied for and special constables were sworn in, the Kelly Gang did not make an appearance.

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Nangus Island in the middle of the Murrumbidgee River at Nangus is marked as one of the early goldfields and was previously named 'M'Arthur Island'. It is adjacent to where the highly auriferous

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His name must never be mentioned on the farm by Gundagai— // They were Scots of the Riverina with ever the kirk hard by. ... There were tears at the Grahame homestead and grief in Gundagai; ...

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As I rode in to Gundagai, //I met a man and passed him by // Without a nod, without a word. // He turned, and said he'd never heard // Or seen a man so wise as I. // But I rode on to Gundagai.

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Mine Record, Prince of Wales Mine, Lachlan Division, Mine record 1621, 7 June 1901, and Mine Record, Robinson and Rice's Mine, Gundagai Mining Division, Mine Record 32, 20 May 1901, Available

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was also known as Yarree or Coonong Denamundinna, A number of stories circulate suggesting that Yarri is the same as the native of that name mentioned as being responsible for the death of

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was burned down by Gundagai Shire Council in the 1990s. Rileys Bridge that crossed Morleys Creek at the midpoint between Byron and Homer Streets was washed away in the 1851 Gundagai flood.

6554: 2825: 3001: 2982:', 'Snake Gully Swagger', and 'When a Boy from Alabama Meets a Girl from Gundagai'. Gundagai also features in the song 'The Grand Old Hills of Gundagai'. A 1971 educational short film, 5005: 3553:

The 'Ellis' referred to is likely Hillas as noted in a court case at the NSW Supreme Court involving him. Also, what is now 'Hillas Creek' was also once referred to as 'Ellis Creek'.

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main spans, in roughly the same location as the present ramp, in order to divert traffic from the timber approach spans, presumably because of maintenance problems with these spans.

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Sturt, C. 1844 'Course of the Hume River, From the Hilly Districts to the Junction of the Morumbidgee', in "Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London", Vo. 14, pp.141-144

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Gundagai shire is primarily rural, with a small population. Eighty per cent of the shire's population live in the town of Gundagai. There are four villages in the Shire:

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but that place name may refer to the area to the north of Gundagai not to Gundagai town. The word "gundagai" is also said to mean "cut with a hand-axe behind the knee".

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was "for the purpose of ascertaining If that river presents any serious impediments to internal navigation" and the incentive for that survey came from Captain Cadell.

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collected from around New South Wales. The work is 1.2 metres high and, commencing in 1910, took 28 years to complete. It can be seen in the Gundagai tourist office.

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Russell, P. (ed.), (2002), 'This Errant Lady, Jane Franklin's Overland Journey to Port Phillip and Sydney, 1839, National Library of Australia, Canberra, 2002, p.76.

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was launched in 1866 and sank between Hay and Balranald in October 1868. "It was raised but sank twice more, then was dismantled in 1879." On 20 September 1870, the

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Hovell, W.H. nyg. 'W.H.Hovell Papers' Frames 16-27, pages 20-42, CY Reel 529, Safe 1/32B (Database no. 37) Manuscript Collection, State Library of New South Wales

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RJE Gormly Index, Letter from the Deputy Surveyor-General, 22 January 1838, in 'Gundagai A Track Winding Back', Cliff Butcher, 2002, A.C. Butcher, Gundagai, p.11

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that was active in the district in 1863–64. Patrick Gately and Patrick Lawler held up Keane's pub at Coolac in April, 1866. Also in the 1860s, to the north of

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In 1903 a second (railway) bridge across the Murrumbdgee with a total length of 819 metres was built for the extension of the railway from Gundagai to Tumut.

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The Turning Wave Festival, a music and cultural festival celebrating Irish and Celtic migration to Australia, was held in Gundagai up to 2011, but moved to

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In 1911, the total population of Gundagai Shire was 1,921. It changed little in the course of the twentieth century, being 2,308 at the time of the 1981

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drowning in a waterhole in 1887 and was awarded a Royal Humane Society of Australasia bravery award for that rescue as well. Edward True could not swim.

437:. The floodplains of the Murrumbidgee, below the present town of Gundagai, were a frequent meeting place of the Wiradjuri. Their name for this place was 6555:

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passed close to the spot where Gundagai now stands, near the future site of Tumut. Hovell recorded seeing trees already marked by steel "tommyhawks".

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was a 12-horsepower, 70 feet long iron vessel, with two side paddles and towing two iron barges. It sank near Wagga after hitting a snag in 1867.

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from 1950 to 1973 and held various ministerial portfolios. In 2010, it was duplicated to carry the southbound carriageway of the Hume Highway.

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and Muniong, Honeysuckle, Kimo, Mooney Mooney, Murrumbidgee and Tumut mountain ranges, Gundagai is 390 kilometres (240 mi) south-west of

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was completed, . In this configuration the bridge remained in use until 1977, but extensive repair work was carried out in the early 1930s.

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and grazing. Less than 1% of the shire is managed for conservation. There are few remaining examples of the original vegetation cover.

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is set around the time of the flood, and depicts some of the Wiradjuri people and settlers living in Gundagai at the time, using the

557:. On returning from Port Phillip, Brodribb relocated to what later became the site of Gundagai. In August, Brodribb petitioned for a 481: 205: 6808: 4629:. Vol. XXXVI, no. 4804. New South Wales, Australia. 20 February 1879. p. 3 – via National Library of Australia. 831:/Yarree's arrest were issued by NSW Police after Brungle Aboriginal people reported him to the police over the Sally McLeod murder. 9165: 6622: 6595:

Alexander, John,. The grand old hills of Gundagai : song 1920–1929, lyric Smith, Ada, Digital Collections, Music, Available

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competition. The club plays at Anzac Park Oval, often drawing crowds up to several thousands for derbies against Tumut and Junee.

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Stern, H., De Hoedt, G., and Ernst, J.: Objective classification of Australian climates, Aust. Meteorol. Mag., 49, 87–96, 2000.

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In the 1950s, bushrangers reappeared in the Gundagai area, jumping into the trailers of heavy transports moving along the

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Papers Past — New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian — 11 March 1865 — Camp, Patea River, Thursday, 16 February

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The Niagara Café opened in 1938 and was a notable stop on the Hume Highway. The cafe makes much of a brief visit by then

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related to both Aboriginal and European events, as the location was an important gathering place and river crossing for

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Gundagai is an inland town with an elevation of 232 metres (761 ft). Almost all of the shire is located in the

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travelled through the area in 1829 at the start of his voyage in search of an inland sea, then believed to exist in

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the very large and deep holes with water. Hundreds of competitors wallowed through the pits and other obstacles.

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the Warramore Ford that crosses the Murrumbidgee across to Tarrabandra between the Gundagai showground and Mingay

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in November 1879 in a hostage incident at McGlede's farm. Trooper Edmund Parry, killed in an encounter with

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and became a partner in a cattle station at Maneroo. In 1836, he overlanded the second draft of cattle to

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Our Antipodes or, Residence and Rambles in the Australasian Colonies, with a Glimpse of the Goldfields

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The North Gundagai Anglican cemetery contains the graves of two policemen shot in the district by

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The Shire has been extensively cleared for agriculture and more than 80% of the area is used for

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and John Noble, attended the 1927 opening of the new Federal Parliament House in Canberra by the

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Victoria Bartholomew, John, 1805–1860. 1853 Victoria Historical MAPS MX 820 a 1853 Available

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feed available for his stock. Eyre crossed the river twice at Gundagai to "avoid some ranges".

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people, and there is considerable folklore in the area associated with Aboriginal cultural and

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The Travels of George Augustus Robinson, Chief Protector, Port Phillip Aboriginal Protectorate

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a 1950s concrete ford that crosses Morleys Creek on the immediate western side of Yarri Bridge

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at Snake Gully, five miles from Gundagai. The statue was unveiled by the then Prime Minister

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and reinterred at Gundagai near to the unknown location of Nesbitt's grave in January 1995.

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The old Gundagai Flour Mill in Sheridan Lane was also known as "The Sundowners", after the

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Geological Series Sheet 8527 (Edition 1)1990, Australia1:100 000, Tumut Mineralogical Map.

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A number of places in Gundagai are on the New South Wales state heritage register and the

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monument, and created the model of the dog, which was cast at Oliver's Foundry in Sydney.

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went onshore and broke in half. All hands were rescued. Her engines were installed in the

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Gundagai Post Office opened on 1 April 1843 as the township, gazetted in 1838, developed.

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The herds of John Macarthur, Throsby and Ellis, were along the Murrumbidgee by late 1831.

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Asbestos Hill Gundagai Map 8527-4-N Topographic Map 1:25,000 Second edition NSW Australia

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generated by bush appeal and the historic bridges, Gundagai's economy remains driven by

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National Film and Sound Archive: Along the Road to Gundagai on australianscreen online

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7000 Brave Australians: A History of the Royal Humane Society of Australasia 1874–1994

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of the floodplain. It was the first iron truss bridge to be built in New South Wales.

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Butcher, C. 2002, Gundagai A Track Winding Back', A.C.Butcher, Gundagai, pp 212-213.

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Climate data for Gundagai Ridge Street (1976–1995); 232 m AMSL; 35.08° S, 148.10° E

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and, by that evening, was lodged in the Gundagai gaol. Peisley was later hanged at

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Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government

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Carr, Bob: (Maroubra—Premier, Minister for the Arts, and Minister for Citizenship)

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Climate data for Gundagai (Nangus Rd, 1995–2022); 225 m AMSL; 35.06° S, 148.10° E

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New Zealand, the little paddlewheel steamer and expert crosser of sandbars, the

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Papers Past — Wellington Independent — 3 July 1866 — WRECK OF THE P.S. GUNDAGAI

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Gundagai Independent, Sheridan Street Gundagai, Thursday 29 September 2011,p.1.

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Brodribb, W. A. (William Adams); Royal Australian Historical Society (1978),

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As early as 1838, the Gundagai and Yass areas were being terrorised by armed

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Station near Gundagai for Mr Jenkins, owner of Nangus Station, to ply the

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the Gundagai township ford of the Murrumbidgee in line with Otway Street

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a ford on the southern continuation of Bourke Street across Jones Creek

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in 1928. The highway bypassed Gundagai in 1977 with the opening of the

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for the first journey in it north of Goolwa, then in 1856 explored the

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a ford at the western end of William Street that crosses Jones Creek

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the one at the western end of Hanley Street that crosses Jones Creek

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Sheridan Street scene in the early twentieth century; photograph by

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a very old ford that crosses Morleys Creek east of the Yarri Bridge

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crossing place that these days has been replaced by the low level

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North Gundagai is situated on top of significant, Jindalee Group,

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in New Zealand, and getting supplies to troops, in support of the

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Material was copied from this source, which is available under a

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crosses the Murrumbidgee River at Gundagai, photographed c. 1885.

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in pieces, by Captain Cadell, assembled at Goolwa then launched.

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who was born in the Gundagai area, is credited with co-inventing

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used to describe the area around what is now South Gundagai) and

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one at the western end of Sheridan Lane that crosses Jones Creek

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Several riverboats were associated with Gundagai, including the

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O'Hagan, Jack, (1932) Music Australia, Sound File Available

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Department of Mines, Geological Survey No 14, 1924,Available

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Sergeant Parry was shot and killed in 1864 by the bushranger

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agricultural region. The eastern part of the shire (towards

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EYRE, Edward John – Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand

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Gundagai has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

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after his death and a selection was published in 1976 as a

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was the first steamer known to visit Gundagai. The steamer

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In 1855, Captain Cadell was aboard the paddlewheel steamer

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The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser

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The Gundagai area is part of the traditional lands of the

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Family history states 19 August near Gundagai (reference

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was constructed by the engineer Mr Chapman of Sydney, at

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On 25 September 2011, the Right Reverend Trevor Edwards,

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