Gundaroo, New South Wales
| Gundaroo New South Wales |
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 Main street of Gundaroo |
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 Gundaroo
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| Population: | 331[1] |
| Established: | 1830s |
| Postcode: | 2620 |
| Coordinates: | 35°02′S 149°17′E / 35.033°S 149.283°ECoordinates: 35°02′S 149°17′E / 35.033°S 149.283°E |
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| LGA: | Yass Valley Council |
| State District: | Burrinjuck |
| Federal Division: | Hume |
Gundaroo is a small village in the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia and in Yass Valley Council. It is situated to the east of the Yass River, about 16 kilometres (10 mi) north of Sutton, about 15 kilometres (9 mi) west of the Lake George range. At the 2006 census, Gundaroo had a population of 331.[1]
The explorers Charles Throsby and Joseph Wild travelled through the Yass River valley in 1820. The Aborigines called the valley Candariro meaning 'blue crane' and this name may have been the origin of Gundaroo.[2] Governor Lachlan Macquarie granted the first white settler, Peter Cooney, 30 acres (12 ha) in 1825. Settlement proceeded fairly quickly and there were about 400 residents in the 1840s. The first non-residential building in Gundaroo was the Harrow Inn, built in 1834. A post office was built in 1848 and an Anglican church, St Lukes in Upper Gundaroo (now part of a pottery business), in 1849. The first school opened in 1850 and a Police Station in 1852.[3] A major impetus for the growth in the middle of the nineteenth century was the discovery of gold in the district in 1852.[4]
Gundaroo has become something of a dormitory for Canberra and is a fairly trendy village for tourists from Canberra and further afield because of its well preserved early and mid 19th century heritage.
[edit] Gallery
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St Marks Anglican Church in Cork St, formerly Gundaroo Court House, built in 1875
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The Royal Hotel Gundaroo
[edit] References
- ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Gundaroo (L) (Urban Centre/Locality)". 2006 Census QuickStats. http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/LocationSearch?collection=Census&period=2006&areacode=UCL136700&producttype=QuickStats&breadcrumb=PL&action=401. Retrieved 2009-09-15.
- ^ * Exploring the ACT and Southeast New South Wales, J. Kay McDonald, Kangaroo Press, Sydney, 1985 ISBN 0-86417-049-1
- ^ "Gundaroo". The Southern Tablelands of NSW. http://www.argylecounty.com.au/towns/gundaroo.html. Retrieved 2007-07-13.
- ^ Canberra's Engineering Heritage, William Charles Andrews, Institution of Engineers, Canberra, 1990 p5
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