Dangelong, New South Wales

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Dangelong
New South Wales
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Dangelong
Location in New South Wales
Coordinates 36°21′01″S149°17′31.7″E / 36.35028°S 149.292139°E / -36.35028; 149.292139
Population0 (2021 census)
Postcode(s) 2630
Location
LGA(s) Snowy Monaro Regional Council
Region Southern Tablelands
County Beresford
Parish Dangelong, Palmerston
State electorate(s) Monaro
Federal division(s) Eden-Monaro
Localities around Dangelong:
Cooma CarlamindaTuross
Rock Flat DangelongKybeyan
Springfield Nimmitabel Kybeyan

Dangelong is a rural locality in the Snowy Monaro Regional Council local government area of New South Wales, Australia. It is located south-east of Cooma. It had no people or a very low population recorded at the 2021 census. [1]

The eastern boundary of the locality is formed by the Numeralla River, and the confluence of that river with its tributary, Dangelong Creek lies in the locality. [2]

The area now known as Dangelong lies on the traditional lands of Ngarigo people. [3] The name, Dangelong, is probably derived from an Aboriginal word, as rendered by colonial settlers, that was applied to an early squatting run in the area.

John Mackenzie established 'Dangelong' station, a vast squatting run of 44 square miles (11,396 hectares), when he occupied land taken from Ngarigo people, as a squatter. He began a grazing operation at Dangelong, which had twenty-six residents and ten slab huts, by 1839. [4] [5] He chose to reside, with his family, on other land that he owned at Nerriga. [6] [7] One of Mackenzies's sons—probably his eldest son, Andrew—managed 'Dangelong', during the time that it was controlled by Mackenzie. [8] In 1848, as a result of Mackenzie's insolvency and subsequent bankruptcy, the 'Dangelong' run leasehold, by then of 15,000 acres, passed to another early landholder, William Bradley. [4] [9] The station was later part of the extensive Monaro landholdings of the Wallace family. [10]

During the 1870s, the squatter run was opened to selection, resulting in its subdivision into smaller properties, [11] although the 'Dandelong' station still existed and retained some of the land. [12]

The area once had more residents and farm dwellings, and its residents made use of the nearest (former) settlement at Rock Flat. [13] There was a school at Dangelong for most of the interval from May 1873 to December 1918. [14]

The area is mainly cleared for grazing, with some forested land on the higher ground along its eastern side. [2]

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References

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  2. 1 2 "Satellite View - Dangelong · New South Wales 2630, Australia". Google Maps. Retrieved 2023-06-09.
  3. ↑ Studies, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (2021-01-10). "Map of Indigenous Australia". aiatsis.gov.au. Retrieved 2022-01-27.
  4. 1 2 Cantlon, Maurice (1981). Homesteads of southern New South Wales, 1830-1900. Carlton, Vic.: Queensberry Hill Press. pp. 42, 43. ISBN   0-909174-32-6. OCLC   8552594.
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  8. ↑ "COLONEL J. K. Mackenzie". www.monaropioneers.com. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
  9. ↑ "CLAIMS TO LEASES OF CROWN LANDS BEYOND THE SETTLED DISTRICTS". Sydney Morning Herald. 1848-10-07. p. 8. Retrieved 2023-06-09.
  10. ↑ "The Late Mr. H. Wallace". Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser. 1925-07-31. p. 2. Retrieved 2023-06-09.
  11. ↑ "GOVERNMENT LAND SALES". Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser. 1875-12-04. p. 4. Retrieved 2023-06-09.
  12. ↑ "Dangelong Station, King Esq. , at east of Cooma [picture] (c.1900)". trove.nla.gov.au. Retrieved 2023-06-09.
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