| Nelligen New South Wales | |||||||||||||||
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 Wharf at Nelligen on the Clyde River | |||||||||||||||
  Nelligen | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°38′51″S150°08′29″E / 35.64750°S 150.14139°E Coordinates: 35°38′51″S150°08′29″E / 35.64750°S 150.14139°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 332 (2016 census) [1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 2536 | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 0 m (0 ft) | ||||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | Eurobodalla Shire | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Bega | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Gilmore | ||||||||||||||
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Nelligen is a village on the Clyde River on the South Coast of New South Wales, Australia. It is located on the Kings Highway.
The village is situated on the river's western bank near a junction with Nelligen Creek, [2] and 8 km (5 mi) inland from Batemans Bay.
Local services include a general store, hotel, and general cemetery. [3] [4] [5]
The original inhabitants of the land were Aborigines of the Walbanga, Murrinjari and Bergalia clans. [5] The origin of the name is unclear and was already in use at the time of the first survey in 1828. The surveyor Robert Hoddle described the site of the future township as 640 acres (2.6 km2) of "good forest land at Nellican Creek" [5] and by the 1830s timber cutters had cleared a site for settlement and work had begun on a road to Batemans Bay.
The village of Nelligen was gazetted in 1854 and a road inland to Braidwood was completed two years later. No bridges existed across the Clyde at the time, so produce and minerals from southern New South Wales were delivered to Nelligen for transport by twice-weekly steamer to Sydney; the town was serviced by the Illawarra Steam Navigation Company. The post office opened in 1858 and a Protestant church was constructed in 1872. [5] The existing Roman Catholic church dates from 1895. [5]
By 1892 the population had grown to 500 but construction of several coastal bridges and the growth of Batemans Bay began to reduce local trading opportunities. By 1934 the population had fallen to 350, [5] and by 2006 this had further declined to 228. [6] At the 2016 census, it had a population of 332, although this includes the surrounding area. [1]
Between about 1860 and 1915 there were some gold workings in the Nelligen district. [7]
A punt service across the Clyde River was begun at Nelligen in 1895 and continued until 1964 when the Nelligen bridge was completed. [8]
Clyde River is a national park in south-eastern New South Wales (Australia) between Batemans Bay and Nelligen. It includes 9 km of river frontage to the Clyde River, bounded on three sides by the Clyde River and on the northeast by the Kings Highway. It was created from a part of Benandarah State Forest; in 2000 10.91 km2 of the state forest was set aside as a national park. The park forms part of the Ulladulla to Merimbula Important Bird Area, identified as such by BirdLife International because of its importance for swift parrots.
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