Marulan

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Marulan
New South Wales
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Marulan
Coordinates 34°43′S150°00′E / 34.717°S 150.000°E / -34.717; 150.000
Population1,178 (2016 census) [1]
Established1868
Postcode(s) 2579
Elevation642 m (2,106 ft)
Location
LGA(s) Goulburn Mulwaree Council
County Argyle
Parish Marulan
State electorate(s) Goulburn
Federal division(s) Hume
Localities around Marulan:
Carrick Brayton Paddys River
Carrick Marulan Tallong
Boxers Creek Bungonia Tolwong

Marulan is a small town east of the Great Dividing Range and is located in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales, Australia. It is in the Goulburn Mulwaree Council local government area and the traditional lands of the Gundungurra people. It is located south-west of Sydney on the Hume Highway, although it bypasses the town proper. Marulan lies on the 150th meridian east. It has a railway station on the Main Southern railway line. Marulan was previously known as Mooroowoolen.

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At the 2016 census, Marulan had a population of 1,178 people. [1]

History

In the early years of European settlement of Sydney, exploration southwest of Sydney was slow. In 1818, Hamilton Hume and James Meehan reached "the Goulburn plains" for the first time. Governor Lachlan Macquarie ordered the construction of the Great South Road (the basis of the northern end of the Hume Highway) in 1819 from Picton to the Goulburn Plains.

The southern part of Macquarie's road ran from Sutton Forest roughly along existing minor roads to Canyonleigh, Brayton, Carrick and Towrang, where it joined the current route to Goulburn. Branching from this route (now called the Illawarra Highway at this point) just south of Sutton Forest, a road, now known as Old Argyle Road, developed in the 1820s. It ran to Bungonia, via Wingello, Tallong, and the southern outskirts of Marulan, all, except Wingello, located in Argyle County, [note 1] along with Goulburn. [2] In the early 19th century Bungonia was expected to become a major centre, but it subsequently proved unsuitable for intensive agriculture.

When Thomas Mitchell rerouted the Great South Road in the 1830s, he decided to bring these two roads together and build a junction at old Marulan, with roads proceeding to Goulburn and Bungonia. [2] When the Main Southern railway reached Marulan in 1868, the town migrated 3 km north to the railway station. Nevertheless, the old cemetery remains at the Bungonia Road intersection. A quarry is being developed near the intersection, so an interchange has been built there.

In 1958, the first truck inspection station in New South Wales was opened on the outskirts of Marulan on the Hume Highway. [3] In 1986, the town was bypassed when a dual carriageway section of the Hume Highway opened.

Marulan Meridian Arch

Marulan Meridian Arch (2002) beside the Hume Highway. Marulan 150E monument.jpg
Marulan Meridian Arch (2002) beside the Hume Highway.

Located in Meridian Park on George St, the Marulan Meridian Arch [4] is a sculpture that forms an arch with a metal sphere on an axis mounted at the top of arch. It is the very centre of the time zone UTC+10:00 and, as such, the sun rises here at approximately 6:00am, then sets at exactly 6:00pm, every equinox.

It commemorates the Centenary of Federation and that Marulan is the only town on the 150th meridian east.

Heritage listings

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

Notes

  1. ↑ Counties never became serious units of government in New South Wales, but they are still referred to in land titles.

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References

  1. 1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Marulan (State Suburbs)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 10 July 2016. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. 1 2 Lay, Max (1984). History of Australian Roads. Australian Road Research Board. ISBN   0-86910-164-1.
  3. ↑ First Truck Check Station in Operation Truck & Bus Transportation February 1959 page 61
  4. ↑ "Marulan Meridian Arch". Monument australia. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
  5. ↑ "Old Marulan Town". New South Wales State Heritage Register . Department of Planning & Environment. H00127. Retrieved 18 May 2018. CC BY icon.svg Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC-BY 4.0 licence .
  6. ↑ "The Ben Hall Sites - Wandi". New South Wales State Heritage Register . Department of Planning & Environment. H01827. Retrieved 18 May 2018. CC BY icon.svg Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC-BY 4.0 licence .
  7. ↑ "Marulan Railway Station and yard group". New South Wales State Heritage Register . Department of Planning & Environment. H01188. Retrieved 18 May 2018. CC BY icon.svg Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC-BY 4.0 licence .
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