Gundagai
Sign in to saveGundagai is a town in the Riverina of New South Wales, Australia. Although a small town, Gundagai is a popular topic for writers and has become a representative icon of a typical Australian country town. Located along the Murrumbidgee River and Muniong, Honeysuckle, Kimo, Mooney Mooney, Murrumbidgee and Tumut mountain ranges, Gundagai is south-west of Sydney. Until 2016, Gundagai was the administrative centre of Gundagai Shire local government area. In the , the population of Gundagai was 1,970.
Key facts
- Australian place.type
- town
- Australian place.name
- Gundagai
- Australian place.state
- nsw
- Australian place.image
- Sheridan Street in Gundagai.jpg
- Australian place.caption
- Sheridan Street in 2019
- Australian place.lga
- Cootamundra-Gundagai Regional Council
- Australian place.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in New South Wales
- Australian place.postcode
- 2722
- Australian place.pop
- 2057
- Australian place.est
- 1838
- Australian place.elevation
- 232
- Australian place.maxtemp
- 22.3
- Australian place.mintemp
- 8.5
- Australian place.rainfall
- 714.4
- Australian place.county
- Clarendon
- Australian place.stategov
- Cootamundra
- Australian place.fedgov
- Riverina
- Australian place.dist1
- 390
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Article
38 sectionsContents
- History
- Indigenous
- British explorers and colonists
- Township
- Origin of name
- Notable residents
- Post office
- Railway
- Floods
- Bushrangers
- Tent cities
- Riverboat trade
- Photographs of Gundagai
- Demographics
- Geography
- Climate
- Heritage listings
- Economy
- Gold mining
- Asbestos mining
- Notable places
- Gundagai Bakery
- Rusconi's marble masterpiece
- Niagara Café
- Heritage listed items
- River crossings
- Fords and former bridges
- Bridges
- As an iconic Australian town
- Culture
- Sport
- Cultural events
- Council merger
- See also
- References
- Notes
- Further reading
- External links
Gundagai is a town in the Riverina of New South Wales, Australia. Although a small town, Gundagai is a popular topic for writers and has become a representative icon of a typical Australian country town. Located along the Murrumbidgee River and Muniong, Honeysuckle, Kimo, Mooney Mooney, Murrumbidgee and Tumut mountain ranges, Gundagai is south-west of Sydney. Until 2016, Gundagai was the administrative centre of Gundagai Shire local government area. In the , the population of Gundagai was 1,970.
== History == ===Indigenous=== The Gundagai area is part of the traditional lands of the Wiradjuri people, and there is considerable folklore in the area associated with Aboriginal cultural and spiritual beliefs. 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 Willeblumma meaning Possum Island (wille = possum, blumma = island) referring to the area of land enclosed by the Murrumbidgee River and Morleys Creek.