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Goulburn - half an hour from Canberra and just over two hours from Sydney is Australia's first inland city and the centre of the Southern Tablelands.
The city itself abounds in historical and heritage attractions, and has a vibrant social and cultural life. Goulburn is also within a few hours' drive from most of the attractions of the Tablelands. Goulburn is located at the confluence of the Mulwaree and Wollondilly Rivers. It is 194 km south-west of Sydney via the Hume Freeway and 640 m above sea level with a current population of 20 884 people.
Prior to European settlement, the Gundungura Aborigines inhabited the area. In 1798, John Wilson and his party became the first Europeans to see the Goulburn Plains. In 1818, the exploratory party of Hamilton Hume and James Meehan traversed the Plains and named them after Henry Goulburn, the British Secretary of State for the Colonies.
Goulburn is also home to the NSW Police Academy that occupies 48 hectares within the city.
The city itself abounds in historical and heritage attractions, and has a vibrant social and cultural life. Goulburn is also within a few hours' drive from most of the attractions of the Tablelands. Goulburn is located at the confluence of the Mulwaree and Wollondilly Rivers. It is 194 km south-west of Sydney via the Hume Freeway and 640 m above sea level with a current population of 20 884 people.
Prior to European settlement, the Gundungura Aborigines inhabited the area. In 1798, John Wilson and his party became the first Europeans to see the Goulburn Plains. In 1818, the exploratory party of Hamilton Hume and James Meehan traversed the Plains and named them after Henry Goulburn, the British Secretary of State for the Colonies.
Goulburn is also home to the NSW Police Academy that occupies 48 hectares within the city.
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May 14, 2008 - May 17, 2008
Hobart, Australia -› Sydney, Australia -› ...
The reason I came to Goulburn before heading to Hawaii was
for Mel’s 40th birthday party. It started early in the afternoon,
Mel thought if it started early people would go home early, and she and I would
have a good night sleep before driving to Sydney for our 9 hour flight to
Honolulu. Yeah right, starting early just means people have more time to drink.
Mel and Luke set up a sing machine in the back room where
everybody had a go at singing along to the tunes played thro…
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Oct 06, 2005 - Nov 11, 2005
The trip to Goulburn was an interesting one, and even though the scenery was nice that’s not what made it so interesting! When we stopped at Gundagai to see the dog (don’t worry, if you’re not Australian you are not supposed to know what I’m talking about!) we were hungry so decided to have a bite to eat at the servo (petrol station). They had this huge hall with different places to eat such as McDonalds and Subway so we had a bit of choice. The first thing we noticed were the Christm…
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Jul 17, 2007 - Jul 24, 2007
Sydney, Australia -› Goulburn, Australia -› ...
My family met me off the train at Campbelltown station, we then drove to Mittagong, one of the gorgeous little towns in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales for lunch, and a bit of a shop, (there seems to be a pattern developing here).
It has been a couple of years since I visited the family in Goulburn, there have not been too many changes. The one change is that The Big Merino moved to the edge of town, it is now in a better spot for the tourist to see it. Goulburn use to g…
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Sep 02, 2005 - Nov 10, 2005
Rockhampton, Australia -› Moranbah, Australia -› ...
We left Wodonga that morning, but as we only had about 300
kilometres to do we weren’t in too much of a rush. First we stopped at
a place called the Ettamogah Pub, which is a fictional place from a
cartoon drawing. It is quite unique in that it has been built how it
appeared in the cartoon, including curved and sloping walls and roof.
Next stop was Gundagai, where there is a famous monument, the dog on
the tucker box, which is from a poem written in the 1850’s depicting
the Austral…
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