Mudgee

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Mudgee
Mudgee market st.jpg
View of Market Street
State : AustraliaAustralia Australia
State : Flag of New South Wales.svg New South Wales
Coordinates : 32 ° 35 ′  S , 149 ° 35 ′  E Coordinates: 32 ° 35 ′  S , 149 ° 35 ′  E
Residents : 10,966 (2016)
Time zone : ACST (UTC + 9: 30)
Postal code : 2850
LGA : Mid-Western Regional Council
Mudgee (New South Wales)
Mudgee
Mudgee

Mudgee is a city in New South Wales , Australia , located 261 kilometers northwest of Sydney . It is a city that is home to numerous historic buildings that are listed as historical monuments. The city is one of the oldest cities in Australia and has about 11,000 inhabitants.

history

In the area lived the Wiradjuri , from whom the name Moothi comes, which means 'Nest in the Hills' (nest in the hills) and was changed to Mudgee. Menah was the original place name from 1823. William Lawson , the commandant of Bathurst , came as one of the first Europeans to the area of ​​the city and went further than James Blackman, who first came to the Cudgegong River in 1821.

George and Henry Cox, the sons of the explorer William Cox , were the first to settle on the Cudgegong River , about three kilometers from today's location. In 1833 a police station was established in Mudgee. The European settlers had numerous violent conflicts with the Aborigines tribe , as the Aborigines came into food competition with the settlers, who also hunted game and displaced it from their traditional foraging areas through agricultural use.

When Edward Hammond Hargraves found a large gold nugget in the Mudgee area in 1851, the Mudgee area began the gold rush. The place gained population and economic power due to its proximity to the gold fields, and when the gold rush ended it became apparent that Mudgee could continue to exist. In 1860 Mudgee was named a town, and in the 1860s a police station, town council, post office, craft shops and sheep and cattle breeding were established in the town. A railway line reached the Mudgee in 1884.

Economy and tourism

Around Mudgee, wine, vegetables and fruits are grown and sheep and cattle are raised. There is a coal deposit nearby that is being mined. Tourism to the wine-growing regions is an important economic factor. There are accommodations for tourists, cafes and restaurants in town. There is an airport nearby.

Historical buildings

Mudgee is home to a number of Australian listed buildings that are on the Register of the National Estate . These are Havilah Property (1870), Burrundulla, (circa 1865), Railway Station (1884), St Mary's Catholic Church (1857), Postoffice (1860), Police Station (circa 1860), Court House (1861) and Public School .

  • Mudgee Railway Station (1884)

  • Lovejoy House

  • Lawson Park Hotel

  • The Presbyterian Church at night

sons and daughters of the town

Web links

Commons : Mudgee  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics : Mudgee ( English ) In: 2016 Census QuickStats . June 27, 2017. Retrieved January 26, 2020.
  2. ↑ Geographical Names Board of New South Wales ( Memento of the original from June 6, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved June 6, 2010 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.gnb.nsw.gov.au
  3. ↑ a b Information on the Sydney Morning Herald on smh.com.au . Retrieved June 6, 2010.
  4. ↑ The Heritage of Australia, Macmillan Company, 1981, p.2 / 287