Gundaroo
| Gundaroo New South Wales | |||||||||||||||
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 Main street of Gundaroo | |||||||||||||||
  Gundaroo | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°02′0″S149°17′0″E/ 35.03333°S 149.28333°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 1,146 (2016 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1830s | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 2620 | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 579 m (1,900 ft) | ||||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | Yass Valley Council | ||||||||||||||
| County | Murray | ||||||||||||||
| Parish | Gundaroo | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Goulburn | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Eden-Monaro | ||||||||||||||
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Gundaroois a small village in theSouthern TablelandsofNew South Wales,Australia and inYass Valley Council.It is situated to the east of theYass River,about 16 kilometres (10 mi) north ofSutton,about 15 kilometres (9 mi) west of theLake Georgerange. At the2016 census,Gundaroo "state suburb" (including surrounding areas) had a population of 1,146.[1]At the2006 census,its "urban centre/locality" had a population of 331.[2]
History
[edit]The area now known as Gundaroo lies close to the boundaries of the traditional lands of theGandangaraandNgunawalpeoples.[3]TheGandangaraandNgunawalpeoples spoke closely related, if not identical, languages.
The explorersCharles ThrosbyandJoseph Wildtraveled through the Yass River valley in 1820. The Aboriginal people called the valleyCandariro,meaning "blue crane". This name may have been the origin of Gundaroo,[4]or it may mean "big waterhole".[5]GovernorLachlan Macquariegranted the first white settler, Peter Cooney, 30 acres (12 ha) in 1825. Settlement proceeded fairly quickly and there were about 400 residents in the 1840s. The first non-residential building in Gundaroo was the Harrow Inn, built in 1834. The plan of the town made byJames Larmerwas gazetted in 1847.[6]A post office was built in 1848 and an Anglican church, St Luke's in Upper Gundaroo (now part of a pottery business), in 1849. The first school opened in 1850 and a police station in 1852.[7]A major impetus for the growth in the middle of the nineteenth century was the discovery of gold in the district in 1852.[8][9][10][11]There was another short-lived phase of reef gold mining in the district in the 1890s.[12]
Gundaroo was one of the sites considered for a capital city, within the 'Yass-Canberra' district. However, following a survey of the various sites, byCharles Scrivener,in 1909, Canberra was selected as the site for the new national capital city.[13]
World War II air crash
[edit]On 7 December 1943, aRAAFLockheed Venturacrashed three miles south-east of Gundaroo, killing all five crew members.[14]A memorial to the victims was erected in the town.[15]
Gallery
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St Mark's Anglican Church in Cork St, formerly Gundaroo Court House, built in 1875 -
The Royal Hotel Gundaroo -
Gundaroo Community Church was originally the Presbyterian Church (1864). It is now under aUniting Church. -
Gundaroo War Memorial -
Gundaroo Catholic Pioneer Cemeteryestablished in 1857
Notable people
[edit]- William Affleck(1836–1923), a Scottish-born Australian politician.
- John Forrester-Clack,an Australian artist
- Jack Clemenger(1899–1964), an Australian tennis player
- Charles Elliott(1870-1938), an Australian politician
- Les Haylen(1898–1977), an Australian politician, playwright, novelist and journalist
- Maud Jeffries(1869–1946), an American actress
- Dick Smith(born 1944), an Australian entrepreneur, aviator, philanthropist and political activist
References
[edit]- ^abAustralian Bureau of Statistics(27 June 2017)."Gundaroo (state suburb)".2016 Census QuickStats.Retrieved28 June2017.
- ^Australian Bureau of Statistics(25 October 2007)."Gundaroo (L) (Urban Centre/Locality)".2006 Census QuickStats.Retrieved15 September2009.
- ^Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (12 July 2020)."Map of Indigenous Australia".aiatsis.gov.au.Retrieved18 May2021.
- ^Exploring the ACT and Southeast New South Wales,J. Kay McDonald, Kangaroo Press, Sydney, 1985ISBN0-86417-049-1
- ^"Gundaroo (village)".Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW.Geographical Names Board of New South Wales.Retrieved25 February2015.
- ^King, Herbert William Henry."The Urban Geography of the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales"(PDF).Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University. pp. 237, 238, Fig. 85.Retrieved23 August2020.
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- ^"Gundaroo".The Southern Tablelands of NSW. Archived fromthe originalon 3 August 2007.Retrieved13 July2007.
- ^Canberra's Engineering Heritage,William Charles Andrews, Institution of Engineers, Canberra, 1990, p. 5
- ^"INTERIOR".Empire (Sydney, NSW: 1850 - 1875).3 November 1852. p. 2.Retrieved19 September2020.
- ^"Domestic Intelligence".Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser (NSW: 1848 - 1859).4 December 1852. p. 4.Retrieved19 September2020.
- ^"GOLD AT GUNDAROO! - The Golden Age (Queanbeyan, NSW: 1860 - 1864) - 30 May 1861".Trove.Retrieved19 September2020.
- ^"GUNDAROO".Goulburn Evening Penny Post (NSW: 1881 - 1940).1 November 1894. p. 4.Retrieved19 September2020.
- ^SchofieldS (29 June 2017)."History of the National Capital".nca.gov.au.Retrieved10 October2021.
- ^Dunn, Peter."CRASH OF A VENTURA 3 MILES SOUTH EAST OF GUNDAROO, ACT ON 7 DECEMBER 1943".ozatwar.Retrieved22 December2012.
- ^Southwell-Keely, Michael."Gundaroo Air Disaster Memorial".War Memorials in Australia.Archived fromthe originalon 10 April 2013.Retrieved22 December2012.
External links
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Media related toGundarooat Wikimedia Commons
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