Mulloon

Town in New South Wales, Australia
35°15′57″S 149°36′02″E / 35.26583°S 149.60056°E / -35.26583; 149.60056Population144 (2016 census)[1]Postcode(s)2622Elevation720 m (2,362 ft)Location
  • 66 km (41 mi) E of Canberra
  • 36 km (22 mi) NW of Braidwood
  • 53 km (33 mi) E of Queanbeyan
  • 74 km (46 mi) S of Goulburn
  • 274 km (170 mi) SW of Sydney
LGA(s)Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional CouncilRegionSouthern TablelandsCountyMurrayParishFairy Meadow, MulloonState electorate(s)MonaroFederal division(s)Eden-Monaro
Localities around Mulloon:
Mount Fairy Mount Fairy Manar
Bungendore Mulloon Warri
Palerang Bombay Bombay

Mulloon is a locality in the Queanbeyan-Palerang Region, Southern Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia.[2][3] At the 2016 census, it had a population of 144.[1]

Mulloon lies generally to the south of the Kings Highway between Bungendore and Braidwood on both sides of Mulloon Creek, a tributary of Reedy Creek, which flows into the Shoalhaven River. The high ground along the western edge of the Mulloon Creek catchment is part of the watershed of the Great Dividing Range.

The area now known as Mulloon lies close to the boundaries of the traditional lands of the Ngarigo people, to the west, and the Walbanga people, a group of the Yuin, to the east.[4][5]

Mulloon had a public school from 1872 to 1886, which operated "half-time". Its "half time" partner school was Ingledow School.[6]

In recent years, the Mulloon Creek catchment has become well known, as the location of projects to revive watercourses and eroded and degraded land. The work began with a demonstration project in 2006, on 3 km of Mulloon Creek at Mulloon. It is now being scaled up to involve around twenty landholders within the catchment, covering 23,000 hectares and 50 km of watercourses.[7]

Mulloon Creek under Mulloon Bridge on the Kings Highway

References

  1. ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Mulloon". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 29 December 2017. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ "Mulloon". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 29 December 2017. Edit this at Wikidata
  3. ^ "Mulloon". OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
  4. ^ "About the Ngambri - refer to map of sites for Ngarigo-speakers". www.ngambri.org. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
  5. ^ Studies, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (10 January 2021). "Map of Indigenous Australia". aiatsis.gov.au. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  6. ^ "Mulloon Public School in the School history database search". New South Wales Department of Education. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
  7. ^ "Projects". The Mulloon Institute. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
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