Wollogorang, New South Wales Explained

Type:town
Wollogorang
State:nsw
Coordinates:-34.8825°N 149.5172°W
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in New South Wales
Lga:Goulburn Mulwaree Council
Lga2:Upper Lachlan Shire
Lga3:Queanbeyan–Palerang Regional Council
County:Argyle
Parish:
Region:Southern Tablelands
Postcode:2581
Elevation:754
Stategov:Goulburn
Fedgov:Hume
Dist1:35
Dir1:SW
Location1:Goulburn
Dist2:61
Dir2:NE
Location2:Canberra
Dist3:219
Dir3:SW
Location3:Sydney
Near-N:Parkesbourne
Near-Ne:Yarra
Near-E:Yarra
Near-Se:Currawang
Near-S:Currawang
Near-Sw:Collector
Near-W:Breadalbane
Near-Nw:Breadalbane

Wollogorang is a locality in the Upper Lachlan Shire and Goulburn Mulwaree Council, New South Wales, Australia. A small part of the locality is in Queanbeyan–Palerang Regional Council. It is located about 35 km southwest of Goulburn and 61 km northeast of Canberra. It lies on both sides of the Federal Highway and on the southern side of the Hume Highway. They intersect nearby to the northeast in the locality of Yarra. At the, it had a population of 49.

A significant natural feature of the locality is the Wollogorang Lagoon. Wollogorang Road and Thornford Road are other roads in the area.

History

The Wologorong area was first inhabited by the Gundungurra people[1] and by the mid 1840s the NSW colonial government had granted numerous land grants in the area, beginning white settlement.

Wologorong homestead was the centre of a major pastoral property that was established in the 19th century.[2] The socialite Sheila Chisholm, who was a friend of George VI and Edward VIII was born and brought up there.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Tindale, Norman Barnett . Gandangara (NSW) . Norman Tindale . Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names . 1974 . . http://archives.samuseum.sa.gov.au/tindaletribes/gandangara.htm . 978-0-708-10741-6 .
  2. Web site: Wollogorang Homestead, Goulburn, NSW - October 1987. Flickr. 30 July 2017.
  3. Book: Wainwright , Robert Wainright . Sheila: The Australian Beauty Who Bewitched British Society. Allen & Unwin. 2014. 9781743311318.