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Graveyards are often interesting places. However, when they are backed by tin sheds with grandiose artwork, it makes them even more interesting.
When arriving from the north (Sydney) this building is clearly visible on the western side of the main road.
The graveyard has many memories of historical people, not least among them Hovell, of Hume and Hovell fame, one of Australia's most famous exploring teams in the early 1800's.
The Hume and Hovell expedition was one of the most important journeys of explorations undertaken in eastern Australia. In 1824 the Governor of New South Wales, Sir Thomas Brisbane, commissioned Hamilton Hume and former Royal Navy Captain William Hovell to lead an expedition to find new grazing land in the south of the colony, and also to find an answer to the mystery of where New South Wales's western rivers flowed.
The party set out from Appin, near Sydney, in October 1824 and travelled south to the Murrumbidgee River near the site of Tumut. They crossed "a noble stream" which they named the Hume (now the Murray River) near the site of Albury, and then advanced into what is now Victoria.
They proceeded south crossing the Ovens River and Goulbourn River by a route further to the east of the Hume Highway and closer to the foothills of Mount Buffalo. They reached the Great Dividing range in rugged country around Mount Disappointment by following an aboriginal track roughly along the Yea to Kinglake road. They were disturbed by aboriginal burning off and were unable to find a way through the range. They then retraced their steps to what is now the Straths Creek road at Flowerdale then moved west along Sunday Creek to Mount Piper near Broadford.
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Dotted along the main street are some attractive buildings, not least the standout ex-Post Office and the old council chambers. Much of the federation style architecture is in the backstreets of this town however which makes driving or wandering around a feast for the eye. Leave a Comment
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Honestly there is nothing to do in Goulburn, unless you are into a massive 3 story sheep to stand and look at for 5 minutes ( unless you`re a kiwi *eyes buldge) lol.. what next?
- We have some kind of a race track out the back of someones house if you are into that ! heard it on the radio,,, lol
- 4 cheap $1 type shops
- OHHH we do have a blues and jazz festival every year.. but it`s no mosh pit,,lol
- We do have a cinema and I am not joking when I say they made 4 small rooms out of one big cinema room so now each room holds only like 20-30 people in it.... with 4 movies being showed at the same time... true,,, actually I made that sound bad it`s new renovated and is very comfortable and at only $6.50 an adult and $5.50 a child it`s value is hard to beat.. You pay 3-4 times that in a Sydney cinema and parking costs ,, it does cost a small fortune there
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I mean you drive past a cemetary and a maximum security prison when you drive into goulburn... is that not enough for you people??? Address: LIKE I SAID LEAVE !Directions: Canberra is only 45 minutes down the road,, KEEP DRIVING........... SOUTH... you will see the Canberra signs.......thank me later
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Entering Goulburn from the West, you will see the Big Merino Ram. The merino houses three floors of activity:
A souvenir and gift shop specialising in sheepskin and woollen products as well as other Australian items and crafts.
An educational display featuring the history of wool and the wool industry.
A view through the sheep's eyes, albeit there's not much too see. Leave a Comment
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Goulburn, along with other towns like Bathurst, Orange, Bendigo etc., is very fruitful if you get out and tour the streets.
Aided in its early days by being the rail centre it became a place where money was spent, even on basic cottages for the workers (pic 2)
The opening shot is of a building called "Cliffortia" which, perhaps not surprisingly, is in Clifford Street. Leave a Comment Address: Clifford Street
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