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Goulburn NSW

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== location ==

'''located''' south west of Sydney on the Hume Highway in New South Wales

== Beginnings ==

As soon as the Blue Mountains were crossed many squatters made their way through the Goulburn area.

== Importance of Goulburn ==

Goulburn and Bathurst were the two great inland towns of New South Wales. It was the main administrative centre for all the country south to the Victorian boarder.

== What was Goulburn like in the late 1870s ==

Goulburn had a lage number of industries involved with the wool trade and many fine buildings that are still standing

There was no hospital between the one in [[Beechworth|Beechworth]] and Goulburn

The railway line from Sydney arrived in Goulburn and stopped there for a few years [[Australian Town and Country Journal at KellyGang 25/6/1870|(T&C25/6/1870]]) ([[Australian Town and Country Journal at KellyGang 5/4/1873|T&C5/4/1873]])

What was the town like [[Australian Town and Country Journal at KellyGang 25/6/1870 (2)|(T&C25/6/1870]])

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== Facilities in Goulburn in the late 1870s ==

'''Population''' '''Hotels''' Royal Hotel ([[Australian Town and Country Journal at KellyGang 5/4/1873|T&C5/4/1873]]) '''Churches''' Anglican and Catholic Cathedrals and most other churches '''Schools''' [[../../things/C_community/C_bankt.html|'''Bank''']] '''Main Streets''' '''Local Government''' '''[[Railway Stations|Railway]] Station''' '''[[Telegraph|Telegraph]] Office'''

'''[[Post Office|Post Office]]''' '''[[Police Towns|Police]] Station''' '''Other things of interest''' Goulburn had a brewery and many other industries.

== Links to the KellyGang ==

Joe [[Joe Byrne|Byrne]]'s [[Mrs Margaret Byrne|mother]] and father were married in the Catholic church of St Peter and Paul in Goulburn in July [[1854-1863 Events|1855]].

In about 4/2/[[events79-2_4Jerilderie Robbery|1879]] Aaron [[Aaron Sherritt|Sherritt]] told Sup [[Hare|Hare]] the '''KellyGang''' may have gone to Goulburn before going to Jerilderie. ([[Royal Commission|RC 1275]]) ([[The Complete Inner History of the KellyGang and their Pursuers (33)|JJK]])

== Members of the Goulburn community ==

== What happened at Goulburn after the time of the Kelly Gang ==

One of [[Joe Byrne|Joe Byrne's]] brothers or sisters finished up in the mental hospital in Goulburn. The family had little opportunity to visit.

== What is happening at Goulburn today - linked to the Kelly Country and Ned Kelly's story ==

[[Category:Places]] [[Category:Places starting with E-G]] [[Category:Goulburn]] [[Category:New South Wales]]

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