Goulburn - Australia's First Inland City
Last modified: November 9, 2009 - 10:52 PM
How Goulburn became Australia's First Inland City
- In 1818, Hamilton Hume and John Meehan passed the site of Goulburn. Governor Macquarie passed through in 1820.
- Meehan named the Goulburn Plains after Henry Goulburn, Secretary of State for War and Colonies.
- From the 1830s, Goulburn was the centre for police operations for the southern regions.
- Town commerce blossomed with the influx of free settlers. The railway from Sydney opened in 1869 and Goulburn was the southern terminus until 1875.
- In March of 1863, the town was the last in the British Empire to become a city by virtue of a Royal Letters Patent, creating a Bishopric. The proclamation was gazetted in 1864.
Contact details
Goulburn Mulwaree Council
02 4823 4444 (ph)
02 4823 4456 (fax)
council@goulburn.nsw.gov.au
