Goolgowi

Goolgowi /ˈɡʊlɡaʊi/ is a small town located in western New South Wales, Australia, around 650 kilometres (400 mi) west of Sydney via the Mid-Western Highway and is the administrative centre of Carrathool Shire. At the 2016 census, Goolgowi had a population of 402.[2]

Goolgowi
New South Wales
Comdo Street, Goolgowi
Goolgowi
Coordinates33°58′0″S 145°42′0″E
Population402 (2016 census)[1]
Postcode(s)2652
Location
LGA(s)Carrathool Shire
CountyNicholson
State electorate(s)Murray
Federal Division(s)Farrer

The town water is supplied via a bore and there is a separate non-potable water supply to each household. It has a primary school and a 25-metre (27 yd) public swimming pool. Other services include a general store, service station, ex-serviceman's club, hotel, two motels, several mechanical workshops and a metal fabrication/engineering business.

The horse racing trainer, T. J. Smith was raised in Goolgowi.

History

The township of Goolgowi began as a railway station and siding along the route of the Griffith to Hillston railway (of which construction began in July 1919 and was completed in late 1922). The “Goolgowie Siding” was situated on “J. Anderson’s improvement lease”. During construction of the railway “homestead farms” along the route were set aside “to be disposed of by returned soldiers exclusively”, including a number in the parishes of Goolgowie West, Goolgowie South and Bolton.[3]

The village of Goolgowi and adjoining “suburban lands” was gazetted on 27 February 1925. The land set aside for the village was just under 160 acres north-east of the railway line in the county of Nicholson, parish of Bolton, within the Carrathool Shire local government area.[4]

In May 1925 there was a successful sale of allotments within Goolgowi village.[5] A post office opened at Goolgowi on 12 October 1925.[6]

  • CWA rooms
  • Public hall
  • Historic Council chambers
  • St John Vianney Roman Catholic church

References
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Goolgowi (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
  2. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Goolgowi (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
  3. Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser, 26 July 1919, page 4; 1 November 1919, page 4; New South Wales Government Gazette, 24 October 1919, pages 5812-7; Riverine Grazier (Hay), 1 March 1921, page 3; ‘Hillston’ correspondent, Albury Banner and Wodonga Express, 6 October 1922, page 41.
  4. New South Wales Government Gazette, 27 February 1925, page 1182.
  5. New South Wales Government Gazette, 27 March 1925, page 1598; Daily Telegraph (Sydney), 3 September 1925, page 2.
  6. Premier Postal History, Post Office List, retrieved 11 June 2009

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