Mid pleasures and palaces though we may roam,
Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home;
A charm from the sky seems to hallow us there,
Which, seek through the world,
is ne'er met with elsewhere.
Home! Home! sweet Home!
There's no place like Home, there's no place like Home!
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Molong
The name 'Molong' is derived from an Aboriginal word of
the Wiradjuri tribe meaning 'place of many rocks'.
The original settlement was located about 1.5km east
and little is known of this earlier site which
accommodated the township for more than 20 years.
It began as a Government stockade in 1822 which served
as a stopping point for stock travelling to the convict
station established at Wellington in 1823.
The first land grant in the area was to William Lee
who was granted title in 1832 while other holdings
were taken up by Marsden, Kite, Betts and Robarts
around that time.
This was also around the time that Major Thomas Mitchell
was exploring areas of inland Australia accompanied by
Aboriginal tracker called Yuranigh. Mitchell's journal
records 91 references to his many qualities.
Yuranigh was killed in 1850 on the southern outskirts
of the present town and was buried about 2km further
south 'according to the rites of his tribe'.
The grave, not far from the highway, is 'guarded'
by four marked trees. A headstone and railing were
erected in 1852 by the NSW Government with Mitchell
paying the cost.
The site for a permanent village of Molong at the
present location was gazetted in1849 and the first land
sales took place in 1856.
The municipality of Molong was constituted in' 1878.
Although the railway did not arrive until 1886 the
decision was made in 1881 and this alone was sufficient
to boost the town's development with banks being
established and shops built.
Molong was the terminus of the railway for seven years
and the amount of business generated was considerable.
The 1870s and 80s were a period of prosperity throughout
Australia and Molong was no exception with many
buildings erected.
More about Molong Here
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