GUNDAGAI VISITOR GUIDE NSW, AUSTRALIA Photo: Heidi Luff Take the time to unwind... GETTING TO GUNDAGAI ABOUT GUNDAGAI To Sydney COOTAMUNDRA YASS JUNEE HUME HIGHWAY WAGGA RIVER To WAGGA GUNDAGAI MURRUMBIDGEE Narrandera CANBERRA & Griffith STURT HIGHWAY TUMBLONG SNOWY TUMUT RIVER TUMUT MOUNTAINS KOSCIUSZKO HENTY NATIONAL ADELONG HWY PARK CULCAIRN HUME HIGHWAY HOLBROOK To Cabramurra TUMBARUMBA Mt. Selwyn To “The Great Rescue of 1852” Sculpture on Sheridan street celebrates flood heroes Yarri and Jacky. Albury-Wodonga Melbourne Having been a rich hunting field and We invite you to take in the tranquillity RIVERINA ceremonial meeting place for the of the Murrumbidgee River and the Wiradjuri people for thousands of impressive timber bridges spanning the Gundagai is a classic Australian country town situated on the Murrumbidgee River years, the first known white settlers in flats on our River Walk. between Sydney and Melbourne, in one of the most picturesque rural areas of the Gundagai were Henry and Peter Stuckey Stroll around the town and admire the Riverina, in southern New South Wales (NSW). in 1828. Gold mining and agriculture historic architecture on the Gundagai made Gundagai both prosperous and a Gundagai is centrally located to all south eastern capital cities and on the Hume Architectural Heritage Walk, or explore centre for bushranging, giving the town Highway making it easy to get to. We are a one and a half hour drive from Canberra, the Gundagai Museum, Railway Museum a romantic bush appeal that resulted in it four hours from Sydney and five hours from Melbourne. and Gabriel Gallery collections. becoming iconic in Australian folklore. The friendly staff at the Gundagai Visitor Information Centre would be happy to assist The Australian Road Transport Heritage Many outback stories, songs and poems you in booking public transport, if required. Centre will provide you with an insight refer to Gundagai, including (more into our transport connections on the Gundagai Visitor Information Centre famously) Jack O’Hagan’s songs Where 249 Sheridan St, Gundagai NSW 2722 Ph: (02) 6944 0250 Hume Highway or take in the authentic the Dog Sits on the Tuckerbox and Email: [email protected] www.visitgundagai.com.au atmosphere of the Old Gundagai Gaol. Along the Road to Gundagai. Open: 9:00am - 4:30pm 7 days Closed 12:30pm-1:00pm for lunch - weekends and public holidays Even Banjo Patterson was inspired by stories of drovers, bullock teams and Where used in this guide refers to all or some parts of the site being accessible, and does not necessarily bush travellers around Gundagai. mean accessible toilets are available, please contact the visitor centre to discuss your specific requirements. www.visitgundagai.com.au 1 SEE AND EXPLORE AUSTRALIAN ROAD HISTORIC BRIDGES OLD GUNDAGAI GUNDAGAI MUSEUM TRANSPORT HERITAGE The landscape of Gundagai is dominated GAOL & COURTHOUSE The Museum’s vast collection includes by the historic Prince Alfred and Railway a display on bushrangers and the CENTRE (ARTHC) The Gundagai Court House was one of the Viaduct timber truss bridges. Over 800m medallions presented to local Indigenous An iconic national transport museum first stone buildings to be erected after the long, the bridges are a spectacular heroes Yarri and Jacky, a T-model Ford, dedicated to the preservation, upkeep Gundagai floods of 1852 and was the site latticework of wooden trusses and farm machinery, wagons, equipment, and display of vehicles and equipment for the trial of Captain Moonlite (bushranger wonderful examples of early engineering clothing, coins, stamps, early household that played a role in the development of Andrew George Scott). solutions to crossing a major flood plain. items & even Phar Lap’s Saddlecloth! the Australian road transport industry. The Scott and three surviving members of his Located at the far end of the main (Sheridan) Street. Run by volunteers, it is open daily 9am-3pm. ARTHC showcase vehicles & equipment party first faced a hearing in the Gundagai that operated on the Hume Highway and Court House. They were incarcerated in the Gundagai region. At the corner of Tor old Gundagai Gaol, which is behind the Court Street and Jack Moses Avenue Gundagai. House, surrounded by a high slate wall. Opening hours: Thursday to Sunday 10am-3pm. A world class narrative audio tour of the Old Gaol is available Visit: www.arthc.com.au for hire through the Visitor Information Centre. DAD, DAVE, MUM & MABEL GABRIEL GALLERY A tribute to Steele Rudd’s famous “Snake Gundagai is home to a truly unique Gully” characters, Dad, Dave, Mum collection of historic photographs. The town doctor in Gundagai from 1887, & Mabel, this life size family has been Dr Charles Louis Gabriel was a keen immortalised in copper by sculptor Aurel amateur photographer. Gabriel’s visual Ragus. The characters are on display record of Gundagai in the late 1800s and in Carberry Park adjacent to Gundagai early 1900s is a fascinating documentary Visitor Information and Travel Centre on history of the time. Photo: Tahlia Crane Sheridan Street. 2 Gundagai www.visitgundagai.com.au 3 SEE AND EXPLORE DOG ON THE TUCKERBOX The story of the Dog captured the imagination of all Australians through the poem Bullocky Bill by Jack Moses, adapted from an earlier version by otherwise unknown author ‘Bowyang Yorke’, in the early 1900s. The legend was then immortalised in popular song by Jack O’Hagan Where the Dog Sits on the Tuckerbox. ORIGINAL POEM As I was coming down Conroy’s Gap I heard a maiden cry, “There goes Bill the bullocky, He’s bound for Gundagai. A better poor old bastard Never earnt an honest crust, A better poor old bastard Never drug a whip through dust.” Photo: Brian Townsley His team got bogged at the Five Mile Creek, Gundagai Railway Museum Bill lashed and swore and cried, RAILWAY MUSEUM ANZAC GROVE “If Nobby don’t get me out of this, I’ll tattoo his bloody hide.” Once a hub of activity for the town, Features a central World War I But Nobby strained and broke the yoke, the Gundagai Railway Station looks memorial with a grove of 52 kurrajong And poked out the leader’s eye, exactly as it did when it first opened trees representing fallen Gundagai And the dog sat on the tucker box for business in 1886. Featuring the soldiers, along with tributes to those Five miles from Gundagai. only slate roofed Goods Shed in who served in other conflicts. - Bowyang Yorke NSW, the Gundagai Railway Station was restored to its original glory in the 1990s. Inside the railway station An internationally recognised Australian today, displays recall the travelling icon, the Dog on the Tuckerbox past, when trains ran regularly on monument was created in 1932 by Frank Rusconi as a tribute the now closed Cootamundra-Tumut to our early pioneer settlers. branch line. A photographic record The Dog is situated 8kms (or 5 miles) of the restoration project, and many north of Gundagai, just off the items of interest to railway buffs, can Hume Highway. also be viewed. Entry by gold coin donation. 4 Gundagai www.visitgundagai.com.au 5 6 LEGEND A B C D E Police ......................... To Dog on Tuckerbox DR Dog on the Gundagai To Hume Tuckerbox Canberra, Sydney T Fire ............................ Hwy 1km A Trail Start L F CARRIGG DR Ambulance ................. W PL G 1 I L N Reservoir AI M I R Hospital ...................... T P S S O' ST HAGAN Toilets ........................ ST Information .................. Hospital T North S Cemetery Post Office ................... Y BANJO Captain W AN ON S Y Moonlite’s H AH PATERSON W E N E A Grave Museum ...................... H L PL N AT S E T R WODO R E AN O DR NS T 2 M N AV I L I Churches ..................... L c G P N M U SR E UN Petrol .......................... SR L MURR I A E Y E ST A Y N MURR ST Woolworths .................. - R B U TO R M IGA .............................. RA J U YD T T RD S ST Playground ................... P UN CH AJ KC GUNDAGAI 3 School ......................... MOS RF ES AN C D H AV IS R A Swimming ................... T N O L E F S Y E F A K T A V S Tennis ......................... T S R S T U T O S B Golf ............................. T S S E T MtParnassus Lookouts ..................... W Lookout M31 P Y U DR NC A Boat Ramp ................... H W 4 T O Angl S Medical Centre ............ HE RDI AN R E Pharmacy ..................... N Dad, Dave, E H H F A Mum & Mabel I SR N C T T L E Mechanic .................... T Y Gundagai I T S T S K S S Tourist Park HE RI The Great S T L RV Camping/Dump .......... D A T S A N Rescue Old Gaol & of 1852 CourtHouse Gabriel R Dump Australian Road Transport Gallery E A M V N RC 5 O AL O L N H I D R Heritage Centre ............. G ON Y Historic S R B LA T I E Railway V PD Museum Anzac Grove FREE S BBQ Oval T 72hrs To Junee 59km SH ER MAP LOCATIONS E E RD ANZAC 48hrs DI - JU N Murrumbidgee DR AN A NG US N PARK Morley ST Old Gaol/Courthouse .... D5 s Creek 6 Railway Museum ...........E5 N O TO I B RV 48hrs ..................... D6 E EL L e L D D To Showgrounds I idg RV 72hrs ...................... E6 r DR M & Racecourse B RV Dump ......................E5 Rose Inn Cairn Old School Gabriel Gallery ............. D5 Cairn 7 Old School Cairn ...........E7 Prince Alfred Sturt Memorial Sturt Cairn ................... D7 River Caravan Park Rose Inn Cairn ............. C7 R River Prince Alfred Bridge .....