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Jugiong

Jugiong is a locality and town on the banks of the Murrumbidgee River near its confluence with Jugiong Creek. in the Hilltops Council Local Government area, New South Wales, Australia.[2][3][4] It is situated just off the Hume Highway, by road, about 30 kilometres southwest from Bookham and 40 kilometres northeast from Gundagai.

Jugiong
New South Wales
Entering Jugiong at the old Hume Highway
Jugiong is located in New South Wales
Jugiong
Jugiong
Coordinates34°49′23″S 148°19′29″E / 34.82306°S 148.32472°E / -34.82306; 148.32472
Population255 (SAL 2021)[1]
Postcode(s)2726
Elevation303 m (994 ft)
Location
LGA(s)Hilltops Council
RegionSouth West Slopes
CountyHarden
ParishJugiong
State electorate(s)Cootamundra
Federal division(s)Hume
Localities around Jugiong:
Cootamundra Cooneys Creek McMahons Reef
Coolac Jugiong Berremangra
Coolac Gobarralong Berremangra

The area now known as Jugiong lies on the traditional lands of the Wiradjuri people.[5] The name Jugiong is almost certainly a settler rendering of a Wiradjuri language word. Settlers said that it was from 'U-go-wong' meaning 'the valley of the crows'.[6]

It was first settled in the 1820s when Henry O'Brien started grazing sheep on the Jugiong Run.[7] A public house was already at the future town's site, when John Sheehan took it over in 1844.[8] A site for a town was reserved in 1853.[9] Jugiong Post Office opened on 1 October 1856.[10] Tenders were sought, in 1858, for the construction of a bridge over Jugiong Creek that was opened by the second half of 1859.[11][12] Jugiong has had a public school since 1883.[13] John Sheehan donated the land and much of the cost for the erection of the town's Catholic Church, St John the Evangelist, built between 1858 and 1860.[14][15] the town also had an Anglican Church, Christ Church, built in 1895 to replace and earlier church; no longer a church, the building is privately owned.[16]

Jugiong is situated on a large—almost complete—loop in the Murrumbidgee River, into which Jugiong Creek flows just above the town site. The river splits into two streams just downstream as it passes Jugiong Island.[17] The flats near the river, the island, and the lower part of the town site are prone to flooding, with major floods in 1852, 1870, 1891, 1894, 1900, 1922, 1925 and 1945.[18][19][20][21][22][23] During the 1852 flood, John Sheehan saved the lives of 33 people, for which he was presented with a large engraved silver tankard, by the Government of New South Wales.[14]

Modification and enlargement of the nearby upstream Burrinjuck Dam, which were completed in 1957, have provided some protection against floodwaters from the upper reaches of the Murrumbigee.[24] Complicating the flood situation are occurrences of flash flooding of Jugiong Creek.[19][25][26] The first bridge over the creek was destroyed by floodwaters in 1870,[19] but replaced with a new one by July 1872.[14] The buildings of the town were severely damaged in a storm, described as being a hurricane, in 1898.[27]

Due to the flooding hazard of its location, and not being off the railway line, the town became more of a village, most but not all of which is now on the higher land. In earlier times, there were more buildings closer to the river.[17][6] By 1872, Jugiong only had about 150 inhabitants.[14] Several alterations to its design have been made, which reduced its extent.[28][29][30]

Since 1933, water has been pumped from the river at Jugiong to two dams in the Cowang Hills from where it is reticulated to Cootamundra.[31][32] The scheme was subsequently extended and now supplies water to settlements as far north as Young and as far west as Temora.[33] South of Jugiong on the river there is a large quarrying operation for river gravel.[17][34] A construction aggregate quarry north of the town is now a regional landfill site.

Jugiong was once on the main road between Yass and Gundagai, but the Hume Highway now bypasses it. It is now a quiet and pleasant stopover for travellers.[35][36]

There is a memorial to Sergeant Edmund Parry, a police officer shot dead by the bushranger John Gilbert, on 16 November 1864, between Jugiong and Gundagai. [37][38]

Australian cricketer turned commentator Richie Benaud spent part of his early life there.[39]

At the 2016 census, Jugiong had a population of 222,[40] which had increased to 255 at the 2021 census.[41]

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  2. ^ "Jugiong". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 April 2018.  
  3. ^ "Jugiong". OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
  4. ^ "Map of the town of Jugiong and suburban lands [cartographic material] : Land District of Gundagai : within Parish of Jugiong, County of Horden, Demondrille Shire, Eastern Division, N.S.W. ..." Trove. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  5. ^ Studies, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (10 January 2021). "Map of Indigenous Australia". aiatsis.gov.au. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  6. ^ a b "ON THE SOUTHERN ROAD". Sydney Morning Herald. 5 December 1925. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  7. ^ Scott, Peter. O'Brien, Henry (1793–1866). Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University – via Australian Dictionary of Biography.
  8. ^ "Jugiong Holds Hotel History". Farmer and Settler. 1 April 1949. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  9. ^ "JUGIONG". New South Wales Government Gazette. 19 April 1853. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  10. ^ Premier Postal History, Post Office List, retrieved 11 June 2009
  11. ^ "TO CONTRACTORS AND OTHERS". New South Wales Government Gazette. 25 June 1858. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  12. ^ "GUNDAGAI AND ITS ENVIRONS". Sydney Morning Herald. 26 August 1859. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  13. ^ "Jugiong Public School". nswgovschoolhistory.cese.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  14. ^ a b c d "A Tour to the South". Australian Town and Country Journal. 27 July 1872. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  15. ^ "St John The Evangelist Catholic Church | Churches Australia". www.churchesaustralia.org. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  16. ^ "Christ Church Anglican Church - Former | Churches Australia". www.churchesaustralia.org. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  17. ^ a b c "Jugiong - Satellite". Google Maps. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  18. ^ "JUGIONG". Sydney Morning Herald. 6 July 1852. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  19. ^ a b c "THE FLOOD AT JUGIONG". Yass Courier. 3 May 1870. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  20. ^ "FLOOD IN THE MURRUM-BIDGEE". Daily Telegraph. 26 March 1894. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  21. ^ "JUGIONG". Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate. 18 July 1900. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  22. ^ "JUGIONG'S BIGGEST FLOOD". Daily Advertiser. 28 May 1925. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  23. ^ "FLOOD AT JUGIONG". Goulburn Evening Post. 16 January 1945. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  24. ^ "BURRINJUCK DAM ALTERED". Sydney Morning Herald. 29 October 1954. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  25. ^ "DISTRICT NEWS". Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate. 6 February 1909. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  26. ^ "A WALL OF WATER". Cootamundra Herald. 10 December 1919. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  27. ^ "HURRICANE AT JUGIONG". Albury Banner and Wodonga Express. 28 October 1898. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  28. ^ "ALTERATION OF DESIGN OF THE TOWN OF JUGIONG". New South Wales Government Gazette. 23 December 1892. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  29. ^ "ALTERATION OF DESIGN OF THE TOWN OF JUGIONG". New South Wales Government Gazette. 21 April 1900. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  30. ^ "ALTERATION OF DESIGN OF THE TOWN OF JUGIONG". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 14 May 1904. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  31. ^ "Cootamundra Water Supply". Tumut and Adelong Times. 7 May 1915. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  32. ^ "COOTAMUNDRA WATER SCHEME". Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser. 24 February 1933. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  33. ^ "Our network". www.gwcc.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  34. ^ "Quarries". Tegra Australia. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  35. ^ "Jugiong". Canberra Region. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  36. ^ "Visit Jugiong the gateway to the Hilltops Region just off the Hume Highway". Visit Hilltops Region. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  37. ^ "Sergeant Edmund Parry | Monument Australia". monumentaustralia.org.au. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  38. ^ "INQUEST ON SERGEANT PARRY". Goulburn Herald and Chronicle. 23 November 1864. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  39. ^ Andrew McGarry (10 April 2015). "Richie Benaud dies aged 84". ABC News. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
  40. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Jugiong (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 24 May 2022.  
  41. ^ "2021 Jugiong, Census All persons QuickStats". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
 
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