Goulburn is a regional city in the Southern Tablelands of the Australian state of New South Wales, approximately 195 kilometres south-west of Sydney, and 90 kilometres north-east of Canberra.
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20 Facts About Goulburn
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Goulburn is a railhead on the Main Southern line, a service centre for the surrounding pastoral industry, and stopover for those traveling on the Hume Highway.
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Goulburn was named by surveyor James Meehan after Henry Goulburn, Under-Secretary for War and the Colonies, and the name was ratified by Governor Lachlan Macquarie.
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Goulburn established a branch store with a liquor licence in 1848.
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The 1841 census records Goulburn had a population of 665 people, 444 males and 211 females.
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Goulburn was proclaimed a municipal government in 1859 and was made a city in 1863.
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Goulburn became a major railway centre with a roundhouse and engine servicing facilities and a factory which made pre-fabricated concrete components for signal boxes and station buildings.
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Goulburn Viaduct was built in 1915 replacing an earlier structure.
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Goulburn holds the unique distinction of being proclaimed a City on two occasions.
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In 1962, Goulburn was the focus of the fight for state aid to non-government schools.
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Goulburn is located a small distance east of the peak ridge of the Great Dividing Range and is 690 metres above sea level.
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Goulburn is the seat of the Goulburn Mulwaree Shire local government area of New South Wales, Australia, formed in 2004.
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Goulburn is home to Australia's oldest existing theatre company Lieder Theatre Company, established in 1891.
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Former quarry adjacent to the Main Southern railway line in North Goulburn was used to film cliff top scenes in the 2016 film Hacksaw Ridge.
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Goulburn Stockmen played in bith the Canberra Rugby League and the Group 6 Rugby League before folding.
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Goulburn is approximately two hours' drive from Sydney via the Hume Highway, or a one-hour drive from Canberra via the Federal and Hume Highways.
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Goulburn was bypassed in 1992 due to increasing traffic on the Hume Highway.
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Goulburn receives five free-to-air television networks relayed from Canberra, and broadcast from nearby Mt Gray:.
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Goulburn remains a hub for mental health with facilities now located at the Goulburn Base Hospital.
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Roundhouse at Goulburn was a significant locomotive depot both in the steam and early diesel eras.
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