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Adelong

New South Wales, Australia

Adelong December 2005
Main street



Adelong is located in New South Wales
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Adelong
Population: 829 [1]
Established: 1840
Postcode: 2729
Elevation: 303 m (994 ft)
Location:
  • 410 km (255 mi) from Sydney
  • 81 km (50 mi) from Wagga Wagga
  • 20 km (12 mi) from Tumut
  • 6 km (4 mi) from Grahamstown [2]
LGA: Tumut Shire
County: Wynyard
State District: Wagga Wagga
Federal Division: Riverina
Mean Max Temp Mean Min Temp Annual Rainfall
21.8 °C
71 °F
6.7 °C
44 °F
790.5 mm
31.1 in


Adelong is a small town in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia and is a part of the Tumut Shire. The Adelong district has a population of about 1400, while Adelong itself has a population of 829 people.[1]

The town is situated about 160 kilometres west of Canberra. It is on the Snowy Mountains Highway.

The town's name is said to be derived from an Aboriginal language meaning "along the way" or "plain with a river".[3]

It was settled about 1840 to 1850 before gold was found. The initial discovery of gold at Adelong by a Mr Williams took place in 1857, the find being located on the crest of Victoria Hill and representing the weathered capping of the Old Hill Reef. Alluvial gold, both in Adelong Creek and Golden Gully is also believed to have been discovered at about the same time, and the field quickly developed into an important producer.

Adelong Post Office opened on 1 January 1859.[4]

By 1859 a number of prominent lines of mineralisation were being actively exploited. The two most prominent lines of mineralisation, the Old Reef and the Victoria, produced some 3,798 kilograms of gold during the period 1857-1876. During the gold rush the population expanded to more than 30,000 people. Over 25 tonnes of gold was mined from 1857 to the close of the mine in 1914. Adelong's importance in Australia's early mining history has been recognised by the National Trust of Australia with a large section of the main street as well as a number of impressive early buildings being classified.

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The Morts Dock built locomotive used on the tramway

A number of narrow-gauge tramlines were laid throughout the mine area. Adelong is one of the only two gold mining areas in New South Wales known to have employed a steam locomotive on its tramways.[5]

The gold ran out in the latter part of the 19th century and the pastoral industry became the principal activity. This was mainly Merino sheep and beef cattle, and continues now. Over the last 20 years a tourist industry has developed because of the pleasant scenery and gold mining history. During the gold rush many Chinese people worked in the mines, a lot of whom died and were buried in a special portion of the Adelong cemetery. Unfortunately the Chinese portion of the cemetery was obliterated in the early 1900s. One or two elderly Chinese and Indians still lived in Adelong in the 1950s. A community named Cornishtown existed about a mile to the west of Adelong till the 1940s.[6] The famous Adelong Falls, with its rich gold-mining past, is an ideal spot to have a leisurely picnic or to explore the unique surrounding area.

Climate[]

Climate data for Adelong Post Office
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 42.6
(108.7)
42.8
(109.0)
41.1
(106.0)
31.1
(88.0)
26.1
(79.0)
23.3
(73.9)
23.0
(73.4)
25.7
(78.3)
31.7
(89.1)
33.3
(91.9)
39.0
(102.2)
40.3
(104.5)
42.8
(109.0)
Average high °C (°F) 30.7
(87.3)
30.4
(86.7)
27.3
(81.1)
22.0
(71.6)
17.2
(63.0)
13.5
(56.3)
12.5
(54.5)
14.3
(57.7)
17.8
(64.0)
21.4
(70.5)
25.2
(77.4)
28.8
(83.8)
21.8
(71.2)
Average low °C (°F) 12.9
(55.2)
13.4
(56.1)
10.5
(50.9)
6.3
(43.3)
3.7
(38.7)
1.6
(34.9)
0.9
(33.6)
2.0
(35.6)
3.7
(38.7)
5.9
(42.6)
8.5
(47.3)
11.0
(51.8)
6.7
(44.1)
Record low °C (°F) 2.5
(36.5)
3.0
(37.4)
−1.1
(30.0)
−2.5
(27.5)
−5
(23.0)
−6.1
(21.0)
−7.3
(18.9)
−6.6
(20.1)
−4.2
(24.4)
−2.2
(28.0)
−1.1
(30.0)
1.5
(34.7)
−7.3
(18.9)
Precipitation mm (inches) 55.1
(2.169)
44.3
(1.744)
55.3
(2.177)
56.4
(2.22)
67.5
(2.657)
83.2
(3.276)
81.5
(3.209)
83.4
(3.283)
71.8
(2.827)
77.1
(3.035)
60.0
(2.362)
54.7
(2.154)
790.5
(31.122)
Avg. precipitation days 5.6 4.7 5.4 6.6 8.6 11.2 12.1 12.2 10.4 9.1 7.0 6.3 99.2
Source: [7]


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Adelong - Old Gold Ore Crusher situated in the main street

Notes[]

  1. ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Adelong (L) (Urban Centre/Locality)". 2006 Census QuickStats. http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/LocationSearch?collection=Census&period=2006&areacode=UCL100600&producttype=QuickStats&breadcrumb=PL&action=401. Retrieved 2008-03-31. 
  2. ^ Travelmate
  3. ^ "Adelong". Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. http://www.gnb.nsw.gov.au/name_search/extract?id=JPckFxZT. Retrieved 2006-12-31. 
  4. ^ Premier Postal History. "Post Office List". https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=NSW&country=. Retrieved 2008-04-11 
  5. ^ The Perseverance Gold-mining Company Tramway Madden, Rod & Longworth, Jim Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin, February, 1998 pp54-60
  6. ^ http://www.historyaustralia.org.au/ifhaa/towns/adelong.htm Internet Family History Association of Australia Retrieved on 2008-10-01
  7. ^ "Monthly climate statistics". Bureau of Meteorology. http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_072000_All.shtml. Retrieved 13 February 2012. 
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