Gooloogong is a village located in central

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, Australia. At the , Gooloogong and the surrounding area had a population of 295. Gooloogong is mostly in

Cowra Shire The Cowra Shire is a local government area in the Central West region of New South Wales, Australia. The Shire is located adjacent to the Lachlan River, the Mid-Western Highway and the Lachlan Way. The largest town and council seat is Cowra ...

, although some of it is in

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. The village is located almost midway between the towns of

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and

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on the

Lachlan Valley Way Lachlan Valley Way is a New South Wales country road running from Booligal to north of Yass. Route Lachlan Valley Way commences at the intersection with Cobb Highway in Booligal and heads in a north-easterly direction for about to Hillst ...

. It is close to the historic township of

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and the

Lachlan River The Lachlan River is an intermittent river that is part of the Murrumbidgee River, Murrumbidgee drainage basin, catchment within the Murray–Darling basin, located in the Southern Tablelands, Central West (New South Wales), Central West, and R ...

flows nearby. Used initially for a time by William Redfern Watt, wealthy pastoralist, nephew of Dr. William Redfern and superintendent of the late Dr.'s estates, 'Goolagong' became a pastoral lease held by Irish convict emancipist Edmond Sheahan when the new district of Lachlan was established. Goolagong was originally 22,400 acres on which Sheahan ran cattle. The Robertson Land Act of 1861 ended pastoral leases and opened the land to freeholders. With the advent of new settlers a town soon became established. Devastated after a severe flood the town was re-established a little further, and higher to the east. Little is left at that location as the settlement was relocated to escape flooding. Gooloogong is known for its log cabin hall. The village has a successful local market held on the second Sunday of each month at the log cabin hall

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References

*Primary records, State Archives of NSW

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