Gulgong - Gulgong

Gulgong is a township in the Central West region of the Australian state of New South Wales. Together with its neighbour Mudgee, Gulgong offers a fantastic historical heritage and a host of great small wineries.

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A former gold-mining town, Gulgong was the birthplace of one of Australia's great 19th-century poets, Henry Lawson.

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• Gulgong Visitors' Centre, 66 Herbert St, ☏ 61 2 6374 2691, ✉[email protected]. Th-M 10AM-3PM. Pamphlets can be obtained here outlining the Gulgong Town Trail which takes in the town's heritage sites. 

• Gulgong Pioneers' Museum, 73 Herbert Street
• Henry Lawson Centre, 147 Mayne St (the old 1920s Salvation Army Hall), ☏ 61 2 6374 2049. Su-F 10AM-noon, Sa public and schools holidays 10AM-3PM. The largest collection of memorabilia (paintings, prints, cuttings, photographs, books) outside of the Mitchell Library in Sydney relating to Henry Lawson, one of Australia's best-known poets and short-story writers 

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