Explore Adelong: map and experiences
Explore Adelong
ABOVE: scenic drives are a feature of any journey around Young and Murrumburrah.
HARDEN / MURRUMBURRAH AND YOUNG – A SHARED HERITAGE
When gold was first discovered at Lambing Flat in 1860 on the site that would later develop into the town of Young, Murrumburrah was already well established as a service centre to the surrounding pastoral holdings. Murrumburrah had good access and links to the major regional service centre of Yass 65km away where both supplies and the regional offices of government officials including law enforcement officers were based.
Murrumburrah was hence a major gateway to the new Burrangong [Lambing Flat] goldfield and a natural centre towards which the Chinese miners were drawn when they were brutally ejected on several separate occasions over 1861 from their claims at Lambing Flat.
As it happened, they need to go no further south than 20km to the Currawong property of James Roberts to find the shelter and assitance they required. Located midway between Murrumburrah and Lambing Flat [Young], a visit to the Currawong precint and exploring the church that occupies public space there today is a feature of a journey into the region’s goldfield’s heritage.
Click on the image below to open and view the goldtrails map showing this and other local gold trail attractions.
MURRUMBURRAH CHINESE CEMETERY
A special feature of any journey into the Chinese heritage of the Murrumburrah district is to visit the Chinese section of the town cemetery. This is located to the west of town opposite the junction of the Harden-Wombat Road with the Burley Griffin Way.
Interpretation signs on site provide background both on the cemetery and on the part Chinese people have played in the life of the region. These signs are included below and you can click on them to better appreciate their stories.
