Muttama
Located about 33 kilometres from Gundagai, Muttama is a small village in the Riverina area. The name is Aboriginal and means "like it" or "Take It" from the Wiradjuri people who hunted and gathered across the region.
In 1845, F. Tait was granted a licence for Muttama Run.
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| Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Friday 6 January 1882 |
Gold mining began at Muttama about 1862 at Muttama Reef Mine.
In 1882, there was a gold rush at Muttama and a population of about 1000 people.
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| Mrs Scott and friends with Murray Scott's Brescia Bugatti, "Glenmore" homestead, Muttama, NSW, ca. 1926-1930. State Library of NSW |
Muttama Reef Post Office opened on 1 February 1876 and was renamed Muttama Post Office in 1889. The post office closed 12 October 1979.
Muttama Rail Station opened 1 June 1886 just after the construction of the Tumut Branch Line. The railway station closed in 1975 and the Tumut Branch Line ceased to function in 1984. Today only the station masters residence remains.
Muttama Rail Station opened 1 June 1886 just after the construction of the Tumut Branch Line. The railway station closed in 1975 and the Tumut Branch Line ceased to function in 1984. Today only the station masters residence remains.
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| Muttama was served by a railway station on the Tumut branch from 1886-1975 when passenger services were discontinued. All goods traffic on line was suspended after flooding in 1984 |
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| Muttama Hall, NSW opened 1925 |
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| The former Immaculate Conception Church at Muttama, NSW, was built of "wood and iron" by Father Butler, was opened in March 1902 by Bishop Lanigan |
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| Abandoned building at Muttama, NSW |
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| Ruins of Muttama reef mine |
John Noble, who was known as "Marvellous" due to his habit of saying, "ain't that marvellous?", at the end of each sentence, was a Wiradjuri man born at Muttama squatting run. He was present at the opening of Parliament House in Canberra by the Duke and Duchess of York on 9 May 1927.
The remembrance gates to the recreation ground were built in 1947, to honour the men and women of Muttama who served in the two world wars.
The remembrance gates to the recreation ground were built in 1947, to honour the men and women of Muttama who served in the two world wars.
In 1874, T. McMahon was prospecting for gold in the Bongongolong area, when he discovered a meteorite which stayed in the possession of the McMahon family and was used by the family as a firestop in an open fireplace for four or five years. The meteorite was described by Hodge-Smith in 1937, in Australian Meteorites. Memoirs of the Australian Museum.
Gold was discovered in Bongongolong Creek in 1879 and in 1886, there were reports of a gold rush in the area and according to the Cootamundra Herald, "three miles along the line of reef was taken up in leases ranging from 3 to 20 acres. The Bongongolong Reef Company, a Wagga Wagga syndicate, have accepted tenders for the erection of a ten stamper battery".
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| Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post (NSW : 1900 - 1925), Friday 18 May 1900 |
The public school at Bongongolong was established in 1880.
In 1889 the manager of the Bongongolong Crushing Battery was committed for trial for his part in the fraudulent sale of impure smelted gold.
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| Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Friday 23 August 1889 |
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| Burrowa News (NSW : 1874 - 1951), Friday 12 November 1926 |
The local school closed in 1961 and little is left of Bongongolong today.