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Goulburn, population 21 300, 200 kilometres, 125 miles southwest of Sydney, is the largest city on the Southern Tablelands and also Australias first inland city in Gundungurra country. The town is marked by a giant replica merino sheep, which signifies the importance of the wool industry, or for Goulburn as the fine wool capital of the world. Nineteenth century buildings mix with the more modern and are a reminder of Goulburns pastoral heritage.
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In 1818 the exploratory party of Hamilton Hume and James Meehan crossed the Plains and named them after Henry Goulburn, the British Secretary of State for the Colonies.
An obvious attraction is 'The Big Merino', a replica sheep 15 m high and 21 m long. It is the focal point of a complex, which displays the area's wool industry with sales of crafts and other produce made from wool.
James Barnet built the former two-storey police station in 1888. The town's second courthouse was built of stuccoed brick and stone in 1849. The town's third courthouse is far grander reflecting the town's importance in the late 19th century. It too was designed by James Barnet and features a copper dome, colonnaded facade and richly decorated interior. It is surrounded by attractive gardens and enclosed by an iron pike fence. The keystone over the central arch depicts Queen Victoria. To the rear is the old morgue.
Rocky Hill War Memorial, a stocky 20-m tower in Memorial Drive, was built by public donation in 1923 to honour locals who fought and died in World War I. It is floodlit at night by a rotating beacon and can be seen from any approach to the city. Rocky Hill itself is a good vantage point offering views over Goulburn.
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St Peter and St Paul's Roman Catholic Cathedral, a Gothic Revival structure was built of bluestone with sandstone tracery, slender moulded columns, a marble sanctuary and an 1890 organ. It was erected around the original 1843 church, which was then demolished and taken out through the doors.
Central Goulburn Capital Country NSW - New South Wales
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