![]() Prior to the construction of the church, services were held in the Commercial Hotel. Located at the corner of Iris and Swift Streets (120 Swift Street), St Paul's Anglican Church was built between 18. St Mary's Convent was opened in 1892 with additions in 19. The church is located at the end of Clarke Street but it can be reached by walking over the railway footbridge at the end of Vernon Street. It was extended in 1895-96 with granite for the tower quarried at Demondrille (3 km north-west of Murrumburrah) and transported to the site by bullock and horse teams. Located in Vernon Street, St Mary's Catholic Church is the oldest church in town. It is currently used for art workshops, art displays and occasionally is used for live performances. ![]() Today it is managed by the local Arts Council. It is an elegant, two-storey brick building with single-storey wings with quoins and arched windows. The Murrumburrah Court House (1880) is located at the corner of Albury and Vernon Streets. It is open 10.30 am - 4.00 pm Saturdays and 1.00 pm - 4.00 pm Sundays. Displays include a blacksmith's and wheelwright's premises (1874 - c.1940) historic garments from the 1880s the impressive Harden railway refreshment room bar, made of oak and brass, plus railway memorabilia and artefacts a chemist's shop with items dating back to 1890 a music room an early Australian kitchen with paraphernalia a vintage bathroom and thunder box a child's bedroom and a photographic collection. The Harden-Murrumburah Historical Museum is located in the old School of Arts building at 298 Albury Street (Burley Griffin Way). It sits on either side of the Murrumboola Creek and has a number of interesting buildings and places of historic interest. Murrumburrah was declared an historic village in 1990. No one is sure why, although the Post Office at Currawong had been named Harden. Harden was originally known as Murrumburrah North but in 1880 the New South Wales Postmaster-General renamed it "Harden". When the town was gazetted in 1858 it was named Murrumboola which was said to be a Wiradjuri word for "two water holes". The name Murrumburrah comes from a sheep station named 'Murrumburra' which was established in the district in the late 1820s. Harden-Murrumburrah, which is 416 m above sea level, is located 338 km south-west of Sydney and 49 km north-west of the Hume Highway via Burley Griffin Way. The local economy is driven by agriculture with both towns operating as service centres for the surrounding district which also includes large grain-storage silos, sheep, cattle, horse studs and vineyards. This is an agricultural area with both the rich local soils and the cool, dry climate being ideal for wheat, oats, canola, lupins, mustard oil seed and cold climate fruits including nashi pears, cherries, strawberries, peaches, nectarines, prunes and apricots. When the railway arrived in 1877 a new station was established a mile from Murrumburrah on flat land in the location that became known as Harden. Why two towns? The site of the town of Murrumburrah was identified in the 1840s. Quiet railway town on the South West Slopes of New South Wales.Īlthough there are two towns - Harden and Murrumburrah - the reality is that there is no clear point where one town ends and the other begins and the Burley Griffin Way runs in a single, wide road through both places.
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