Morangarell is a locality in Bland Shire in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia. There was once a village of the same name, now a ghost town. Morangarell lies between Temora and Grenfell, and Barmedman and Young. The locality is bisected by Bland Creek, a tributary of Lachlan River.[2] The locality is rural, with the main economic activities being raising crops and grazing.[2]
| Morangarell New South Wales | |||||||||||||||
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 Former village site (2013) | |||||||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 34°08′48.7″S 147°42′05,7″E / 34.146861°S 147.70000°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 34 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 2666 | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 232 m (761 ft) | ||||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | Bland Shire | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Cootamundra | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Riverina | ||||||||||||||
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The area now known as Morangarell lies on the traditional lands of Wiradjuri people.[3] The name Morangarell is said to mean “water fowl’s nest”.[4]
The village, officially a town, was located within the modern-day locality, near the junction of modern-day Mary Gilmore Way—it bisects the old town site—and what is still known as McGregor Street.[5][6][7][2] Morangarell serviced the needs of the surrounding agricultural properties, 'Moonbucca', 'Morangarell', 'Curraburrama' and 'The Retreat'.[8]
The heyday of the village was from the 1870s to around 1918.[8] It was only in November 1884, that the site of the Town of Morangarell was officially declared.[9] In 1899, its plan was altered by closing streets and lanes and cancelling some land. A new street, East Street, was opened.[10][11]
There has been a post office in the area since 1858.[12] A church building, used by multiple denominations, opened in 1860.[13] The first hotel dated from 1864; it later burned down but was rebuilt.[14] It had a police court, by 1873.[15][16]
The southern section of the Stockinbingal–Parkes railway line, between Forbes and Stockinbingal, authorised in 1911,[17] was completed in 1918. The new line did not pass through Morangarell; consequently, economic activity and services migrated to newly-established villages that lay on the new railway, such as Bribbaree and Quandialla.
There was a school there from October 1913 to June 1920.[18] The police station closed in March 1929, and the police presence relocated to Bribbaree.[19] The Morangarell Hotel closed in late 1936,[20] and had been demolished by mid 1937.[14] The post office, which was staffed by the same postmistress for over forty years up to 1930,[21] seems to have been closed by around the end of 1937.[22] In 1972, reservations of land for the village's recreation area, public buildings, and public hall were revoked.[23] In October 1974, the Town of Morangaree officially ceased to exist, and was redesignated as a locality.[24]
References
edit- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Morangarell". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
- ^ a b c "Satellite view - Marangarell". Google Maps.
- ^ Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (14 May 2024). "Map of Indigenous Australia". aiatsis.gov.au. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
- ^ Database of Geographic Names Board of New South Wales.
- ^ "Town of Morangarell and adjoining lands [cartographic material] : Parish - Morangarell, County - Bland, Land District - Grenfell, Shire - Bland". Trove. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
- ^ "Morangarell". Australian Cemeteries Index.
- ^ "Morangarell · New South Wales 2666, Australia". Google Maps. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
- ^ a b c "Morangarell Cemetery in Morangarell, New South Wales - Find a Grave Cemetery". www.findagrave.com. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
- ^ "SITE FOR THE TOWN AT MORANGARELL. - New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 - 1900) - 17 Nov 1884". Trove. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
- ^ "PROPOSED ALTERATION OF DESIGN OF THE TOWN OF MORANGARELL. - New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 - 1900) - 21 Jan 1899". Trove. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
- ^ "SITE FOR A TOWN AT MORANGARELL. - New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 - 1900) - 30 Sep 1899". Trove. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
- ^ "New Post Offices". Sydney Morning Herald. 6 January 1858. p. 3.
- ^ "Lachlan District". Goulburn Herald. 3 March 1860. p. 3.
- ^ a b "EARLY BLAND HISTORY". Cootamundra Herald. 21 June 1937. p. 2. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
- ^ "GOVERNMENT GAZETTE". Sydney Morning Herald. 8 February 1873. p. 5. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
- ^ "MORANGARELL". Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter. 9 July 1873. p. 3. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
- ^ Legislative Assembly of New South Wales. "Forbes to Stockinbingal Railway Act, 1911" (PDF). classic.austlii.edu.au/.
- ^ "Morangarell". nswgovschoolhistory.azurewebsites.net. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
- ^ "CLOSING OF POLICE STATION AT MORANGARELL, AND OPENING OF POLICE STATION AT BRIBBAREE". New South Wales Police Gazette and Weekly Record of Crime. 27 March 1929. p. 229.
- ^ "HISTORIC HOTEL CLOSED". Sydney Morning Herald. 28 December 1936. p. 5. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
- ^ "POSTMISTRESS AT 82". Sydney Morning Herald. 15 January 1930. p. 19. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
- ^ "DISPOSAL BY SALE OF POSTAL LAND AT MORANGARELL, NEW SOUTH WALES. - Commonwealth of Australia Gazette (National : 1901 - 1973) - 16 Dec 1937". Trove. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
- ^ "REVOCATION OF RESERVES FROM SALE, LEASE, Etc". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 7 January 1972. p. 64.
- ^ "GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT, 1966". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 11 October 1974. p. 4011.
- ^ "Morangarell Cemetery". Australian Cemeteries Index.
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