Colonial Time
In 1842, explorer Hamilton Hume assisted his sister-in-law Elizabeth Hume to form the ‘Yarrawonga Run’. Elizabeth was the first European to live in northeast Victoria. She moved to the area with her nine children after her husband was killed by bushrangers. Elizabeth named her home ‘Byramine’, meaning ‘rustic retreat’.
Miss Ross Hill and the sand hills of Mulwala have long been regarded as a significant site and traditional burial ground of the Aboriginal people. A burial site is a very significant Aboriginal place. Where the ground was soft Indigenous people buried their dead. Sand dunes, middens, rock shelters and sometimes specially constructed mounds were…
The Cairn commemorates explorer Captain Charles Sturt who passed Mulwala on his exploration journey along the Murray in 1838 Charles Napier Sturt (1795-1869) was a British officer and explorer of Australia, and part of the European exploration of Australian. He led several expeditions into the interior of the continent, starting from Sydney and…
Mulwala's original war memorial monument was erected at the edge of Lonsdale Reserve in 1921. In 1995, the monument was updated, repaired and relocated to its current site in Melbourne Street. A granite column on concrete base set in Old Mill Park, the memorial features dedications and honour rolls for the First and Second World Wars. Erected by…
In 1992, a huge log was transported from Hinchliffs Bends (Hinchies) on the Murray River to the Old Mill Park by the Mulwala Progress Association and N.S.W. Forestry Commission to commemorate the King and Jones Families and the Redgum Sawmill.The log had been felled some years earlier by Angus “Joker” Nicholson and left behind due to the flooded…
The Digger Loughnan Fishing Jetty and Park is located in the center of the Mulwala township on the banks of Lake Mulwala. Parking is available on Melbourne Street.A recent addition to the park is the Fishing Jetty which is now open for the community and visitors to enjoy. The jetty is positioned over Lake Mulwala and provides residents and…
On the corner of Melbourne Street and Havelock Street stands an OLD FIG TREE. When this tree was planted no one knows (maybe early 1900s). Many residents of Mulwala have an attachment to this old tree, memories of their younger days of climbing, a meeting point for friends outside the then grocery shop (Savage family, McErvals etc)Some years ago…
On the corner of Havelock Street and Sturt Street stands a big gum tree, the only one of its kind left standing in that vicinity. On inspection this old tree has two scars, whether they are Canoe Scars or something of some other value to the Aboriginal people from this area is unknown. Mulwala township is lucky to have such a valuable historical…
Kyffins Reserve offers over one kilometre of shoreline and bush camping and walking tracks, on the banks of Lake Mulwala.Located approximately four kilometres east of the Mulwala township, on Lake Mulwala with access via Corowa Road. There is also a three kilometre walking track, beginning from Owen Bridge Reserve, hugging Lake Mulwala. Kyffins…
