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 Cullen Bullen |
Cullen Bullen is located on the Mudgee Road, 168 km north-west of Sydney, 28 km north of Lithgow. At the 2006 census, Cullen Bullen had a population of 198 people.[1] The Cullen Bullen village is sustained by local mines and the Mount Piper Power Station.
In the language of the Wiradjuri people, who occupied the district prior to white settlement; the word "cullen bullen" is believed to mean "Lyrebird".[2]
The first European in the area was James Blackman (1759-1842), who was surveying a roadway from what is now Wallerawang to Mudgee, in 1821. Blackman was followed in 1822 by William Lawson and later Allan Cunningham in 1822-23.
Robert Dulhunty - the subsequent founder of Dubbo -- took up the first land grant in the area in 1828. He built a homestead on land which now lies on the back road from Cullen Bullen to Portland.
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- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Cullen Bullen (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/LocationSearch?collection=Census&period=2006&areacode=SSC16897&producttype=QuickStats&breadcrumb=PL&action=401. Retrieved 14 July 2009.
- ^ "Cullen Bullen". Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. http://www.gnb.nsw.gov.au/name_search/extract?id=JPYbwpZTMn. Retrieved 14 July 2009.
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