Gunning, New South Wales
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| Coordinates | 34°47′0″S 149°16′0″E / 34.78333°S 149.26667°ECoordinates: 34°47′0″S 149°16′0″E / 34.78333°S 149.26667°E |
| Population | 482 (2011 census) |
| Established | 1821 |
| Postcode(s) | 2581 |
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| LGA(s) | Upper Lachlan Shire |
| State electorate(s) | Goulburn |
| Federal Division(s) | Hume |
Gunning is a town on the Old Hume Highway, between Goulburn and Yass in the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia, about 260 km south-west of Sydney and 75 km north of the national capital, Canberra. (Nearby towns are Cullerin, Gundaroo, Dalton, Yass, Murrumbateman and Goulburn.)
On 2011 census, Gunning had a population of 482 people. The Shire of Gunning (which was amalgamated into Upper Lachlan Shire in 2004) had a population of 2,280. The Gunning Wind Farm has been established to the town's northeast, and is visible from the Hume Highway.
The Gunning region was originally home to two Australian Aboriginal language groups, the Gundungurra people in the north and the Ngunnawal people in the south.
The region (specifically Gundaroo) was first explored by Europeans in 1820, and settled the next year by Hamilton Hume. In 1824, Hume and William Hovell left here to discover the overland route to Port Phillip Bay where Melbourne is sited. Land sales began in 1838. The nearby town of Dalton, now best known as the earthquake centre, was settled in 1847. In 1865, Bushranger Ben Hall and his gang held up Kimberley's Inn, and a constable was shot dead.
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