MARULAN
Marulan is the next town along the
Hume Highway when traveling south. Marulan has many historic links and
markets itself quite correctly as an historic community. Heritage is
clearly important. Marulan has suffered to a greater degree of
economic decline with the Hume Highway by-pass than most of the other
towns on this busy route.

In the
early years of European settlement at Sydney, exploration southwest of
Sydney was slow. In 1818, Hamilton Hume and James Meehan reached the
Goulburn plains for the first time. Governor Lachlan Macquarie ordered
the construction of the Great South Road (the basis of the
northern end of the Hume Highway) in 1819 from Picton to the Goulburn
Plains.
In the early days Marulan was known as
Mooroowoolen,
and
the current name is a by-product of time.
The remaining trading hotel is a
heritage building.
The other old pub is closed, but the building still stands.
All of the Churches and the Catholic
offer are historic and old buildings. 
The Marulan War Memorial is located in
the centre of the strip.
The Marulan Museum is located in the
old administrative building.
A stopover to check out this town is
in order.
Get
the timing right and a refreshment in the pub will go down well.
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