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. Heritage diary