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The monument commemorates 150 years of the settlement of Nelligen. It features a stone with a plaque and information plaques detailing the history of the area.
The village of Nelligen was gazetted in 1854 and a road inland to Braidwood was completed two years later. No bridges existed across the Clyde at the time, so produce and minerals from southern New South Wales were delivered to Nelligen for transport by twice-weekly steamer to Sydney; the town was serviced by the Illawarra Steam Navigation Company. The post office opened in 1858 and a Protestant church was constructed in 1872. The existing Roman Catholic church dates from 1895.
Location
| Address: | Wharf Street, Nelligen, 2536 |
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| State: | NSW |
| Area: | AUS |
| GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -35.647957 Long: 150.142104 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
| Monument Type: | Monument |
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| Monument Theme: | Landscape |
| Sub-Theme: | Settlement |
| Approx. Event Start Date: | 1854 |
| Approx. Event End Date: | 2004 |
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Dedication
| Actual Monument Dedication Date: | Saturday 18th December, 2004 |
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Colonial Secretary`s Office 18th December 1854 Sydney
Nelligen
Notice is hereby given, that a site has been fixed upon for a Township at the undermentioned place, and that a copy of the approved plan has been deposited for information, at the Police Office Braidwood, and at the Surveyor General`s Office in Sydney, Viz: Nelligen, at the junction of Nelligen Creek with the Clyde River, County of St. Vincent.
By His Excellency`s Command C. D. RIiddell
(N.S.W. Gov. Gazette - 1854. Page 2664)
Nelligen celebrates 150 years of history
1854 - 2004
December 18, 2004
Unveiled by Ron Jackson
