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Mebul (Co. Bligh) 32°22’S. 149°19’E., 20 km W. of Gulgong; Cudgebegong Creek till 1917; farming and grazing; goldmine worked с.1900, in 1920s, 1935-36, 1962-63; PO 1886-1962; school (Cudgebegong till 1917) 1882, new buildings b. 1884 by J. Cottrell, closed 1922; telephone 1917; TX 1920; pop. 171 (1901), 145 (1911), 49 (1933), 67 (1954)1 .
1917
Mebul
CUDGEBEGONG'S NEW NAME.
Owing to Cudgebegong often being confused with Cudgegong, the name of the former has been changed to Mebul by the postal authorities2
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References
1
Simpson, Phillip. Historical Guide to New South Wales. North Melbourne, Vic: Australian Scholarly Publishing Pty Ltd, 2020, p. 470.
2
Mebul. (1917, July 30). Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative, p. 4. Retrieved February 12, 2024, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article156188165