Gulpa, New South Wales
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| Gulpa New South Wales |
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| Population: | 30 (within 7 km radius) |
| Postcode: | 2710 |
| Elevation: | 97 m (318 ft) |
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| County: | Cadell |
| State District: | Murray-Darling |
Gulpa Sometimes spelt "Gulpha" is a village community in the central south part of the Riverina and situated about 20 kilometres south from Deniliquin and 14 kilometres north from Mathoura. It has a population within a 7 kilometre radius of approximately 30 people. In the early 1900's there were several houses and stock loading facilities at the rail siding as well as Wheat Stacks where bags of wheat were stored before loading onto the train.
During the 1960's there were 2 houses at Gulpa one being the postmaster/ railway siding and manual telephone exchange combined. With the coming of the automatic telephone exchange in the early 70's the houses were moved. The other house had been occupied by a railway worker. These days there are few reminants of Gulpa, there remains a couple of Fig Trees that locals visit to collect fruit from, and not much else. There is a crossrodes on the Waliston Road and Leetham (Line ) Road and a railway crossing to mark the place. There are no signs to designate that you are at Gulpa. Approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) east of Gulpa on the Cobb Highway there was the Gulpa Sawmill. It burnt down in 1955 and was rebuilt in Deniliquin after the fire. There were a number of houses at the sawmill site during the 1950's.
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