Cullen Bullen, New South Wales

Royal Hotel, Cullen Bullen, New South Wales
Service Station, Cullen Bullen, New South Wales

Cullen Bullen is located on the Mudgee Road, 168 km north-west of Sydney, 28 km north of Lithgow. At the 2006 census, Cullen Bullen had a population of 198 people.[1] The Cullen Bullen village is sustained by local mines and the Mount Piper Power Station.

In the language of the Wiradjuri people, who occupied the district prior to white settlement; the word "cullen bullen" is believed to mean "Lyrebird".[2]

The first European in the area was James Blackman, who was surveying a roadway from what is now Wallerawang to Mudgee, in 1821. Blackman was followed in 1822 by William Lawson and later Allan Cunningham in 1822-23.

Robert Dulhunty - the subsequent founder of Dubbo—took up the first land grant in the area in 1828. He built a homestead on land which now lies on the back road from Cullen Bullen to Portland.

Notes

  1. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Cullen Bullen (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 14 July 2009.
  2. ↑ "Cullen Bullen". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 14 July 2009.

Coordinates: 33°18′S 150°01′E / 33.300°S 150.017°E