Mangoplah

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Mangoplah Template:IPAc-en is a town approximately Script error: No such module "convert". south of Wagga Wagga in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia. At the 2016 census, Mangoplah had a population of 309.[1] The name of the town is believed to mean "Kooris singing" in the Wiradjuri aboriginal language.[2]

History

The first bridge in Mangoplah was built in 1862 from funding of £700 by the NSW Government over Phillitop & Old Man Creek.[3]

In 1865, A parcel of Crown land in Mangoplah was allocated for public purposes to the Wesleyan Church.[4]

In 1866, Thomas Jones was the Licensee of the Mangoplah Inn[5] and was sold to Mrs Ann Hyland in 1868.[6]

Around 1880, the Mangoplah Inn, became known as Richard Curry's Mangoplah Inn.

During the 1860s and 1870s, Mangoplah use to hold an annual horse race meeting,[7] on the anniversary of the colony in January each year,[8] according to annual custom, at Mrs Hyland's Mangoplah Inn.[9]

Mangoplah Post Office opened on 1 September 1880, closed in 1885 and reopened in 1911.[10]

In 1880, a gold bearing reef, said to be very rich was discovered in Mangoplah, with several claims pegged out.[11][12]

In 1913, gold mining took place at Warbling Springs property, with three shafts drilled to 100 feet, with a 10-foot reef showing gold freely throughout.[13]

The club's first documented game of Australian rules football by the Mangoplah Football Club was in August 1913 against Cookardinia.[14]

In 1914, the Mangoplah School was opened.[15]

In 1915, three tennis courts were constructed at the Mangoplah Recreation Reserve and the construction of the North Mangoplah School was completed.[16]

The new rail line from The Rock to Mangoplah was commenced in 1923 and the Railway Station operated from 1925 to 1956.[17] When a catastrophic bushfire in 1952 gutted the Mangoplah Railway Station, it eventually forced its closure.[18]

The Mangoplah Hotel was built in 1924 by Sam Heron[19][20] and the grain silo was built in 1924 too. [21]

St. Mark's Church of England Church was opened in 1926 by the Bishop of Riverina, Dr. Halse.[22]

Mangoplah was formerly within the Shire of Kyeamba from 1906 until 1 January 1981 when the Shire was amalgamated with the Shire of Mitchell into the City of Wagga Wagga.[23]

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Mangoplah Hotel

Today

The town contains a pub, hall, two churches, a recreation reserve, a football & netball club, a general store and a rural produce distributor. The primary school in Mangoplah operated until its closure in 2013.[24]

Mangoplah is located Script error: No such module "convert". west of Livingstone National Park.

References

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