Home Rule, New South Wales

	Home Rule Hotel, New South Wales, c.1872. Part of Holtermann Collection
Coordinates	32.4344867°S 149.614146°E
Postcode(s)	2850[1]
Location	299 km (186 mi) NW of Sydney ; 12 km (7 mi) SE of Gulgong ; 174 km (108 mi) N of Orange ; 30 km (19 mi) N of Mudgee ;

Home Rule is a 19th-century gold rush town in rural New South Wales, Australia. It is 290 km to Sydney.[2]

photograph taken c.1872 of shops at Home Rule, New South Wales. Part of Holtermann Collection.

[[Category:Towns in New South Wales|]]

On 9 July 1872 The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser reported that "the scene at Home Rule is a busy one, and very few people can form an idea of it unless they go and see for themselves. A township is in rapid formation, and streets are being made close to the golden holes. One digger refused £500 for a share in a claim on the right spot. Everyone appears sanguine. The storekeepers and publicans look remarkably pleasant, as if they anticipated rich harvests, and even John Chinaman smiles graciously on meeting you. It would almost be an impossibility to give an account of the different claims, as they extend for miles; and until the dispute as to the frontage and block system is settled, many men will prefer to be idle."[3]

References list

"Home Rule in Google Map". Google Map. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
"Distance Between Home Rule and Sydney". Google Map. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
"THE MUDGEE GOLD FIELDS". The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser. XXIX (3768). New South Wales, Australia. 9 July 1872. p. 2 – via National Library of Australia.

External links

State Library of New South Wales. Photographs of Canadian Lead and Home Rule. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
The Sydney Morning Herald 28 November 1873, page 3. Article regarding Gulgong and Home Rule. Retrieved 6 June 2014.

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[1] "Home Rule in Google Map". Google Map. Retrieved 6 June 2014.

[2] "Distance Between Home Rule and Sydney". Google Map. Retrieved 6 June 2014.

[3] "THE MUDGEE GOLD FIELDS". The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser. XXIX (3768). New South Wales, Australia. 9 July 1872. p. 2 – via National Library of Australia.