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Cullen Bullen

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Lithgow City Council NSW, PO Box 19, Cullen Bullen, NSW 2790
02 6354 9999

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Cullen Bullen is a village in New South Wales, Australia.

Cullen Bullen is a village in New South Wales, Australia.It is located on Mudgee Road, 168 km north-west of Sydney, 28 km north of Lithgow. At the 2016 census, Cullen Bullen had a population of 279 people, up from 198 ten years earlier.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".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.

By 1861 the post office opened at Cullen Bullen, and the school in 1875. The school moved to its current site in 1895.

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Type: Towns

Population: 101-1000

Time zone: UTC +11:00

Area: 80.568 km2

Elevation: 501-1000 metres

Town elevation: 880 m

Population number: 279

Local Government Area: Lithgow City Council

Location

Lithgow City Council NSW, PO Box 19, Cullen Bullen, NSW 2790

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This article contains content imported from the English Wikipedia article on Cullen Bullen, New South Wales

Cullen Bullen - Localista

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