Gol Gol

Gol Gol is a small town in the Wentworth Shire, in the far western region of New South Wales, Australia.

Gol Gol is a small town in the Wentworth Shire, in the far western region of New South Wales, Australia.It is situated on the banks of the Murray River, in the Sunraysia region. Increasingly, Gol Gol serves as a suburb of Mildura, being only 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) from that regional centre. In the ten years from 2006 to 2016, the population of Gol Gol increased from 663 to 1523.

The area has a long history of Aboriginal occupation, and was the traditional land of the Kureinji people. A well-preserved midden can be seen at Drings Hill Reserve.On 17 March 1836, the surveyor and explorer, Thomas Mitchell, set out on an expedition from Boree Station (west of Orange), with 25 men, 2 boats, a train of bullock carts and a herd of at least 100 cattle, which were to be used for food when wild animals were scarce.

On his arrival at the site of the future village, the local Aboriginals informed Mitchell that the area next to the Murray River was called Gol Gol, meaning meeting place. Mitchell generally used Aboriginal names when marking his maps because he felt that a map was more useful if settlers could ask the local inhabitants for help. When Mitchell returned to his base camp on 4 June 1836 he passed on the name of Gol Gol to his superiors.