Jugiong
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{{Infobox Australian place
| type = town
| name = Jugiong
| state = nsw
| image = Entering Jugiong.jpg
| caption = Entering Jugiong at the old Hume Highway
| coordinates = {{coord|34|49|23|S|148|19|29|E|display=inline,title}}
| lga = Hilltops Council
| county = Harden
| parish = Jugiong
| region = South West Slopes
| postcode = 2726
| pop =
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| elevation = 303
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| stategov = Cootamundra
| fedgov = Riverina
| dist1 = 30
| location1 = Bookham
| dist2 = 40
| location2 = Gundagai
| dist3 = 336
| dir3 = WSW
| location3 = Sydney
| dist4 = 61
| dir4 = W
| location4 = Yass
| near-n = Cooneys Creek
| near-ne = McMahons Reef
| near-e = Berremangra
| near-se = Berremangra
| near-s = Gobarralong
| near-sw = Coolac
| near-w = Coolac
| near-nw = Cootamundra
}}
Jugiong ({{IPAc-en|dʒ|uː|g|I|ɒ|ŋ}} {{respell|JOO-gi-ong}}) is a locality and town on the banks of the Murrumbidgee River near its confluence with Jugiong Creek. in the Hilltops Council Local Government area, New South Wales, Australia.{{NSW GNR|id=MnqwjzUlMn|title=Jugiong|access-date=1 April 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/6074014#map=12/-34.8175/148.3340|publisher =OpenStreetMap|title=Jugiong|access-date=1 April 2018}}{{Cite web|title=Map of the town of Jugiong and suburban lands [cartographic material] : Land District of Gundagai : within Parish of Jugiong, County of Horden, Demondrille Shire, Eastern Division, N.S.W. ...|url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1532773202|access-date=2021-10-14|website=Trove|language=en}} It is situated just off the Hume Highway, by road, about 30 kilometres southwest from Bookham and 40 kilometres northeast from Gundagai.
The area now known as Jugiong lies on the traditional lands of the Wiradjuri people.{{Cite web|last=Studies|first=Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander|date=2021-01-10|title=Map of Indigenous Australia|url=https://aiatsis.gov.au/explore/map-indigenous-australia|access-date=2021-10-14|website=aiatsis.gov.au|language=en}} The name Jugiong is almost certainly a settler rendering of a Wiradjuri language word. Settlers said that it was from 'U-go-wong
It was first settled in the 1820s when Henry O'Brien started grazing sheep on the Jugiong Run.{{cite book|first1=Peter|last1=Scott|title=O'Brien, Henry (1793–1866)|url=http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/obrien-henry-2515|publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University|location=Canberra|via=Australian Dictionary of Biography}} A public house was already at the future town's site, when John Sheehan took it over in 1844.{{Cite news|date=1949-04-01|title=Jugiong Holds Hotel History|work=Farmer and Settler|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article122981641|access-date=2021-10-14}} A site for a town was reserved in 1853.{{Cite news|date=1853-04-19|title=JUGIONG.|work=New South Wales Government Gazette|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article229116426|access-date=2021-10-14}} Jugiong Post Office opened on 1 October 1856.{{Citation
| last = Premier Postal History | title = Post Office List | url = https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=NSW&country= | access-date = 2009-06-11 }} Tenders were sought, in 1858, for the construction of a bridge over Jugiong Creek that was opened by the second half of 1859.{{Cite news|date=1858-06-25|title=TO CONTRACTORS AND OTHERS.|work=New South Wales Government Gazette|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article228399932|access-date=2021-10-14}}{{Cite news|date=1859-08-26|title=GUNDAGAI AND ITS ENVIRONS.|work=Sydney Morning Herald|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13029902|access-date=2021-10-14}} Jugiong has had a public school since 1883.{{Cite web|title=Jugiong Public School|url=https://nswgovschoolhistory.cese.nsw.gov.au/schoolHistory?schoolId=4214|access-date=2021-10-14|website=nswgovschoolhistory.cese.nsw.gov.au}} John Sheehan donated the land and much of the cost for the erection of the town's Catholic Church, St John the Evangelist, built between 1858 and 1860.{{Cite web|last=|first=|title=St John The Evangelist Catholic Church {{!}} Churches Australia|url=https://www.churchesaustralia.org/list-of-churches/denominations/catholic/directory/3244-st-john-the-evangelist-catholic-church|access-date=2021-10-14|website=www.churchesaustralia.org|language=en}} the town also had an Anglican Church, Christ Church, built in 1895 to replace and earlier church; no longer a church, the building is privately owned.{{Cite web|last=|first=|title=Christ Church Anglican Church - Former {{!}} Churches Australia|url=https://www.churchesaustralia.org/list-of-churches/locations/new-south-wales/f-k-towns/directory/3243-christ-church-anglican-church-former|access-date=2021-10-15|website=www.churchesaustralia.org|language=en}}
Jugiong is situated on a large—almost complete—loop in the Murrumbidgee River, into which Jugiong Creek flows just above the town site. The river splits into two streams just downstream as it passes Jugiong Island.{{Cite web|title=Jugiong - Satellite|url=https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-34.8356843,148.3429538,6966m/data=!3m1!1e3!5m1!1e4|access-date=2021-10-14|website=Google Maps|language=en}} The flats near the river, the island, and the lower part of the town site are prone to flooding, with major floods in 1852, 1870, 1891, 1894, 1900, 1922, 1925 and 1945.{{Cite news|date=1852-07-06|title=JUGIONG.|work=Sydney Morning Herald|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12938183|access-date=2021-10-14}}{{Cite news|date=1870-05-03|title=THE FLOOD AT JUGIONG.|work=Yass Courier|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article263998332|access-date=2021-10-14}}{{Cite news|date=1894-03-26|title=FLOOD IN THE MURRUM-BIDGEE.|work=Daily Telegraph|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article236093330|access-date=2021-10-14}}{{Cite news|date=1900-07-18|title=JUGIONG.|work=Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article120250016|access-date=2021-10-14}}{{Cite news|date=1925-05-28|title=JUGIONG'S BIGGEST FLOOD.|work=Daily Advertiser|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article143359539|access-date=2021-10-14}}{{Cite news|date=1945-01-16|title=FLOOD AT JUGIONG|work=Goulburn Evening Post|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article103225115|access-date=2021-10-14}} During the 1852 flood, John Sheehan saved the lives of 33 people, for which he was presented with a large engraved silver tankard, by the Government of New South Wales.{{Cite news|date=1872-07-27|title=A Tour to the South.|work=Australian Town and Country Journal|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article70496019|access-date=2021-10-14}}
Modification and enlargement of the nearby upstream Burrinjuck Dam, which were completed in 1957, have provided some protection against floodwaters from the upper reaches of the Murrumbigee.{{Cite news|date=1954-10-29|title=BURRINJUCK DAM ALTERED|work=Sydney Morning Herald|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18444748|access-date=2021-10-14}} Complicating the flood situation are occurrences of flash flooding of Jugiong Creek.{{Cite news|date=1909-02-06|title=DISTRICT NEWS.|work=Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article121490893|access-date=2021-10-14}}{{Cite news|date=1919-12-10|title=A WALL OF WATER.|work=Cootamundra Herald|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article139008266|access-date=2021-10-14}} The first bridge over the creek was destroyed by floodwaters in 1870, but replaced with a new one by July 1872. The buildings of the town were severely damaged in a storm, described as being a hurricane, in 1898.{{Cite news|date=1898-10-28|title=HURRICANE AT JUGIONG.|work=Albury Banner and Wodonga Express|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article99966521|access-date=2021-10-14}}
Due to the flooding hazard of its location, and not being off the railway line, the town became more of a village, most but not all of which is now on the higher land. In earlier times, there were more buildings closer to the river. By 1872, Jugiong only had about 150 inhabitants. Several alterations to its design have been made, which reduced its extent.{{Cite news|date=1892-12-23|title=ALTERATION OF DESIGN OF THE TOWN OF JUGIONG.|work=New South Wales Government Gazette|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article222181870|access-date=2021-10-14}}{{Cite news|date=1900-04-21|title=ALTERATION OF DESIGN OF THE TOWN OF JUGIONG.|work=New South Wales Government Gazette|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article221019605|access-date=2021-10-14}}{{Cite news|date=1904-05-14|title=ALTERATION OF DESIGN OF THE TOWN OF JUGIONG.|work=Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article226408498|access-date=2021-10-14}}
Since 1933, water has been pumped from the river at Jugiong to two dams in the Cowang Hills from where it is reticulated to Cootamundra.{{Cite news|date=1915-05-07|title=Cootamundra Water Supply.|work=Tumut and Adelong Times|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article139329046|access-date=2021-10-14}}{{Cite news|date=1933-02-24|title=COOTAMUNDRA WATER SCHEME|work=Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article100731830|access-date=2021-10-14}} The scheme was subsequently extended and now supplies water to settlements as far north as Young and as far west as Temora.{{Cite web|title=Our network|url=https://www.gwcc.nsw.gov.au/About-us/Our-network|access-date=2021-10-14|website=www.gwcc.nsw.gov.au|language=en-AU}} South of Jugiong on the river there is a large quarrying operation for river gravel.{{Cite web|title=Quarries|url=https://www.tegra.com.au/quarries|access-date=2021-10-14|website=Tegra Australia|language=en-US}} A construction aggregate quarry north of the town is now a regional landfill site.
Jugiong was once on the main road between Yass and Gundagai, but the Hume Highway now bypasses it. It is now a quiet and pleasant stopover for travellers.{{Cite web|title=Jugiong|url=https://www.canberraregion.com.au/live/jugiong/|access-date=2021-10-14|website=Canberra Region|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|title=Visit Jugiong the gateway to the Hilltops Region just off the Hume Highway|url=https://www.visithilltopsregion.com.au/towns-villages/jugiong/|access-date=2021-10-14|website=Visit Hilltops Region|language=en-US}}
There is a memorial to Sergeant Edmund Parry, a police officer shot dead by the bushranger John Gilbert, on 16 November 1864, between Jugiong and Gundagai. {{Cite web|title=Sergeant Edmund Parry {{!}} Monument Australia|url=https://monumentaustralia.org.au/themes/people/crime/display/21680-sergeant-edmund-parry|access-date=2021-10-14|website=monumentaustralia.org.au}}{{Cite news|date=1864-11-23|title=INQUEST ON SERGEANT PARRY.|work=Goulburn Herald and Chronicle|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article104608857|access-date=2021-10-14}}
Australian cricketer turned commentator Richie Benaud spent part of his early life there.{{cite web|last1=Andrew McGarry|access-date=2020-01-20|title=Richie Benaud dies aged 84|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-04-10/richie-benaud-dead/6009202|date=10 April 2015|website=ABC News}}
At the {{CensusAU|2016}}, Jugiong had a population of 222,{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC12044|name=Jugiong (State Suburb)|access-date=24 May 2022|quick=on}} which had increased to 255 at the 2021 census.{{Cite web |title=2021 Jugiong, Census All persons QuickStats |url=https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/SAL12052 |access-date=2022-08-15 |website=Australian Bureau of Statistics}}
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