Moruya, New South Wales
Moruya is a city in the southeast of the Australian state of New South Wales. It lies at the mouth of the river of the same name in the Pacific Ocean, about 300 kilometers south of Sydney and 85 km south-east of Canberra. At the 2006 census, 2,432 inhabitants were counted .. This city lives mainly from agriculture, fisheries and tourism. Moruya is the administrative center of the local government area Eurobodalla Shire.
History
The name is from Moruya Aborigineswort Mherroyah (German: origin of the black swan ) is derived. Black swans can be seen even in the lakes and rivers around Moruya today. The Black Swan also serves as a local emblem ( in Australia it is otherwise the emblem of the city of Perth in Western Australia ).
In the area two tribes of indigenous people were originally native who Walbanga and Brinja - Yuin. European immigrants settled from the 1830s, after the lifting of restrictions on settlement in 1829. The coast of Batemans Bay to Mherroyah 1828 survey by surveyor Thomas Florance. The first European settlers was Francis Flanagan from Ireland, in 1829 at Shannon View settled. John Hawdon from England founded in 1831 an estate called Kiora, where in the sequence a village was also.
The center of the settlement in 1850 and 1851 calibrated the local rights were awarded to the settlement. Moruya 1891 was declared a city. At that time the most important industries were the logging, gold mining, dairy farming and the mining of granite. The stone for the piers of the Sydney Harbour Bridge originating in that region.
The granite mining began in the late 1850s by the brothers Joseph and John Flett Loutitt of the Orkney Islands. Your quarry on the south bank of the river supplied stones for many famous buildings of Sydney, such as the Post Office on Martin Place and the base of the statue of Captain Cook in Hyde Park.
The Moruya Quarry - also known as Government Quarry - was opened in 1876 on the north bank of the Moruya River. Between 1925 and 1932, 250 masons were employed for the construction of the Sydney Harbour Bridge and used in Moruya. They broke out of 18,000 m³ of rock blocks for the piers of the bridge, 173,000 rubble and 200,000 m³ of sand as a filler for the concrete. For the seven years in which the people worked in the quarry, there was a settlement of about 70 houses in the area, the ' Granite Town '' was called. Today you can see hardly anything of it. The Moruya Quarry is still operated by the government of New South Wales, Department of Infrastructure, Planning and Natural Resources. To the west of this quarry there was a third quarry, which was operated by the Ziegler family.
The first bridge over the Moruya River was built in 1876, but frequent flooding made the construction of new bridges in 1900, 1945 and finally in 1966 necessary.
During World War II the airfield from Moruya served as a forward base of operations. 1942, a fishing boat off the coast between Moruya and Batemans Bay was attacked by Japanese aircraft. 1944 an American freighter was torpedoed from Moruya German submarine U -862.
Shops
Moruya has two shopping centers, the 8- storey Foodworks ( opened on 24 May 2005) and the 10 - storey Woolworths ( opened in 2000 ). Along the main street there are many smaller shops, as well as supermarkets in the side streets. The telephone company telco Southern Phone is also in Moruya at home. Popular with locals and visitors to the weekly Saturday market is popular.
Airport and air services
Moruya has an airport (code: MYA ) north of Moruya Heads. The runway is located on the beach and then to end up flights to Moruya with a gentle and interesting landing along the coast line.
Regional Express ( REX) operates its flights nasch Sydney and Merimbula ( with connecting flights ) to Melbourne ) mainly with Saab 340B by.
Trivia
Richie Williams Charles Harpur (1825-1868), Australia's first recognized poet, was gold mining inspector in the Eurobodalla region and owned a farm in Eurobodalla.