Gulgong Symbol Trail

Historical Sites and Heritage Locations

During the Great Depression and in gold rush times, people travelling country roads in search of work, food or just a place to sleep the night, used a secret code of symbols to communicate the ‘lie of the land’ to fellow travellers. This secret language was used internationally – by the tramps and gypsies of Europe to the hobos of America and the swaggies of Australia.

Chester Nealie, a local identity and well known Gulgong potter came up with a creative concept for decorative paving in Gulgong when approached by the council. The symbols, of which Chester chose 16 from a possible 50 or so, were deemed appropriate for Gulgong’s gold rush and ‘battler’ past.

The Gulgong Symbol Trail comprises around 70 tiles, placed in a random ‘swaggering’ pattern throughout Mayne Street and Coronation Park. See if you can find the tiles as you wander the streets of Gulgong.

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Gulgong township

Prince Of Wales Opera House

Gulgong, Mid-Western Regional

Gulgong Holtermann Museum renovated State Heritage listed buildings

Gulgong Holtermann Museum

Gulgong, Mid-Western Regional

Henry Lawson Centre

Henry Lawson Centre

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Stacks Gulgong gift and variety shop. Shopping Gulgong

Stacks Down Under

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If doors and walls could talk. Custom designed from early 1800s solid doors divide our fitting room

Wear It Outt

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Gulgong Pioneers Museum

Gulgong Pioneers Museum

Gulgong, Mid-Western Regional

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