Goulburn

Goulburn, a town of New South Wales, 134 miles SW. of Sydney by rail, with several tanneries, boot and shoe factories, flour-mills, and breweries, and a busy trade in agricultural produce. It is a substantially built town, with gas (1879) and a good supply of water. The seat of an Anglican and of a Roman Catholic bishop, it contains a handsome Church of England cathedral (Gothic, consecrated in 1884) and a Roman Catholic cathedral. It has also a Catholic college and a convent. Pop. 10,916.