Audio tourMoruya Heritage Walk

Moruya is a town of outstanding heritage value. This tour covers around 1.5 km of easy town walking, through 150 years of extraordinary history.

In the 1850s Moruya was buzzing - shortly after being gazetted in 1851, the town took off with the Gold Rush. People and money flowed into the region - and bushrangers too!

But Moruya is better known for a different rock - its granite, most famously used in the Harbour Bridge, but also as columns in some of Sydney's most majestic buildings.

Granite mining set Moruya apart, raising its status in Sydney and bringing more people and investment. Moruya was the undisputed commercial centre of the region, and was declared the seat of the new Eurobodalla Shire in 1906.

By the 1920s tourism started to take off, fuelled by the new Federal Capital in Canberra, the post-war boom and the arrival of the automobile. Hotels were booked, movie theatres started up and commerce thrived.

Start your journey at the Moruya Museum: the year is 1875 - nearly 150 years ago; the telephone has just been invented; the Gold Rush is in full swing and Granite Mining is starting to kick off!