Current Projects

Summary of Current Projects

Below is a quick summary of our current projects. Full details of each project can be found by clicking on the relevant link.

If any of these projects are of interest to you and you would like to be involved, please attend one of our meetings.

Wool Processing Plant

The Merriwa District Progress Association continues to work through the logistics, possibility and value of a local wool processing plant.

There is much to do in this space and exploring all possibilities takes time.

SEE FULL PROJECT DETAILS

Gummun Place Information Facilitation

The Merriwa District Progress Association has been facilitating information flow between the community, Council and other interested parties. Please be aware, the MDPA will not resolve the issue of Gummun Place on behalf of the community. It is up to the community to work together on this issue.

Fun Facts

And just for a little trivia ...

Did you know?

Alexander Graham Bell demonstrated the first telephone in Australia at "Brindley Park" Merriwa

Merriwa hosted the first bushmen's carnival (rodeo) at the Merriwa Showground in 1928

Racehorse 'OId Rowley' is now resting in Merriwa after winning the 1940 Melbourne Cup at 100 to 1

Merriwa is recognised as the birthplace of the Pony Club movement in 1946

Night-time cricket was played under lights in Merriwa (in 1983), years before the Melbourne Cricket Ground (Feb 1985)

In the early days, bullock teams hauled heavily laden wagons with huge loads of wool bales long distances over non-existent roads to Morpeth to be loaded onto ships for the trip to Sydney and then on to London

Merriwa's annual Festival of the Fleeces started in 1990, and was originally held at the "Brindley Park" wool shed. It is a tribute to the vital part sheep and wool have played in establishing Merriwa as a recognised premium agricultural district

Some of the early settlers to Merriwa included: Legislative Council AL Mackenzie, Charles Blaxland ("Cullingral"), WC Wentworth, JB Bettington ("Brindley Park" also a MLC and a director of the Bank of NSW 1828-1850), George Hall ("Gundibri"), Henry Dutton ("Terragong")