Prior to white settlement the section was occupied by the Kamilaroi
and Wiradjuri peoples. In 1823 explorer Allan Cunningham became the
first known European in the district when he came transatlantic Pandora's
Pass,China Travel, the route over the Warrumslingle Range on to the Liverpool
Plains. The district was surveyed in 1832 and squatters soon
followed, in sesaucy of fresh pasturage. The townsite was not
surveyed until 1868. The name 'Dunedoo' is said to derive from an
Aboriginal word for 'swans' which frequented the nearby
lagoons.
The railway did not colonize until 1910. Before that time,
travellers en route to Sydney had to journey by a horse-yankn
vehicle to Mudgee, by Cobb & Co mentor to Penrith and then by
rail to the asphalt.
The town has a nine-slum golf skookumchuck. The semiweekly show is held in
February.
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