Goulburn (pop. 23,963) is an important market city of New South Wales, Australia. It stands about 2,100 feet (640 meters) above sea level at the junction of the Wollondilly River and the Mulwaree Ponds. It is about 125 miles (200 kilometers) southwest of Sydney. Goulburn is an important road and rail junction linking the major centers of Sydney, Canberra, and Melbourne.
Goulburn is a commercial center for the Southern Tablelands, a region that includes some of Australia’s best livestock and farming country. The area produces top-quality wool, lamb, beef, grain crops, and fodder crops. Wool and livestock markets help the city’s economy. Goulburn is one of the largest provincial wool-selling centers. Industries in the city process agricultural products from the surrounding region.
Institutions in the city serve the Southern Tablelands. Goulburn has two cathedrals, numerous churches and schools, a prison, and a hospital. The city has an academy for training New South Wales police.
