Gundagai is a town in New South Wales, Australia.
Although a small town, Gundagai is a popular topic
for writers and has become a representative icon
of a typical Australian country town. Located along
the Murrumbidgee River and Muniong,
Honeysuckle, Kimo, Mooney Mooney,
Murrumbidgee and Tumut mountain ranges,
Gundagai is 390 kilometres south-west of Sydney.
In the 2011 census the population of Gundagai was
1,926. Gundagai shire is primarily rural, with a
small population. Eighty per cent of the shire's
population live in the town of Gundagai. Other
than tourism generated by romantic bush appeal
and the historic bridges, Gundagai's economy
remains driven by sheep and cattle, as well as
wheat, lucerne and maize production.