Gundagai is an historic farming town on the Murrumbidgee River in the Eastern Riverina region. It is close to the midway point between Sydney and Melbourne on the Hume Highway.

Where is it?: Gundagai is 402 km south west of Sydney on the Hume Highway.

Things to see and do


The now famous monument of The Dog On The Tuckerbox at Five Mile Creek was erected in 1932 both to commemorate the song, and as a monument to the teamsters and their canine companions of a bygone era. The Dog On The Tuckerbox today stands by the higthway in a picnic area near Snake Gully, which was immortalised in Steele Rudd's tales about Dad, Dave, Mum & Mabel, who lived at Snake Gully.

Dad, Dave, Mum and Mabel, characters in Steele Rudd's tales about Snake Gully, have been immortalised near the 'Dog on the Tuckerbox' monument

Gundagai was made famous by a number of colonial era songs and verses in which its name is featured. The most famous song to mention Gundagai The most famous is 'Nine Miles From Gundagai', a set of verses written around the turn of the 20th century by Jack Moses, a travelling wine salesman who was inspired by an old bush ballad about teamsters and the dogs who guarded their possessions on the track.


The Tourist Information Centre contains a miniature marble carving of a Baroque Italian Palace by a local monumental mason named Frank Rusconi, comprising 20,945 pieces of NSW marble. It took 28 years to build and was completed in 1938. Another masterpiece on display is a replica of the Altar of St. Marie's Cathederal in Paris. It was Rusconi who sculpted the Dog On The Tuckerbox statue.

Surrounding area

27 km south west of Gundagai is the Snowy Mountain Highway turnoff. This road leads to Kosciuszko National Park and the snow resorts of the Snowy Mountains. Adelong (57km south), like Gundagai, is an old goldmining town with quaint historic farmhouses and buildings. People still fossick for gold at the old diggings near Richie's Gold Battery at Adelong Falls Reserve. Adelong Gold and Antique Fair is held every April.

Adelong Falls Reserve