Howlong

Postcode: 2643

Howlong is a town 28 kilometres west of Albury and is situated on the Murray River which separates the Australian states of New South Wales and Victoria. The town is located on the Riverina Highway and has a population of 2,403 people. There is a bridge across the Murray into Victoria. Howlong is in the Corowa Shire Local government area.

Prior to the founding of the township the Surveyor-General of New South Wales at that time Major Thomas Mitchell crossed the Murray River during his exploration of the area. Indeed there is a monument to Mitchell on the Victorian side of the river which states that Mitchell and his party camped at the location on 17 October 1836 and then crossed the river slightly downstream of their camping point, on the following day.

The township appears to have taken its title from a property named Hoolong in the area which was owned by Isaac Rudd and was named after an Aboriginal place name meaning 'beginning of the plains'.

Howlong as a township was laid out in 1854 and is now an important inland township which services the smaller villages of the area with a range of stores that meet most of the everyday needs of the people of the area. Nearby villages in the area include Brocklesby, Walbundrie & Chiltern.

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