Morven, New South Wales

Morven New South Wales
Entering Village of Morven
Morven
Coordinates	35°39′0″S 147°6′0″E / 35.65000°S 147.10000°E / -35.65000; 147.10000
Population	125 (2021 census)[1]
Postcode(s)	2660
Elevation	226 m (741 ft)
Location	7 km (4 mi) from Culcairn 21 km (13 mi) from Holbrook 73 km (45 mi) from Wagga Wagga 509 km (316 mi) from Sydney
LGA(s)	Greater Hume Shire Council
County	Hume
State electorate(s)	Albury
Federal division(s)	Farrer

Morven is a small village about 7 kilometres east of Culcairn in the eastern Riverina district of New South Wales, Australia. At the 2021 census, Morven has a population of 125 people.^[1]

Morven commenced its existence as a Cobb and Co Staging Post. Morven Post Office opened on 1 September 1880.^[2]

The Round Hill Hotel is somewhat misnamed, because the actual location of the Round Hill property is some kilometres away on the road from Holbrook to Culcairn. The hotel's name was changed from the Bridge Hotel to its current name when the owner of the hotel also became a part owner of the Round Hill property.

The town was serviced by the Holbrook branch railway line until the line was closed over 20 years ago.

Morven formerly had a rugby league team who competed in the Group 13 Rugby League competition.

The bushranger Dan "Mad Dog" Morgan^[3] roamed the area in the mid-19th century and held up the Round Hill Station property situated along the road to Culcairn. During the hold-up he fatally wounded John McLean, an employee of the station, and a grave and memorial stands at the site to commemorate the event.^[4]

In recent years Morven has continued to remain viable with a number of new houses being built and residents moving in. The site of the village still boasts the old church, a set of tennis courts and the Round Hill Hotel.^[4]

• Media related to Morven, New South Wales at Wikimedia Commons
• Morven Railway Siding