Two local mines and the power stations to the south sustain the small village of Cullen Bullen (population around 300), located on the Mudgee Rd, 168 km’s north-west of Sydney.

The district was occupied by the Wiradjuri people prior to white settlement, it is thought that their presence led to the naming of the area which is said to mean ‘lyre bird’. By the late 1840’s districts in the area had become more settled, the road to Mudgee improved and traffic was growing.

The village of Cullen Bullen is thought to have started as one of a number of stopping places on that road.