Murrurundi is a rural town located in the Upper Hunter Shire, in the Upper Hunter region of New South Wales, Australia. Murrurundi is situated 193 kilometres northwest by road from Newcastle and 309 kilometres north from Sydney. At the 2021 census the town had a population of 822. The town is almost completely surrounded by mountains of the Liverpool …Murrurundi is a rural town located in the Upper Hunter Shire, in the Upper Hunter region of New South Wales, Australia. Murrurundi is situated 193 kilometres northwest by road from Newcastle and 309 kilometres north from Sydney. At the 2021 census the town had a population of 822. The town is almost completely surrounded by mountains of the Liverpool Range, and is located on the Pages River, a tributary of the Hunter River.