Celebrations kicked off with the opening of an exhibition on Friday night, featuring the photos and stories of the people who worked at the quarry and lived in Granite Town, at the Moruya Museum. 

Organiser Christine Adams, whose great grandfather was the quarry manager, said she was overwhelmed with the turnout during the weekend-long celebrations. 

She dubbed the weekend a “dream come true”. 

“This started as a dream and an idea at 3am in 2008,” she said. 

“Everything I have thought about became reality.

“The community response was amazing. It was beyond what I expected.”

Pictures and paintings were on display at the Moruya Markets in Riverside Park on Saturday and an old time dance was held in Moruya on Saturday night. 

The celebrations wrapped up with a picnic in the Quarry Park at lunchtime on Sunday, giving descendants of the quarry workers and other interested people time to share memories.

Mrs Adams said all events were well attended and sparked a lot of interest from the local community as well as visitors. 

“A lot of people came through the museum and were interested in the history and future plans for the quarry park,” she said. 

“The idea was to get the community involved and that is what happened.”

She said a “perfect crowd” attended the old-time dance, and 

 “It was so nice to actually see it happen, to celebrate Moruya’s history,”she said.

The end goal for Mrs Adams is to have Moruya’s granite history recognised and celebrated. 

“You can hear things about the Sydney Harbor Bridge but very little is mentioned about the granite that came from Moruya,” she said. 

“It was a huge thing at the time for the area.”