A goldfields town about 34 kilometres east of Kalgoorlie, Bulong was gazetted in 1895.

After the discovery of gold in this vicinity the area became known as "I.O.U" which was the name of a mine or a gold-mining lease. In October 1894 surveyor G.C.Hamilton was instructed to lay out a townsite at "I.O.U" and to "suggest a better name for it". Hamilton suggested "Boolong", the aboriginal name of a small soak situated nearby. This name was adopted but was spelt "Bulong" to conform with the Standard system of spelling Aboriginal names.

Bulong, situated about 20 miles east of Kalgoorlie and 15 miles south east of Kanowna, was active from about 1893 to 1908 with various deep leads and alluvial workings, which by 1900 had produced 17,500 ounces of gold.

By 1998, all but the cemetery had disappeared, and new a very large mining venture is in operation, this time not gold but nickel/copper.