Mullengandra, New South Wales
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Mullengandra is a village community in the south east part of the Riverina. It is situated by road, about 7 kilometres north east of Bowna and 8 kilometres south west of Woomargama. The town is on the Hume Highway north of Albury.[1]
At the 2016 census the town had a population of 320,[2] with an average income of $823.[3]
History
In the 1850s the town was troubled with Bushrangers.[4][5][6][7]
A town was proclaimed in 1852, described at that time as 1½ square miles, within the County of Goulburn... bounded on the west by the Mullengandra Creek.
An Anglican Church was consecrated in 1876.[8] Mullengandra Post Office opened on 16 May 1888.[9]
The public school opened in 1871 and closed in 2017.[10][11]
The town's churches and pub have also closed recently.
Notes and references
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- ↑ Mullengandra, ExploreAustralia.net.au
- ↑ Mullengandra 2016 Census QuickStats, at ABS website.
- ↑ Mullengandra, NSW 2644 – Suburb Profile.
- ↑ The Border Post Fri 7 August 1857 Page 5.
- ↑ TRIAL OF THE ALBURY BUSHRANGERS. The Melbourne Argus, Wed 7 October 1857 page 6.
- ↑ MINING INTELLIGENCE Wed 19 Sep 1860 Page 5.
- ↑ Empire Newspaper Sat 2 Apr 1853, Page 1.
- ↑ Germantown paper, Fri 12 May 1876 Page 5.
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- ↑ Sarah Gerathy, Tiny rural NSW school with two pupils to close doors after more than a century.
- ↑ David Johnston, Mullengandra Public School's 146-year history about to end with closure pending Mullengandra Public School's 146-year history about to end with closure pending, The Border Mail, 10 November 2017.
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