Mundulla

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The name of the town is derived from the Aboriginal word mantala meaning "place of thunder", referring to a rumbling sound made when trampling on the earth.[3] The Council enquired about the spelling in 1965 and the Postmaster General proposed to change it to Mundalla in 1972, but this was not approved by the Geographical Names Board.[4]

At the 2016 census, the locality had a population of 436 of which 314 lived in its town centre.[1][2]

The Mundulla school opened in 1878.[3] An Australian rules football club, Mundulla Football Club, compete in the Kowree Naracoorte Tatiara Football League.[5]

In 2016 Mundulla was the subject of an episode of Back Roads.[6]

Heritage listings

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Former Wirrega council chambers photographed 2016

Mundulla has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

Mundulla Yellows

Mundulla Yellows is a disease fatal to (especially) eucalypts, characterised by all leaves on a limb turning yellow then dying. It was first observed in this area in the 1970s, and has since been observed in every other State including Tasmania. Of unknown cause/s, it has several peculiar attributes: slow irreversible progression towards death and presence of unaffected trees among the dead and dying.[9]

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