Brungle
New South Wales
Brungle school used to have a lot of white children there in the Early 1950s. Kieth Bourne was a teacher there then. He was the grandfather to the Waugh twins who of course played cricket for Australia.. the Hartshorn family were very prevalant there also with many generations living there and still do. Geoff Hartshorns children still live there . My uncle Ronald Hartshorns name is on the honour role and on a plaque in front of the Hall. He died helping to keep Australia free from the Japanese. That includes the aborigines.
Brungle Primary School — "Gadhang Burri Yalbillinga"
Brungle is located in New South Wales
Brungle
Brungle
Coordinates35°08′S 148°13′E / 35.133°S 148.217°E / -35.133; 148.217
Population112 (2016 census)[1]
Postcode(s)2722
Location
LGA(s)Snowy Valleys Council
CountyBuccleuch
State electorate(s)Wagga Wagga
Federal division(s)Eden-Monaro

Brungle is a village community in the central east part of the Riverina region, New South Wales, Australia. It is situated by road, about 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) south-east of Gundagai and 20 kilometres north-east of Tumut. It has a population of 112.[1]

Brungle Post Office opened on 1 January 1868 and closed in 1975.[3]

Brungle Memorial Hall

Brungle is home to a large community of Waradajhi people. The Brungle Public School is testament to this with its sign at the front of the school, written in the local Aboriginal language that states Gadhang Burri Yalbillinga which means Happy Children Learn. The school was established back in 1868 and has an enrolment of approximately 26 pupils in two classes of whom at any one time about 56% are Waradajhi.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Brungle (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 29 June 2017. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ Travelmate Archived 24 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine[dead link]
  3. ^ Phoenix Auctions History, Post Office List, retrieved 25 March 2021
  4. ^ Brungle Public School

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Towns and localities in Snowy Valleys Council local government area
Riverina – New South Wales
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