Mullengandra
New South Wales
Mullengandra is located in New South Wales
Mullengandra
Mullengandra
Coordinates35°52′37″S 147°10′50″E / 35.87694°S 147.18056°E / -35.87694; 147.18056
Population122 (SAL 2021)[1]
Postcode(s)2644[2]
Elevation305 m (1,001 ft)
Location
LGA(s)Greater Hume Shire Council
CountyGoulburn
State electorate(s)Albury

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.[4]

At the 2016 census the town had a population of 320,[5] with an average income of $823.[6]

History

In the 1850s the town was troubled with Bushrangers.[7][8][9][10]

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.[11] Mullengandra Post Office opened on 16 May 1888.[12]

The public school opened in 1871 and closed in 2017.[13][14]

The town's churches and pub have also closed recently.

Notes and references

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Mullengandra (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ Mullengandra, Australia Post.
  3. ^ Mullengandra at 2016 Census QuickStats.
  4. ^ Mullengandra, ExploreAustralia.net.au
  5. ^ Mullengandra 2016 Census QuickStats, at ABS website.
  6. ^ Mullengandra, NSW 2644 – Suburb Profile.
  7. ^ The Border Post Fri 7 August 1857 Page 5.
  8. ^ TRIAL OF THE ALBURY BUSHRANGERS. The Melbourne Argus, Wed 7 October 1857 page 6.
  9. ^ MINING INTELLIGENCE Wed 19 Sep 1860 Page 5.
  10. ^ Empire Newspaper Sat 2 Apr 1853, Page 1.
  11. ^ Germantown paper, Fri 12 May 1876 Page 5.
  12. ^ Phoenix Auctions History, Post Office List, retrieved 19 March 2021
  13. ^ Sarah Gerathy, Tiny rural NSW school with two pupils to close doors after more than a century.
  14. ^ 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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