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Mullengandra | |
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  Mullengandra | |
| Coordinates: 35°52′37″S 147°10′50″E / 35.87694°S 147.18056°E | |
| Country | Australia |
| State | New South Wales |
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| • State electorate | |
| Elevation | 305 m (1,001 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 122 (SAL 2021)[1] |
| Postcode | 2644[2] |
| County | Goulburn |
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.[3]
At the 2016 census the town had a population of 320,[4] with an average income of $823.[5]
History
[edit]In the 1850s the town was troubled with Bushrangers.[6][7][8][9]
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.[10] Mullengandra Post Office opened on 16 May 1888.[11]
The public school opened in 1871 and closed in 2017.[12][13]
Notes and references
[edit]- ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Mullengandra (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ↑ Mullengandra, Australia Post.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Phoenix Auctions History, Post Office List, retrieved 19 March 2021
- ↑ 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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