Bandiana Explained

Bandiana
State:vic
Type:town
Use Lga Map:yes
Coordinates:-36.15°N 201°W
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Lga:City of Wodonga
Postcode:3694
Pop:615
Stategov:Benambra
Fedgov:Indi
Region:Northeast Victoria

Bandiana is a Suburb of the City of Wodonga local government area in northeast Victoria, Australia.

History

Bandiana takes its name from the early name for the area, probably from a First Nations toponym.

The hill now known as Bears Hill appears as Bandiana Range in early maps[1] and the Street family selected the property Bandiana Park in the late 1800s.[2]

The Australian Defence Force has had a logistics and maintenance base in the area since 1942 and there was once a rail line and station servicing the area. Bandiana Military Post Office opened on 28 September 1942 and the region is still a major Australian Army logistics facility.[3]

Population

In the 2016 Census, there were 615 people in Bandiana. 86.4% of people were born in Australia and 89.6% of people only spoke English at home. The most common responses for religion were Catholic 22.5%. Of the employed people in Bandiana, 56.8% worked in Defence.

Sport & Recreation

There was once an active 18 hole golf course at the Bandiana Army Golf Club on Donegan Road, but as of 2024, it is now closed.

Bandiana Football Association: 1945 to
Bandiana Football ClubThe Bandiana Football Club was established in 1940 and played in several different football leagues during it time between 1940 and 1973.
Base Workshops Football Club (Bandiana Army) Played in the Yackandandah & District Football League in 1951.[5] They then joined the Tallangatta & District Football League in 1952.
Royal Australian Electrical & Mechanical Engineers FC The RAEME FC were a football club solely made up of service men from the Military Area of Bandiana, that played in the Tallangatta & District Football League in 1953 and 1954. RAEME FC finished 10th (last) in 1953[6] and in 1954, the RAEME FC unfortunately did not finish off the season, after withdrawing from the competition after round nine, after losing all nine games.[7] [8]

RAEME FC player Percy Appleyard won the Tallangatta & District Football League best and fairest award, the J A Paton Trophy in 1953.[9]

See also

Links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Suburban & country lands, Parish of Belvoir, Murray River. 1859. Victoria. Department of Crown Lands and Survey. 21 September 2019.
  2. News: Melbourne Markets. 20 August 1885. The Argus, Melbourne. 21 September 2019.
  3. Web site: Bandiana Military Area. Defence.gov.
  4. Web site: 1953 - Bandiana has two teams . Border Morning Mail (Albury, NSW) . 6 September 2024 . 11 . 6 March 1953.
  5. Web site: 1951 - Football . Border Morning Mail (Albury, NSW) . 16 August 2024 . 20 . 31 March 1951.
  6. Web site: 1953 - Premiership Ladder . Upper Murray and Mitta Herald (Vic) . 8 September 2024 . 4 . 27 August 2024.
  7. Web site: 1954 - Premiership Ladder . Upper Murray and Mitta Herald (Vic) . 8 September 2024 . 5 . 1 July 1954.
  8. Web site: 1954 - How they finished . Upper Murray and Mitta Herald (Vic) . 8 September 2024 . 5 . 26 August 1954.
  9. Web site: 1953 - Tallangatta award to Appleyard . Upper Murray and Mitta Herald (Vic) . 8 September 2024 . 4 . 27 August 1953.

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