Type: | town |
Bidgeemia | |
State: | nsw |
Coordinates: | -35.44°N 146.43°W |
Lga: | Lockhart Shire |
Postcode: | 2642 |
Pop: | 95 |
County: | Urana |
Stategov: | Wagga Wagga |
Fedgov: | Riverina |
Dist1: | 569 |
Location1: | Sydney |
Dist2: | 105 |
Location2: | Albury |
Dist3: | 21 |
Location3: | Urana |
Dist4: | 19 |
Location4: | Urangeline East[1] |
Bidgeemia is a rural community in the central part of the Riverina. By road it is about nineteen kilometres west of Urangeline East and twenty-one kilometres east of Urana.
Bidgeemia Public School closed in 1972 but there still exist a public Hall and a shared church, which held its last service. Bidgeemia Post Office opened on 1 November 1922 and closed in 1955.
The Bidgeemia public School closed in 1972 and the building was moved away. There still exists a public hall and a "shared" church which recently held its last service. (May 2012) There is also a galvanised iron shed which houses the Bidgeemia Fire Brigade's fire engine.