Brackendale, New South Wales Explained

Type:town
Brackendale
State:nsw
Coordinates:-31.2167°N 193°W
Pushpin Label Position:left
Lga:Walcha Shire
Postcode:2354
Elevation:1229
Stategov:Tamworth
Fedgov:New England
Dist1:403
Dir1:N
Location1:Sydney
Dist2:167
Dir2:W
Location2:Port Macquarie
Dist3:120
Dir3:E
Location3:Tamworth
Dist4:29
Dir4:S
Location4:Walcha
Dist5:11
Dir5:SW
Location5:Tia

Brackendale is a rural locality situated on the Riamukka Road about 29 kilometres south of Walcha, New South Wales within the Walcha Shire local government area on the Northern Tablelands in Australia.

Brackendale was officially recognised as a locality in 1968 and currently comprises several houses and a church. The principal local industry is sheep and beef cattle breeding.

Orundumbi Post Office opened on 1 October 1892 and was renamed Brackendale in 1924.[1]

The single-teacher Brackendale Public School closed in 1989.

In 2007, Brackendale and surrounding farms were quarantined following an outbreak of equine influenza.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Premier Postal History . Post Office List . Premier Postal Auctions . 2011-05-26 .
  2. Web site: Equine Influenza Outbreak. New South Wales Department of Primary Industries. November 2007. 2007-11-22. dead. https://archive.today/20070613213202/http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/agriculture/livestock/horse/influenza/information/daily-updates/9-november-2008. 2007-06-13.