Brungle, New South Wales Explained

Type:town
Brungle
State:nsw
Coordinates:-35.1333°N 161°W
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pop:112
Postcode:2722
Dist1:390
Location1:Sydney
Dist2:93
Location2:Wagga Wagga
Dist3:20
Location3:Tumut
Dist4:13
Location4:Gundagai[1]
Lga:Snowy Valleys Council
County:Buccleuch
Stategov:Wagga Wagga
Fedgov:Eden-Monaro

Brungle is a village community in the central east part of the Riverina region, New South Wales, Australia. It is situated by road, about 16km (10miles) south-east of Gundagai and 20 kilometres north-east of Tumut. It has a population of 112.

Brungle Post Office opened on 1 January 1868 and closed in 1975.

thumb|250px|left|Brungle Memorial HallBrungle is home to a large community of Waradajhi people. The Brungle Public School is testament to this with its sign at the front of the school, written in the local Aboriginal language that states Gadhang Burri Yalbillinga which means Happy Children Learn. The school was established back in 1868 and has an enrolment of approximately 26 pupils in two classes of whom at any one time about 56% are Waradajhi.[2]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.travelmate.com.au/MapMaker/MapMaker.asp Travelmate
  2. https://brungle-p.schools.nsw.gov.au/ Brungle Public School