Bundey, South Australia Explained

Type:town
Bundey
State:sa
Postcode:5320 [1]
Lga:Regional Council of Goyder
Stategov:Stuart
Fedgov:Grey
Near-N:Burra Eastern Districts
Near-Ne:Warnes
Near-E:Maude
Near-Se:Beatty
Near-S:Bower
Near-Sw:Geranium Plains
Near-W:Bright
Near-Nw:Worlds End
Coordinates:-33.89°N 139.3°W

Bundey is a locality in the Mid North region of South Australia. It is located on Goyder's Line, on the plains between Burra and Morgan in the Regional Council of Goyder. The bounded locality of Bundey corresponds to the boundaries of the cadastral Hundred of Bundey, except for the southwestern corner of the Hundred which is the northeastern corner of the locality of Geranium Plains.[2] Bundey was named in 1878 for politician William Henry Bundey.[2]

The area was originally the territory of the Ngadjuri people.[3] Following European settlement, it was surveyed into 500 acre blocks and taken up by farmers in 1879.[4] Bundey Post Office opened on 1 May 1882 and closed on 1 October 1901.[5]

Bundey Immanuel Lutheran Church was established in 1889. The first building was pug and daub. After storm damage, a more substantial building of limestone and bricks replaced it in either 1900 or 1905.[6] The church building also served as a school during the week, with lessons in a mixture of German and English, until its forced closure by the state government in 1917.[7] [8] The church itself closed in January 1925, and the building is now an abandoned ruin.[9]

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  1. Web site: Bundey, 5320 . Government of South Australia . Location SA Map Viewer . 19 February 2016.
  2. Web site: Placename Details: Bundey (LOCB) . SA0049413 . Land Services, Government of South Australia . Property Location Browser . 19 February 2016 . 12 October 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161012010923/http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/ . dead .
  3. Book: Emmaus to Worlds End: a history of the Robertstown Council Area . District Council of Robertstown . 1986 . "The Area - Its Settlement and Development".
  4. Book: Emmaus to Worlds End: a history of the Robertstown Council Area . District Council of Robertstown . 1986 . "Districts: Bundey".
  5. Web site: Bundey . Premier Postal . Post Office Reference . 27 November 2016.
  6. Web site: BUNDEY IMMANUEL LUTHERAN CHURCH 1881 - 1925 . 4 . Gustav's Newsletters . Eudunda Family Heritage Gallery . September 2001 . 19 February 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161220094302/http://eudundaheritage.com/gustav's_newsletters/gustav_newsletter3_September_2001.pdf . 20 December 2016 . dead .
  7. Book: 115, 127 . Freedom Found, A History of the Altus Family in Australia . P.H. Colliver . 0 9592754 0 1 . LPH . Adelaide.
  8. Book: Emmaus to Worlds End: a history of the Robertstown Council Area . District Council of Robertstown . 1986 . "Schools: Bundey Lutheran School".
  9. Book: Emmaus to Worlds End: a history of the Robertstown Council Area . District Council of Robertstown . 1986 . "Churches: Bundey Lutheran".