Mullengandra, New South Wales Explained

Type:	town
Mullengandra
State:	nsw
Coordinates:	-35.8769°N 147.1806°W
Pushpin Label Position:	right
Pop Footnotes:	^[1]
Postcode:	2644^[2]
Elevation:	305
Dist1:	7
Location1:	Bowna
Dist2:	8
Location2:	Woomargama
Lga:	Greater Hume Shire Council
County:	Goulburn
Stategov:	Albury

Mullengandra is a village community in the south east part of the Riverina. It is situated by road, about 7 kilometres north east of Bowna and 8 kilometres south west of Woomargama. The town is on the Hume Highway north of Albury.^[3]

At the 2016 census the town had a population of 320,^[4] with an average income of $823.^[5]

History

In the 1850s the town was troubled with Bushrangers.^{[6] [7] [8] [9]}

A town was proclaimed in 1852, described at that time as 1½ square miles, within the County of Goulburn... bounded on the west by the Mullengandra Creek.

An Anglican Church was consecrated in 1876.^[10] Mullengandra Post Office opened on 16 May 1888.

The public school opened in 1871 and closed in 2017.^{[11] [12]} The town's churches and pub have also closed recently.

Notes and References

1. http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/census_services/getproduct/census/2016/quickstat/SSC11645 Mullengandra
2. https://auspost.com.au/postcode/mullengandra Mullengandra
3. http://www.exploreaustralia.net.au/New-South-Wales/The-Murray/Mullengandra/Mullengandra-Rest-Area Mullengandra
4. http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/census_services/getproduct/census/2016/quickstat/SSC11645 Mullengandra
5. https://homesales.com.au/location/mullengandra-nsw/ Mullengandra, NSW 2644 – Suburb Profile
6. The Border Post Fri 7 August 1857 Page 5.
7. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/7139850? TRIAL OF THE ALBURY BUSHRANGERS.
8. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/5690050? MINING INTELLIGENCE
9. Empire Newspaper Sat 2 Apr 1853, Page 1.
10. Germantown paper, Fri 12 May 1876 Page 5.
11. Sarah Gerathy, Tiny rural NSW school with two pupils to close doors after more than a century.
12. David Johnston, Mullengandra Public School's 146-year history about to end with closure pending Mullengandra Public School's 146-year history about to end with closure pending, The Border Mail, 10 November 2017.