Osborne, New South Wales Explained

Type:	town
Osborne
State:	nsw
Coordinates:	-35.3667°N 189°W
Pushpin Label Position:	right
Lga:	Lockhart Shire
Postcode:	2656
Pop:	29
Elevation:	137
County:	Urana
Stategov:	Wagga Wagga
Dist1:	15
Location1:	Lockhart
Dist2:	19
Location2:	Woodend

Osborne is a village community in the central east part of the Riverina. It is situated by road, about 15 kilometres south from Lockhart and 19km (12miles) west from Woodend.

Gumholes Post Office opened on 1 September 1900, was renamed Osborne in 1902 and closed in 1951.

Sport and Recreation

The Osborne Football Club was first established in 1900 as the Napier South FC. The new community around Gum Holes Creek came together and organised a social game of football against Lockhart. This team was called ‘Napier South’ and were affectionally known as "The Gumholes".^[1] The game was played on some cleared land on Fraser's farm near the present day Uniting Church. Even though Napier South only scored one goal, they thought it was a good attempt against a regular team from Lockhart.

In 1915 the Gum Holes School was granted a change in name to Osborne, so when the football club reformed in 1919, after the war, it became Osborne Football Club.^[2]

Football Competitions

• Napier South FC (1901–1918)
  • 1901 & 1902: Line Association. Premiers – 1902
  • 1903: Drought. Club in recess.
  • 1904: Milbrulong Football Association. Premiers – 1904
  • 1905–1913: Lockhart Football Association. Premiers – 1905,^{[3] [4]} 1908,^[5] 1911.^[6]
  • 1906: Greengunyah Football Association^{[7] [8]}
  • 1914–1918: Club in recess due to World War One.
• Osborne FC (1919–2022)
  • 1919–1920: Urageline Football Association. Premiers – 1919^[9]
  • 1922: Pleasant Hills & District Football Association. Premiers – 1922^[10]
  • 1923–1926: Urageline Football Association. Premiers – 1923,^[11] 1924, 1925,^[12] 1926.^[13]
  • 1927 & 1928: Osborne & District Football Association. Premiers – 1927.^[14] Runners Up – 1928.
  • 1929 - Lockhart & District Lines Football Association.^[15] Premiers – 1929^[16]
  • 1930–1939: The Rock & District Football Association. Premiers – 1937,^[17] 1938 – Drawn grand final,^[18] 1938 - Grand final replay^[19]
  • 1940: Lockhart & District Football Association. Premiers – 1940.^[20]
  • 1941–1944: Club in recess due to World War Two.
  • 1945–1948: Milbrulong & District Football League. Runners Up – 1945,^[21] 1946,^[22] 1947.^[23]
  • 1949–1969: Central Riverina Football League. Premiers – 1950,^[24] 1957, 1958, 1961. Runners Up – 1951,^[25] 1955.
  • 1970–2022: Hume Football League. Premiers – 1985, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2012, 2017, 2019. Runners Up – 1993, 1997, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2022

Links

• Osborne Football / Netball Club
• Hume Football League
• Australian rules football in New South Wales

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1902 - Lockhart . The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express (NSW) . 1 March 2022 . 16 . 20 June 1902.
2. Web site: Osborne FNC - History . 25 February 2022.
3. Web site: 1905 - Football: An interesting competition . Wagga Wagga Express (NSW) . 25 February 2022 . 4 . 1905.
4. Web site: 1905 - Urana . The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express (NSW) . 25 February 2022 . 3 . 22 September 1905.
5. Web site: 1908 - Lockhart . The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express (NSW) . 25 February 2022 . 3 . 14 August 1908.
6. Web site: 1911 - Lockhart . Daily Advertiser (Wagga Wagga, NSW) . 25 February 2022 . 5 . 2 September 1911.
7. Web site: 1906 - Lockhart . The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express (NSW) . 25 February 2022 . 2 . 13 July 1906.
8. Web site: 1906 - Lockhart . The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express (NSW) . 25 February 2022 . 3 . 17 August 1906.
9. Web site: 1919 - Osborne . The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser (NSW) . 25 February 2022 . 2 . 29 October 1919.
10. Web site: 1922 - Pleasant Hills Association . The Daily Express (Wagga Wagga, NSW) . 14 February 2022 . 4 . 13 September 1922.
11. Web site: 1923 - Urangeline District Finals . The Daily Express (Wagga Wagga, NSW . 14 February 2022 . 4 . 6 September 1923.
12. Web site: 1925 - District News: Lockhart . The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express (NSW) . 15 February 2022 . 28 . 18 September 1925.
13. Web site: 1926 - Late District News: Lockhart . The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express (NSW) . 15 February 2022 . 46 . 10 September 1926.
14. Web site: 1927 - District News . The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express (NSW) . 15 February 2022 . 18 . 16 September 1927.
15. Web site: 1929 - Football: Lines Association. The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser (NSW) . 25 February 2022 . 7 . 14 May 1929.
16. Web site: 1929 - Football Final . The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser (NSW) . 4 March 2022 . 4 . 27 August 1927.
17. Web site: 1937 - Osborne wins premiership . The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser (NSW) . 25 February 2022 . 1 . 24 August 1937.
18. Web site: 1938 - Osborne & Milbrulong to replay next Saturday . The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser (NSW) . 25 February 2022 . 2 . 23 August 1938.
19. Web site: 1938 - Osborne Wins Premiership Again . The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser (NSW) . 25 February 2022 . 2 . 30 August 1938.
20. Web site: 1940 - Osbourne wins "Review" Cup . The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser (NSW) . 25 February 2022 . 6 . 27 August 1940.
21. Web site: 1945 - Premiership Banquet . Daily Advertiser (Wagga Wagga, NSW) . 6 February 2022 . 8 . 16 October 1945.
22. Web site: 1946 - Milbrulong wins grand final . The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser (NSW) . 8 February 2022 . 1 . 3 September 1946.
23. Web site: 1947 - THE ROCK UNDEFEATED IN MILBRULONG LEAGUE . The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register (NSW) . 8 February 2022 . 6 . 5 September 1947.
24. Web site: 1950 - Osborne Defeat Yerong Creek in Central Riverina League Premiership . The Observer (Henty, NSW) . 8 February 2022 . 12 . 8 September 1950.
25. Web site: 1951 - Collingullie wins its first premiership . The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser (NSW) . 25 February 2022 . 2 . 11 September 1951.