Tubbul | |
Type: | suburb |
State: | nsw |
Coordinates: | -34.265°N 148.0011°W |
Postcode: | 2594 |
Dist1: | 30 |
Dir1: | WNW |
Location1: | Young |
Lga: | Hilltops Council |
Stategov: | Cootamundra |
Fedgov: | Riverina |
Tubbul is a place in southern New South Wales, Australia. The locality is in the Hilltops Council local government area.[1]
In the 2016 census, Tubbul and surrounds had a population of 79, but had dropped to 63 at the 2021 census.[2]
Charles Fagan was appointed teacher at the Tubbul Public School in 1895.[3] The school closed before 1971 when the site was sold at auction.[4]
As of 2013 there was not much remaining of the township – the school and teacher's cottage had been pulled down. The church was demolished in 1972. Built of pisé it was jointly owned by the Church of England and Presbyterian churches.[5]
According to C. A. Irish, the name "Tubbul" is an Aboriginal word for "a bone".