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Bunnaloo
Bunnaloo is a village community in the central southern part of the Riverina and situated about west of Mathoura and south west of Deniliquin. In 2006, Bunnaloo had a population of 126. History The area that is now known as Bunnaloo originally was split between two properties: the Cobram Station and Perricoota. In 1899, a crown lease on part of the Perricoota land expired and the New South Wales Government split a paddock into six 700 acre homestead farms to be sold in 1901. Further subdividing of the Cobram Estate land allowed for more residents to move to the area. The first Post Office in Bunnaloo was run from the home of a Mrs Hawkins, replacing the weekly mail run from Mathoura by Syd Larcombe. In 1924 a new railway line was laid, with Bunnaloo homing a new station. This allowed for easy transport of wheat or stock (previously it had to be carted 18 miles to Mathoura). In 1926, Victor Hicks built a store in Bunnaloo. The Post Office was moved here, becoming the first of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bunnaloo Football Club
The Bunnaloo Football Club was an Australian rules football club based in the town of Bunnaloo, New South Wales, which first formed in 1927, before disbanding in the 1929. The team reformed in 1952 to join the newly created List of former Australian rules football competitions in Victoria#Echuca Football League .281952.E2.80.931989.29, Echuca Football League, before folding at the end of the 1989 season. History The formation of the Bunnaloo Football Club was first announced when an advertisement appeared in the ''Riverine Herald'' (the local Echuca newspaper), asking for umpires for the soon-to-be-formed W F Association, a football league. In 1927, the Wakool Walliston Bunnaloo Football Association was formed featuring four teams: Wakool, Walliston, Bunnaloo and Caldwell. This was Bunnaloo's first football team, with J Keech acting as captain. In 1929 the league was renamed the Womboota and District Football League, with Womboota replacing the team from Walliston. Bunnaloo fini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bunnaloo Public School
Bunnaloo Public School is a rural primary school that educates children from years Kindergarten to Year 6 from the Bunnaloo region of New South Wales. Founded in 1928, the school has five classrooms, an oval and a school residence. The principal is Darren Devereux, who came to the school in 1999. History The school was established in response to requests from locals to the government for a new school in the area. Following the purchase of land, the first classroom was constructed in late 1927 by Echuca contractors Messrs. Symons & Co. The school opened in January 1928, with W Hester acting as the principal and single teacher of the 25 enrolled students. At this time, the school offered education to students from Years 1 to 8 (14 was the leaving age of school at the time). In late 1944, the school was closed during the closing stages of World War II due to a luck of the number of students. The school was re-opened in 1951 by Barry Hubbard with borrowed supplies from the local Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tantonan
Tantonan is a rural locality in the central south part of the Riverina, New South Wales, Australia. It is situated by road, about 8 kilometres north west from Caldwell Caldwell may refer to: People * Caldwell (surname) * Caldwell (given name) * Caldwell First Nation, a federally recognized First Nation in southern Ontario, Canada Places Great Britain * Caldwell, Derbyshire, a hamlet * Caldwell, Ea ... and 13 kilometres south east from Bunnaloo. Tantonan Post Office opened on 21 June 1926 and closed in 1962. Local education is provided by the Bunnaloo Public School. References Towns in the Riverina Murray River Council {{Riverina-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Womboota
Womboota is a locality in the central-southern part of the Riverina. It is about north from Moama by road, and south-west from Bunnaloo. At the , Womboota had a population of 105. Womboota is in the Deniliquin land district and the Murray River Council, and was on the now-closed Balranald branch of the Deniliquin railway line. Womboota Post Office opened on 1 July 1899 and closed in 1979. The town's name was earlier spelled "Wamboota", but "Womboota" was gaining currency in the 1920s. In 1927, when the Post Office was destroyed by fire and postmaster Kelly tried for arson, the earlier spelling was still being used by one newspaper. File:Womboota Uniting Church 001.JPG, Womboota Uniting Church building file:Womboota Roman Catholic Church 002.JPG, Womboota Roman Catholic Church The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the List of Christian denominations by number of members, largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cadell County
Cadell County is one of the 141 cadastral divisions of New South Wales. It contains the city of Moama. Cadell County was named in honour of Francis Cadell (explorer), Francis Cadell (1822–1879), river navigator and entrepreneur who in 1852, in preparation for the launch of his steamer service, explored the Murray River in a canvas boat, travelling downstream from Swan Hill. Parishes within this county A full list of parishes found within this county; their current Local government in Australia, LGA and mapping coordinates to the approximate centre of each location is as follows: References {{Reflist Counties of New South Wales ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District Of Murray
Murray (The Murray until 1910) is an electoral district in the Australian state of New South Wales. Murray is a regional electorate lying in the southwestern corner of the state. It encompasses several local government areas, namely Wentworth Shire, Balranald Shire, Carrathool Shire, the City of Griffith, Leeton Shire, Hay Shire, Murrumbidgee Shire, Murray River Council, Edward River Council and Berrigan Shire. History Murray was a single-member electorate from 1859 to 1880, returning two members from 1880 to 1894, returning to a single member electorate from 1894 to 1920. The district created in 1859 included the districts surrounding the towns of Deniliquin, Moama and Moulamein. It was substantially re-created in 1904 as a result of the 1903 New South Wales referendum, which required the number of members of the Legislative Assembly to be reduced from 125 to 90. The member for The Murray from 1894 to 1904 was James Hayes who was appointed to the Legislative Cou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riverina
The Riverina () is an agricultural list of regions in Australia, region of south-western New South Wales, Australia. The Riverina is distinguished from other Australian regions by the combination of flat plains, a climate with significant seasonal variation and an ample supply of water for irrigation. This combination has allowed the Riverina to develop into one of the most productive and agriculturally diverse areas of Australia. Bordered on the south by the state of Victoria, Australia, Victoria and on the east by the Great Dividing Range, the Riverina covers those areas of New South Wales in the Murray River, Murray and Murrumbidgee River, Murrumbidgee drainage zones to their confluence in the west. Home to Indigenous Australians, Aboriginal groups including the Wiradjuri people for over 40,000 years, the Riverina was colonised by European ethnic groups, Europeans in the mid-19th century as a grazing, pastoral region providing beef and wool to markets in Australia and beyond. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mathoura
Mathoura is a small town in the Riverina region of southern New South Wales, Australia, in the Murray River Council local government area. At the , Mathoura had a population of 938. At the 2021 census the population was 1,002. The town's name may be derived from a Yorta Yorta language, Yorta Yorta word for 'windy'. (There is also a city called Mathura in India.) Traditional Yorta Yorta lands lie on both sides of the Murray River roughly from Cohuna to Albury / Wodonga. They include towns such as Echuca, Shepparton, Benalla, Corowa and Wangaratta and extend northwards to just south of Deniliquin. Cobb Highway Mathoura is on the Cobb Highway named after the Cobb & Co, Cobb & Company Coach services that ran along the same route from the Murray River to Wilcannia on the Darling River. Cobb & Co took over the coach run between Moama (Maiden's Punt) and Deniliquin from Bevan and Co after the opening of the Melbourne Echuca rail line in 1864 and ran the service until the opening of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deniliquin
Deniliquin () is a town in the western Riverina region of south-western New South Wales, Australia, close to the border with Victoria. It is the largest town in the Edward River Council local government area. Deniliquin is located at the intersection of the Riverina and Cobb Highway approximately south west of the state capital, Sydney and due north of Melbourne. The town is divided in two parts by the Edward River, an anabranch of the Murray River, with the main business district located on the south bank. The town services a productive agricultural district with prominent dairy, rice, wool and timber industries. At the , the urban population of Deniliquin was . Prehistory Deniliquin is the namesake of the deeply buried Deniliquin multiple-ring structure, which is suggested to be at the core of a 320 mile diameter impact structure formed by a meteor strike over 400 million years ago, possibly responsible for the Late Ordovician mass extinction. History Prior to Europe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perricoota
Perricoota is a wine region in the Big Rivers grape-growing area of Australia. It covers the area of New South Wales bordered on the south by the Murray River between Barmah and Torrumbarry (both are on the Victorian side of the river, so not in this region) with Moama Moama ( or ) is a town in the Murray region of southern New South Wales, Australia, in the Murray River Council local government area. The town is directly across the Murray River from the larger town of Echuca in the neighbouring state of Vic ... near the centre. The town of Womboota is near the northwestern extent of the region. The name was registered on 25 March 1999. Perricoota region is named for the historic Perricoota Station pastoral run that was established in the area in the 1850s. Despite being a long way from the coast, it is at an altitude of only . Most vineyards in this region are irrigated from the Murray River. References {{Wine regions of New South Wales Wine regions of New South W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Government Of New South Wales
The Government of New South Wales, also known as the NSW Government, is the executive state government of New South Wales, Australia. The government comprises 11 portfolios, led by a ministerial department and supported by several agencies. There are also a number of independent agencies that fall under a portfolio but remain at arms-length for political reasons, such as the Independent Commission Against Corruption (New South Wales), Independent Commission Against Corruption and New South Wales Electoral Commission, Electoral Commission. The state Executive Council of New South Wales, Executive Council, consisting of the Governor of New South Wales, governor and senior ministers, exercises the executive authority through the relevant portfolio. The current government is held by the New South Wales Labor Party, state Labor Party, led by Premier Chris Minns. Minns succeeded Dominic Perrottet from the Liberal Party of Australia (New South Wales Division), Liberal Party on 28 Marc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
