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Bowna
Bowna is a locality in the South East part of the Riverina, New South Wales, Australia. Geography Bowna is situated by road, about 7 kilometres (4.3 miles) south west of Mullengandra and 18 kilometres (11.2 miles) east of Table Top. History The former village of Bowna was inundated by the Hume Reservoir but the locality and community outside the village still exist. Bowna Post Office opened on 1 May 1869 and closed in 1994. Sports & Recreation The Bowna Football Club was established in 1911 and they played some friendly against other local towns up until 1915. The club was re-established in 1920 after World War Two. Bowna were runner's up to St. Patrick's FC in the 1921 Albury B. Grade Football Association premiership. Bowna were once again runners up in the Albury B. Grade FA premiership in 1922, this time to the Lavington Football Club. After being minor premiers in the Albury B. Grade FA for the third successive year, Bowna once again lost the premiership, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goulburn County, New South Wales
Goulburn County is one of the 141 Cadastral divisions of New South Wales. It contains the city of Albury, and the towns of Jindera, Bowna and Woomargama. Goulburn County was named in honour of the statesman, Henry Goulburn Henry Goulburn PC FRS (19 March 1784 – 12 January 1856) was a British Conservative statesman and a member of the Peelite faction after 1846. Background and education Born in London, Goulburn was the eldest son of a wealthy planter, Munbee ... (1784-1856). Parishes within this county A full list of parishes found within this county; their current 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] |
Mullengandra, New South Wales
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. At the 2016 census the town had a population of 320, with an average income of $823. History In the 1850s the town was troubled with Bushrangers. 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. Mullengandra Post Office opened on 16 May 1888. The public school opened in 1871 and closed in 2017.David Johnston Mullengandra Public Schools 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. The town's churches and pub A pub (short for public house) is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central Hume Football Association
The Central Hume Football Association was an Australian Rules Football competition that was first established in 1928 after a meeting comprising the following clubs: Bowna, Burrumbuttock, Gerogery, Jindera and Walbundrie and was based at Jindera in the Riverina area, New South Wales. History The Central Hume Football Association was an Australian Rules Football competition that was first established in 1928 after a meeting comprising the following clubs: Bowna, Burrumbuttock, Gerogery, Jindera and Walbundrie. In 1933, Gerogery, Jindera and Lavington broke away and joined the newly formed Hume Football League, with Gerogery having immediate success, claiming four consecutive Hume Football League premierships from 1933 to 1936. Bulgandra FC played in the Central Hume FA in 1933 and 1934, which was a small settlement near where gold was discovered at the Walbundrie Reefs in the 1850's. In 1935, Burrumbuttock, Walbundrie and Walla Walla joined the Hume Football League, while Brockle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Table Top, New South Wales
Table Top is an outer suburb of the city of Albury, New South Wales, located north of Albury and west of Bowna. At the , Table Top had a population of 1253. The area used to be part of the Greater Hume Shire but was recently integrated into the City of Albury. Table Top is located in the flat area north of Albury, bounded by the Greater Hume Shire, including Jindera, to the north, and the suburbs of Hamilton Valley, Springdale Heights, Thurgoona and Wirlinga to the south. History Yambla Post Office opened on 1 April 1886, was renamed Table Top in 1895 and closed in 1968. Today Table Top is a rural and agricultural area, with a large part of the population living in an area around the Norske Skog Paper Mill. Features of the area include the original Ettamogah Pub (based on a cartoon pub by Ken Maynard that was featured in the now defunct Australasian Post magazine), the Ettamogah Wildlife Sanctuary (later called Oze Wildlife; now closed), several wineries and Table ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albury, New South Wales
Albury () is a major regional city in New South Wales, Australia. It is located on the Hume Highway and the northern side of the Murray River. Albury is the seat of local government for the council area which also bears the city's name – the City of Albury. It is on the Victoria-New South Wales border. Albury has an urban population of 49,172 and is separated from its twin city in Victoria, Wodonga, by the Murray River. Together, the two cities form an urban area with a population of 93,603 at June 2018. Estimated resident population, 30 June 2018. It is from the state capital Sydney and from the Victorian capital Melbourne. Said to be named after a village in England, Albury developed as a major transport link between New South Wales and Victoria and was proclaimed a city in 1946. History The Wiradjuri people were the first known humans to occupy the area, (Wiradjuri northern dialect pronunciation iraːjd̪uːraj or Wirraayjuurray people (Wiradjuri southern dialect pron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greater Hume Shire Council
Greater Hume Shire is a local government area in the Riverina region of southern New South Wales, Australia. The Shire was formed in 2004 incorporating Culcairn Shire, the majority of Holbrook Shire and part of Hume Shire. The shire had an estimated population of 10,137 as at 2012. Estimated resident population (ERP) at 30 June 2012. The Shire is located adjacent to the Hume, Olympic and Riverina Highways and the Sydney–Melbourne railway. The mayor of the Greater Hume Shire Council is Cr. Heather Wilton, an independent politician. Town and localities Major towns in the Shire are Holbrook and Culcairn. Other towns are: Brocklesby, Bungowannah, Burrumbuttock, Gerogery and Gerogery West, Henty, Jindera, Morven, Walbundrie and Walla Walla. Towns such as Howlong, were cut off from Hume Shire in the amalgamation. Howlong is now a part of Federation Council. Council Current composition and election method Greater Hume Shire Council is composed of nine councillors elec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, smaller islands. With an area of , Australia is the largest country by area in Oceania and the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, sixth-largest country. Australia is the oldest, flattest, and driest inhabited continent, with the least fertile soils. It is a Megadiverse countries, megadiverse country, and its size gives it a wide variety of landscapes and climates, with Deserts of Australia, deserts in the centre, tropical Forests of Australia, rainforests in the north-east, and List of mountains in Australia, mountain ranges in the south-east. The ancestors of Aboriginal Australians began arriving from south east Asia approximately Early human migrations#Nearby Oceania, 65,000 years ago, during the Last Glacial Period, last i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lavington Football Club
The Lavington Panthers Football & Netball Club is an Australian rules football and netball club and was formed in 1918 and currently competes in the Ovens & Murray Football League. The club is based in Lavington, New South Wales, Lavington, a suburb of Albury, New South Wales. Several Lavington footballers have gone on to play in the Australian Football League, including Darren Holmes (footballer), Darren Holmes, Hamish McIntosh, Allan Murray, Derek Murray (Australian footballer), Derek Murray and Mark Powell (footballer), Mark Powell. League honours: Football Albury & Border Football Association (1921–1927) * Senior premierships (2): ** 1922 (Div.2), 1924 Central Hume Football Association (1928–1932) * (No listed honours) Hume Football League, HFL/Hume Football League (1933–1939) * Senior premierships (1): 1938 * Senior runners-up (2): ''1934, 1939'' * Senior HFL Best & Fairest winners (1): 1934 - Harold McIntosh Albury & Border Football Association (1945) * Fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World War Two
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers. World War II was a total war that directly involved more than 100 million personnel from more than 30 countries. The major participants in the war threw their entire economic, industrial, and scientific capabilities behind the war effort, blurring the distinction between civilian and military resources. Aircraft played a major role in the conflict, enabling the strategic bombing of population centres and deploying the only two nuclear weapons ever used in war. World War II was by far the deadliest conflict in human history; it resulted in 70 to 85 million fatalities, mostly among civilians. Tens of millions died due to genocides (including the Holocaust), starvation, massa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
