Bandiana is a Suburb of the
City of Wodonga
The City of Wodonga is a local government area in the Hume region of Victoria, Australia, located in the north-east part of the state. It covers an area of and in June 2018, had a population of 41,429.
It is primarily urban with the vast ma ...
local government area
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in northeast
Victoria, Australia
Victoria is a state in southeastern Australia. It is the second-smallest state with a land area of , the second most populated state (after New South Wales) with a population of over 6.5 million, and the most densely populated state in Au ...
.
History
Bandiana takes its name from the early name for the area, probably from a First Nations toponym.
The hill now known as Bears Hill appears as Bandiana Range in early maps and the Street family selected the property Bandiana Park in the late 1800s.
The Australian Defence Force has had a logistics and maintenance base in the area since 1942 and there was once a rail line and station servicing the area. Bandiana Military Post Office opened on 28 September 1942 and the region is still a major Australian Army logistics facility.
Population
In the 2016 Census, there were 615 people in Bandiana. 86.4% of people were born in Australia and 89.6% of people only spoke English at home. The most common responses for religion were Catholic 22.5%. Of the employed people in Bandiana, 56.8% worked in Defence.
Today
The Bandiana Army Golf Club on Donegan Road is now closed.
See also
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Bandiana railway station, Victoria
Bandiana was a closed station located in the town of Bandiana, on the Cudgewa railway line in Victoria, Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian co ...
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The Army Museum Bandiana
The Army Museum Bandiana is dedicated to collecting, housing, displaying military equipment, weapons and vehicles associated with the Australian Army. It is the largest and most diversified military museum in Australia
The museum is based within A ...
References
Towns in Victoria (Australia)
Towns in Upper Hume
City of Wodonga
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