Binda is a village in the
Southern Tablelands region of
New South Wales, Australia in
Upper Lachlan Shire.
It is about 17 km north-north-west of
Crookwell in the county of
Georgiana
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. Other near-by towns or locations are:
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Crooked Corner
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Peelwood
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Redground
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Wheeo
Wheeo is a locality in the Southern Tablelands region of New South Wales, Australia. The locality is in the Upper Lachlan Shire, south west of the state capital, Sydney
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Narrawa North
History
The origin of the name is thought to be from the
Gandangara Aboriginal
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* Indigenous peoples, general term for ethnic groups who are the earliest known inhabitants of an area
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word for deep water.
The site of Binda was
explored in 1820 by
James Meehan and
John Oxley
John Joseph William Molesworth Oxley (1784 – 25 May 1828)
was an explorer and surveyor of Australia in the early period of British colonisation. He served as Surveyor General of New South Wales and is perhaps best known for his two exp ...
and the first pastoral runs were taken by Francis Oakes, Chief Constable of
Parramatta,
Rowland Hassall
Rowland Hassall (March 31, 1768–28 August 1820), born in England, was a missionary in Tahiti for a short period of time and in New South Wales for the rest of his life. Initially a field preacher, he became a minister. He raised sheep, was a bu ...
and Thomas Bray in 1825 and 1826. The town was a listed
locality in
the census of 1828.
The
town was
gazetted in 1850 with
subdivision
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Arts and entertainment
* Subdivision (metre), in music
* ''Subdivision'' (film), 2009
* "Subdivision", an episode of ''Prison Break'' (season 2)
* ''Subdivisions'' (EP), by Sinch, 2005
* "Subdivisions" (song), by Rus ...
for
sale in 1852 making it the oldest town in
Crookwell Shire and the rich
Pastoral lease
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Pastoral lease ...
s and
discovery of gold at
Tuena
Tuena is a town in the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia, in Upper Lachlan Shire. It is located on Tuena Creek, tributary of the Abercrombie River, west of the state capital, Sydney. At the , Tuena and the surrounding area ha ...
, 33 kilometres to the
north caused the town to grow quickly, with a
School (1851),
post office (1852),
Court of Petty Sessions (1863), and
Anglican church (1864) following soon. The town reach about a thousand persons in the 1870s.
Bushrangers Whitton and Reynolds and later
Ben Hall robbed the town at this time.
In the 20th century came a
Cricket club (1880),
Memorial Hall
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History of the Memorial Hall
In the aft ...
(1920),
Sisters of Mercy convent (1920),
rugby league club (1922) Graziers Association (1923) and
hockey club (1932).
Population
At the , Binda had a population of 280 people
which had increased to 291 at the
2021 census.
Prominent landmarks
Prominent buildings today include the old Flag Hotel (''c.'' 1852), St James Anglican Church, the government school, Rose Cottage, an inn built about 1890, the steam mill built about 1860, the former store-post office (''c.'' 1870), the Anglican rectory (1874) and Binda cemetery (interments date back to 1850).
References
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Upper Lachlan Shire
Towns in New South Wales
Southern Tablelands