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
Hume Highway, inclusive of the sections now known as Hume Freeway and Hume Motorway, is one of Australia's major inter-city national highways, running for between Melbourne in the southwest and Sydney in the northeast. Upgrading of the route ...
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
Goulburn County is one of the 141 Cadastral divisions of New South Wales. It contains the city of Albury, New South Wales, Albury, and the towns of Jindera, New South Wales, Jindera, Bowna, New South Wales, Bowna and Woomargama, New South Wales ...
... bounded on the west by the
Mullengandra Creek
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.
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An
Anglican Church was
consecrated
Consecration is the solemn dedication to a special purpose or service. The word ''consecration'' literally means "association with the sacred". Persons, places, or things can be consecrated, and the term is used in various ways by different grou ...
in 1876.
Mullengandra Post Office opened on 16 May 1888.
The
public school
Public school may refer to:
* State school (known as a public school in many countries), a no-fee school, publicly funded and operated by the government
* Public school (United Kingdom), certain elite fee-charging independent schools in England an ...
opened in 1871 and closed in 2017.
[David Johnston]
Mullengandra Public School
s 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 have also closed recently.
Notes and references
Towns in the Riverina
Towns in New South Wales
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