Buraja ( ) is a town community in the central south part of the
Riverina
The Riverina
is an agricultural region of south-western New South Wales, Australia. The Riverina is distinguished from other Australian regions by the combination of flat plains, warm to hot climate and an ample supply of water for irrigation ...
. It is about east of
Berrigan on the Riverina Highway.
The Aboriginal name Buraja means ‘a swamp with young trees growing.’ When people settled in the Buraja district in the 1860s there were two parishes – Lowes and Buraja. The name Lowes (Lowesdale) was taken from one of the owners of ‘Buraja Station,’ a local farm.
The small town of Burrajaa or Burryjaa or Burryja, was spelt in a variety of ways in various newspapers between 1900 and 1950, with the most recent spelling of the town being settled as - "Buraja".
History
There was a Burryjaa Station, situated near Corowa, with an area of 26,000 acres, was initially owned by Mr. W F Martin in 1857. The property was later auctioned in March, 1876.
The earliest reports of a hotel in Burraja was in 1876, when the license changed hands. Then in 1877 a Publican's License was approved for the Burraja Hotel.
The first recorded race meeting was in May 1878, with five races on the Queen's Birthday meeting and they use to be held at the paddock next to Mrs Darby's Hotel, Lowesdale.
A new brick hotel building was commenced in 1911 on behalf of Licensee, Mr. S.R.E. Loveridge. The new hotel building was opened in 1912. The hotel was delicensed in 1999 apparently.
Sports and recreation
The Burrajaa Football Club was first established in 1894.
Buraja FC and Hopefield FC merged in 1950 to form the Hopefield Buraja FC. Then in 2006, Coreen Daysdale FC & Hopefield Buraja FC merged to form the Coreen Daysdale Hopefield Buraja United FC.
;Football Timeline
*1894 - 1900: Club first established in 1894, playing matches against other local teams, but not in any formal competitions.
*1901: Riverina Football Association. Premiers
*1902: Clear Hills Football Association
*1903 & 1904: Club may of been in recess.
*1905: Federal Football Association
*1906: Corowa Football Association
*1907 & 1908: Federal Football Association
*1909 - 1911:
Coreen & District Football Association (Burrajaa FC)
*1910 - 1912: Coreen & District Football Association (Burrajaa Village FC)
*1913 & 1914: Coreen & District Football Association (Burrajaa FC)
*1915 - 1918: Club in recess.
WW1
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fighti ...
*1919 - 1929: Coreen & District Football Association (Premiers: 1924
)
*1930 - 1935: Corowa & District Football Association
*1936 - 1940: Coreen & District Football Association
*1941 - 1945: Club in recess.
WW2
*1946 - 1949: Coreen & District Football Association
*1950 - 2003:
Coreen & District Football League
The Coreen & District Football League was an Australian rules football competition in the Coreen district of the Riverina in New South Wales, initially formed in 1909. The netball competition commenced in 1972 in line with the football fixture. ...
(Hopefield - Buraja FC) Premiers:1950, 1960, 1973, 1982, 1995, 1996.
*2004 & 2005: Club in recess.
*2006 & 2007: Coreen & District Football League (Coreen Daysdale Hopefield Buraja United FC) Premiers: 2006, 2007.
*2008 - Present:
Hume Football League
The Hume Australian Football Netball League (HFNL), often shortened to Hume Football League, is an Australian rules football and netball competition containing twelve clubs based in the South West Slopes and southern Riverina regions of New South ...
Notes and references
Links
Coreen Daysdale Hopefield Buraja United FNC1960 - Coreen FL Premiers: Hopefield Buraja FC team photo
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Towns in the Riverina
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