Mullengandra New South Wales | |
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Coordinates | 35°52′37″S 147°10′50″E / 35.87694°S 147.18056°E |
Population | 122 ( SAL 2021) [1] |
Postcode(s) | 2644 [2] |
Elevation | 305 m (1,001 ft) |
Location |
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LGA(s) | Greater Hume Shire Council |
County | Goulburn |
State electorate(s) | Albury |
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. [4]
At the 2016 census the town had a population of 320, [5] with an average income of $823. [6]
In the 1850s the town was troubled with Bushrangers. [7] [8] [9] [10]
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. [11] Mullengandra Post Office opened on 16 May 1888. [12]
The public school opened in 1871 and closed in 2017. [13] [14]
The town's churches and pub have also closed recently.