Bilbul New South Wales | |
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The Bilbul General Store | |
Coordinates | 34°16′30″S146°9′0″E / 34.27500°S 146.15000°E |
Population | 586 (2021 census) [1] |
Postcode(s) | 2680 |
Location | |
LGA(s) | City of Griffith |
County | Cooper |
State electorate(s) | Murray |
Federal division(s) | Farrer |
Bilbul is a village in the Australian state of New South Wales. It lies in the central part of the Riverina and situated about 6 kilometres north-east of Griffith and 6 kilometres south-west of Yenda. Bilbul was named in honor of William T Bull, [3] an early landowner from the 1880s. The William Bull Brewery is located at Bilbul and named after William Bull, [3] and thus indirectly also after Bilbul. [3] The town had a population at the 2021 census census of 586 people. [1]
The head office of De Bortoli Wines, the makers of wine brands such as Noble One, a Botrytis Semillon, [4] is at Bilbul. [5]
Bilbul Post Office opened on 6 November 1922. [6]
Bilbul Public School closed in October 2011 after enrolments fell to an all-time low. [7] After over 80 years of operation, the Bilbul Store closed its doors on 31 March 2017. [8]