Bilbul, New South Wales

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Bilbul
New South Wales
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The Bilbul General Store
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Bilbul
Coordinates 34°16′30″S146°9′0″E / 34.27500°S 146.15000°E / -34.27500; 146.15000
Population586 (2021 census) [1]
Postcode(s) 2680
Location
LGA(s) City of Griffith
County Cooper
State electorate(s) Murray
Federal division(s) Riverina

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 was closed down in October 2011 after enrolments fell to an all-time low. [7] After over 80 years of operation, Bilbul Store, notably owned by Robyn and Peter Catlin closed its doors on March 31, 2017. [8]

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References

  1. 1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Bilbul". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 September 2023. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. Travelmate Archived March 24, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  3. 1 2 3 "Bilbul Naming". Parliament of NSW. Retrieved 13 September 2008.
  4. "Noble One". De Bortoli Wines. Archived from the original on 20 September 2008. Retrieved 13 September 2008.
  5. "Contact us". De Bortoli Wines. Retrieved 13 September 2008.
  6. Phoenix Auctions History. "Post Office List" . Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  7. "Bilbul Public School to close doors". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. ABC News. 31 October 2011. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
  8. Higgins, Hannah (15 March 2017). "Bilbul community to lose general store as owners make heartbreaking decision to call it quits". The Area News. Retrieved 27 September 2023.