Bribbaree

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Bribbaree
New South Wales
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Bribbaree
Coordinates 34°06′55″S147°52′4″E / 34.11528°S 147.86778°E / -34.11528; 147.86778
Population144 (SAL 2021) [1]
Postcode(s) 2594
Location
LGA(s)
State electorate(s) Cootamundra
Federal division(s) Riverina

Bribbaree is a small village in the South West Slopes region of New South Wales, Australia spanning the boundary of Weddin Shire and Hilltops Council. [2] The name is also applied to the surrounding area, for postal and statistical purposes. The population of Bribbaree was reported as 267 at the 2011 census, [3] and 141 at the 2016 census [4] and had increased to 144 at the 2021 census. [5]

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History

The village grew as a result of the completion of the Stockinbingal-Parkes railway line. Bribbaree railway station opened in 1916. [6]

Bribbaree was declared a village in the Shire of Burrangong on 23 March 1917. 34.8 hectares (86 acres) were set aside for the township, with a further 97 hectares (240 acres) designated suburban land. [7] A sale of Crown Lands was subsequently held in Young on 8 August 1917 [8] at which all but six of the 29 lots offered were sold. [9]

The settlement was named after the adjacent Bribbaree Creek. According to C. A. Irish, the name "Bribbaree" is derived from "Boorri-Boolla", a combination of "Boorri" meaning "boy" and "Boollo", "two", from a nearby rock formation. [10]

A monument to the five soldiers from Bribbaree who died in World War I was erected in 1921–1922. They were Charles Ernest Downey, Alfred Downey, Anthony Steel Caldwell, Hugh Wallace McAlister and Percy William Geraty. [11]

Bribbaree railway station closed in 1983. [6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ '"`UNIQ--templatestyles-00000006-QINU`"' Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Bribbaree (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. ↑ "Bribbaree (Locality)". Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. 11 May 2001. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
  3. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Bribbaree". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 23 May 2022. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  4. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Bribbaree". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 23 May 2022. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  5. ↑ "2021 Bribbaree, Census All persons QuickStats". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  6. 1 2 "Bribbaree Station". www.nswrail.net. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
  7. ↑ "Village of Bribbaree". Government Gazette Of The State Of New South Wales . No. 44. New South Wales, Australia. 23 March 1917. p. 1730. Retrieved 22 August 2019– via National Library of Australia.
  8. ↑ "LAND SALES". Government Gazette Of The State Of New South Wales . No. 87. New South Wales, Australia. 15 June 1917. p. 3040. Retrieved 22 August 2019– via National Library of Australia.
  9. ↑ "Crown Lands Sale". Young Witness . New South Wales, Australia. 10 August 1917. p. 1. Retrieved 22 August 2019– via National Library of Australia.
  10. ↑ Irish, C. A. (1 April 1927), "Names of Railway Stations in New South Wales. With their Meaning and Origin. (1 April 1927)", Journal and Proceedings, 13 (2), Royal Australian Historical Society: 106, ISSN   1325-9261
  11. ↑ "Bribbairee". The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser . Vol. XLVII, no. 3415. New South Wales, Australia. 16 January 1922. p. 2. Retrieved 22 August 2019– via National Library of Australia.

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