Bandiana

Bandiana
Victoria
Bandiana is located in City of Wodonga
Bandiana
Bandiana
Coordinates36°09′S 146°55′E / 36.150°S 146.917°E / -36.150; 146.917
Population615 (2016 census)[1]
Postcode(s)3694
LGA(s)City of Wodonga
RegionNortheast Victoria
State electorate(s)Benambra
Federal division(s)Indi

Bandiana is a Suburb of the City of Wodonga local government area in northeast Victoria, Australia.

History

Bandiana takes its name from the early name for the area, probably from a First Nations toponym.

The hill now known as Bears Hill appears as Bandiana Range in early maps[2] and the Street family selected the property Bandiana Park in the late 1800s.[3]

The Australian Defence Force has had a logistics and maintenance base in the area since 1942 and there was once a rail line and station servicing the area. Bandiana Military Post Office opened on 28 September 1942 and the region is still a major Australian Army logistics facility.[4][5]

Population

In the 2016 Census, there were 615 people in Bandiana. 86.4% of people were born in Australia and 89.6% of people only spoke English at home. The most common responses for religion were Catholic 22.5%. Of the employed people in Bandiana, 56.8% worked in Defence.[1]

Sport & Recreation

There was once an active 18 hole golf course at the Bandiana Army Golf Club on Donegan Road, but as of 2024, it is now closed.

Bandiana Football Association
1945 to
Bandiana Football Club

The Bandiana Football Club was established in 1940 and played in several different football leagues during it time between 1940 and 1973.

Base Workshops Football Club (Bandiana Army)

Played in the Yackandandah & District Football League in 1951.[7] They then joined the Tallangatta & District Football League in 1952.

Royal Australian Electrical & Mechanical Engineers FC

The RAEME FC were a football club solely made up of service men from the Military Area of Bandiana, that played in the Tallangatta & District Football League in 1953 and 1954. RAEME FC finished 10th (last) in 1953[8] and in 1954, the RAEME FC unfortunately did not finish off the season, after withdrawing from the competition after round nine, after losing all nine games.[9][10]

RAEME FC player Percy Appleyard won the Tallangatta & District Football League best and fairest award, the J A Paton Trophy in 1953.[11]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Bandiana (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 3 March 2018. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ "Suburban & country lands, Parish of Belvoir, Murray River". Victoria. Department of Crown Lands and Survey. 1859. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
  3. ^ "Melbourne Markets". The Argus, Melbourne. 20 August 1885. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
  4. ^ "Bandiana Military Area" (PDF). Defence.gov.
  5. ^ Premier Postal History, Post Office List, retrieved 11 April 2008
  6. ^ "1953 - Bandiana has two teams". Border Morning Mail (Albury, NSW). 6 March 1953. p. 11. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
  7. ^ "1951 - Football". Border Morning Mail (Albury, NSW). 31 March 1951. p. 20. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
  8. ^ "1953 - Premiership Ladder". Upper Murray and Mitta Herald (Vic). 27 August 2024. p. 4. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
  9. ^ "1954 - Premiership Ladder". Upper Murray and Mitta Herald (Vic). 1 July 1954. p. 5. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
  10. ^ "1954 - How they finished". Upper Murray and Mitta Herald (Vic). 26 August 1954. p. 5. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
  11. ^ "1953 - Tallangatta award to Appleyard". Upper Murray and Mitta Herald (Vic). 27 August 1953. p. 4. Retrieved 8 September 2024.


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