Bowna

Bowna New South Wales
Bowna
Coordinates	35°58′S 147°08′E
Population	110 (2016 census)[1]
Postcode(s)	2644
Location	524 km (326 mi) from Sydney 33 km (21 mi) from Albury 18 km (11 mi) from Table Top 7 km (4 mi) from Mullengandra[2]
LGA(s)	Greater Hume Shire Council
County	Goulburn
State electorate(s)	Albury

Bowna is a locality in the southeast part of the Riverina, New South Wales, Australia.[3]

Geography

By road Bown is about 7 kilometres (4.3 miles) south west of Mullengandra and 18 kilometres (11.2 miles) east of Table Top.

History

The former village of Bowna was inundated by the Hume Reservoir but the locality and community outside the village still exist.[4]

Bowna Post Office opened on 1 May 1869 and closed in 1994.[5]

Sports and recreation

The Bowna Football Club was established in 1911[6] and they played some friendly against other local towns up until 1915. The club was re-established in 1920 after World War Two.[7] Bowna were runner's up to St. Patrick's FC in the 1921 Albury B. Grade Football Association premiership.[8] Bowna were once again runners up in the Albury B. Grade FA premiership in 1922, this time to the Lavington Football Club.[9] After being minor premiers in the Albury B. Grade FA for the third successive year, Bowna once again lost the premiership, this time to Jindera in 1923, after kicking 2.18 – 30 to Jindera's 5.3 – 30 in the grand final.[10]

Bowna FC competed in the Albury & Border Football Association in 1925 & 1926, before going into recess in 1927, Bowna then competed in the Central Hume Football Association in 1928, before permanently folding up as a club after the 1928 football season.

Notes and references

1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Bowna (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 16 January 2019. Material was copied from this source, which is available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
2. Travelmate Archived 24 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine^[dead link‍]
3. "Bowna". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales.
4. "Bowna". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales.
5. Phoenix Auctions History, Post Office List, retrieved 25 March 2021
6. "1911 – Bowna". The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times (Albury, NSW). 22 February 1911. p. 5. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
7. "1920 – Bowna". The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times (Albury, NSW). 13 April 1920. p. 4. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
8. "1920 – B. Grade Association". The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express (NSW). 16 September 1920. p. 43. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
9. "1922 – Lavington". The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express (NSW). 29 September 1922. p. 19. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
10. "1923 – Jindera". The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express (NSW). 14 September 1923. p. 21. Retrieved 24 January 2022.