Burradoo, New South Wales

Burradoo New South Wales
Burradoo Location in New South Wales
Coordinates	34°30′22.644″S 150°24′16.614″E
Population	2,879 (SAL 2021)[1]
Established	1861
Postcode(s)	2576
Elevation	685 m (2,247 ft)
Location	135 km (84 mi) SW of Sydney 3 km (2 mi) S of Bowral 7 km (4 mi) N of Moss Vale 75 km (47 mi) NE of Goulburn
LGA(s)	Wingecarribee Shire
Region	Southern Highlands
County	Camden
Parish	Mittagong
State electorate(s)	Wollondilly
Federal division(s)	Whitlam
Localities around Burradoo: Bowral Berrima Burradoo East Bowral Moss Vale

Burradoo (/ˈbʌrəduː/ BURR-ə-doo) is a suburb of Bowral, in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales, Australia, in Wingecarribee Shire.[2]

The village of Burradoo is well known as an expensive area in the Southern Highlands (among other residential areas including Mount Gibraltar, Knotts Hill, Central Bowral, Kangaloon and East Kangaloon). This is because Burradoo is home to many historic manor houses and large modern architectural homes on small acreages. Often Burradoo is compared to parts of England largely reflected in the architecture & gardens.

Burradoo comes from an Aboriginal phrase meaning many brigalow trees.[2]

Schools

Burradoo is home to two independent, co-educational, secondary day schools:

• Oxley College is built on the estate of Elvo, the former home of Septimus Alfred Stephen[3] and later of Arthur Wigram Allen,[4] and had its 25th anniversary in 2008. The school now has a primary schooling facility.
• Chevalier College is built on the estate of Riversdale House, the former home of the descendants of Henry Osborne. It is a relatively rare example of the smaller scale domestic buildings of John Horbury Hunt in the Arts & Crafts style of Federation architecture and includes a house, ballroom and two chapels.[5] While the school was originally a boys' boarding school in the 1970s, it has become a co-educational college including day students. In 2003 the boarding houses were shut and the college is now the largest in the Southern Highlands, and also the largest single employer in the Southern Highlands.

Heritage listings

Burradoo has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

• Yean Street: Yean Cottage, Anglewood Estate[6]

Population

At the 2016 census, Burradoo had a population of 2,645 people.[7] At the 2021 census, there were 2,879.[8]

Notable residents

• Horatio Scott Carslaw (1870–1954) mathematician
• Ian Craig (1935–2014) cricketer

Railway

Burradoo railway station is a part of the Southern Highlands Line on the NSW TrainLink network.

References

1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Burradoo (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. 
2. "Burradoo". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
3. Septimus Alfred Stephen, Australian Dictionary of Biography
4. Arthur Wigram Allen, State Library of New South Wales
   Albums of photographs of the Allen family, taken between 1890-1934 by Arthur Wigram Allen, State Library of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 June 2013
5. Chevalier College, The Office of Environment and Heritage. Retrieved 23 June 2013
6. "Yean Cottage, Anglewood Estate". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Department of Planning & Environment. H00639. Retrieved 18 May 2018. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC BY 4.0 licence.
7. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Burradoo (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
8. "2021 Burradoo, Census All persons QuickStats". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 August 2022.