Bribbaree
New South Wales
Bribbaree is located in New South Wales
Bribbaree
Bribbaree
Coordinates34°06′55″S 147°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]

History

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.[3] A sale of Crown Lands was subsequently held in Young on 8 August 1917[4] at which all but six of the 29 lots offered were sold.[5]

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.[6]

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.[7]

The population of Bribbaree was reported as 267 at the 2011 census,[8] and 141 at the 2016 census[9] and had increased to 144 at the 2021 census.[10]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Bribbaree (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. 
  2. ↑ "Bribbaree (Locality)". Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. 11 May 2001. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
  3. ↑ "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.
  4. ↑ "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.
  5. ↑ "Crown Lands Sale". Young Witness. New South Wales, Australia. 10 August 1917. p. 1. Retrieved 22 August 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ↑ 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, Royal Australian Historical Society, 13 (2): 106, ISSN 1325-9261
  7. ↑ "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.
  8. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Bribbaree". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
  9. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Bribbaree". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
  10. ↑ "2021 Bribbaree, Census All persons QuickStats". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 15 August 2022.


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