Postcode(s) 2642 State electorate(s) Albury Postal code 2642 Lga Greater Hume Shire | County Hume Elevation 159 m Local time Tuesday 3:17 AM | |
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Location 551 km (342 mi) from Sydney
73 km (45 mi) from Albury
12 km (7 mi) from Walbundrie
6 km (4 mi) from Rand
12 km (7 mi) from Walbundrie Weather 19°C, Wind E at 16 km/h, 57% Humidity | ||
Bulgandry is a village community in the central part of the Riverina. It is situated by road, about 6 kilometres north west from Rand and 12 kilometres south east from Walbundrie.
The place name Bulgandry is derived from the local Aboriginal word meaning "boomerang in hand".
Walbundrie Reefs Post Office opened on 1 July 1875, was renamed Bulgandry in 1900 and closed in 1975.
Bulgandra Shooting
At 11pm, on Saturday 8 February 1919, Bulgandra Hotel licensee Mrs. Mary Josephine Devlin, was shot in the right arm with a shot gun by a man at the hotel, shattering her arm. She was brought to Albury early on Sunday morning and her arm required amputation, but she dies at 1pm. Mary was shot but Patrick Lawrence Gleeson, who had been living at the hotel and had developed a relationship with Mary. Patrick was tried and sentenced to 15 years in Goulburn Gaol.