Bilbul, New South Wales
Bilbul New South Wales | |
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The Bilbul General Store | |
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Coordinates | 34°16′30″S 146°9′0″E / 34.27500°S 146.15000°ECoordinates: 34°16′30″S 146°9′0″E / 34.27500°S 146.15000°E |
Population | 672 (2011 census)[1] |
Postcode(s) | 2680 |
Location |
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LGA(s) | City of Griffith |
County | Cooper |
State electorate(s) | Murray |
Federal division(s) | Riverina |
Bilbul is a village in the central part of the Riverina and situated about 6 kilometres north-east of Griffith and 6 kilometres south-west of Yenda. Bilbul was named in honor of William T Bull,[3] an early landowner from the 1880s. The William Bull Brewery is located at Bilbul and named after William Bull,[3] and thus indirectly also after Bilbul.[3] The town had a population at the 2011 census census of 672 people.[1]
The head office of De Bortoli Wines, the makers of wine brands such as Noble One, a Botrytis Semillon,[4] is at Bilbul.[5]
Bilbul Post Office opened on 6 November 1922.[6]
Bilbul Public School was closed down in October 2011 after enrolments fell to an all-time low.[7] After over 80 years of operation, Bilbul lost its general store on March 31, 2017.[8]
References[]
- ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Bilbul (State Suburb)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
- ^ Travelmate Archived March 24, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b c "Bilbul Naming". Parliament of NSW. Retrieved 13 September 2008.
- ^ "Noble One". De Bortoli Wines. Archived from the original on 20 September 2008. Retrieved 13 September 2008.
- ^ "Contact us". De Bortoli Wines. Retrieved 13 September 2008.
- ^ Phoenix Auctions History. "Post Office List". Retrieved 5 February 2021.
- ^ Bilbul Public School to close doors ABC News 30 October 2011
- ^ Bilbul community to lose general store as owners make heartbreaking decision to call it quits The Area News 15 March 2017
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