Bilbul, New South Wales

Bilbul
New South Wales
The Bilbul General Store
Bilbul is located in New South Wales
Bilbul
Bilbul
Coordinates34°16′30″S 146°9′0″E / 34.27500°S 146.15000°E / -34.27500; 146.15000
Population586 (2021 census)[1]
Postcode(s)2680
Location
LGA(s)City of Griffith
CountyCooper
State electorate(s)Murray
Federal division(s)Riverina

Bilbul is a village in the Australian state of New South Wales. It lies 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 2021 census census of 586 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 closed in October 2011 after enrolments fell to an all-time low.[7] After over 80 years of operation, the Bilbul Store closed its doors on 31 March 2017.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Bilbul". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 September 2023. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ Travelmate Archived 24 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ a b c "Bilbul Naming". Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 September 2008.
  4. ^ "Noble One". De Bortoli Wines. Archived from the original on 20 September 2008. Retrieved 13 September 2008.
  5. ^ "Contact us". De Bortoli Wines. Retrieved 13 September 2008.
  6. ^ Phoenix Auctions History. "Post Office List". Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  7. ^ "Bilbul Public School to close doors". Australia: ABC News. 31 October 2011. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
  8. ^ Higgins, Hannah (15 March 2017). "Bilbul community to lose general store as owners make heartbreaking decision to call it quits". The Area News. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
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