Bandiana

Town in Victoria, Australia

36°09′S 146°55′E / 36.150°S 146.917°E / -36.150; 146.917Population615 (2016 census)^[1]Postcode(s)3694LGA(s)City of WodongaRegionNortheast VictoriaState electorate(s)Benambra Federal division(s)Indi

Bandiana is a Suburb of the City of Wodonga local government area in northeast Victoria, Australia.

History

Bandiana takes its name from the early name for the area, probably from a First Nations toponym.

The hill now known as Bears Hill appears as Bandiana Range in early maps^[2] and the Street family selected the property Bandiana Park in the late 1800s.^[3]

The Australian Defence Force has had a logistics and maintenance base in the area since 1942 and there was once a rail line and station servicing the area. Bandiana Military Post Office opened on 28 September 1942 and the region is still a major Australian Army logistics facility.^[4]^[5]

Population

In the 2016 Census, there were 615 people in Bandiana. 86.4% of people were born in Australia and 89.6% of people only spoke English at home. The most common responses for religion were Catholic 22.5%. Of the employed people in Bandiana, 56.8% worked in Defence.^[1]

Today

The Bandiana Army Golf Club on Donegan Road is now closed.

References

^ ^a ^b Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Bandiana (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
^ "Suburban & country lands, Parish of Belvoir, Murray River". Victoria. Department of Crown Lands and Survey. 1859. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
^ "Melbourne Markets". The Argus, Melbourne. 20 August 1885. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
^ "Bandiana Military Area" (PDF). Defence.gov.
^ Premier Postal History, Post Office List, retrieved 11 April 2008