Bundarra, New South Wales

Bundarra
New South Wales

Thunderbolts Way

Bundarra

Coordinates

30°10′0″S 151°04′0″E / 30.16667°S 151.06667°ECoordinates: 30°10′0″S 151°04′0″E / 30.16667°S 151.06667°E

Population

805 (2011 census)

Postcode(s)

2359

Elevation

660 m (2,165 ft)

Location

563 km (350 mi) NW of Sydney
82 km (51 mi) NW of Armidale
51 km (32 mi) S of Inverell
76 km (47 mi) NW of Uralla
66 km (41 mi) ENE of Barraba

Mean max temp	Mean min temp	Annual rainfall
23.0 °C ^{73 °F}	7.6 °C ^{46 °F}	765.4 mm ^{30.1 in}

Bundarra is a small town on the Northern Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia. The town is located on Thunderbolts Way and on the banks of the Gwydir River, in the Uralla Shire local government area, 563 kilometres (350 mi) kilometres from the state capital, Sydney. At the 2011 census, Bundarra had a population of 404 and the surrounding area had 805 persons.

Bundarra is named for the Kamilaroi word for the grey kangaroo. Kamilaroi and Anaiwan people were the earliest inhabitants of the Bundarra area. A local hill nearby Bundarra called "Rumbling Mountain" is the subject of an Aboriginal myth that attempts to explain its periodic rumbling and shaking.

Bundarra Station was founded in 1836 by Edward G. Clerk and a hotel and store were established on the future townsite. A church was constructed on the site in 1857 around the same time as the town survey. The old buildings in Bundarra’s main street were constructed between 1860 and 1880. A school was established in 1869, becoming a central school in 1955. The Roman Catholic convent was built in 1908 and a newspaper, the Bundarra Advocate was founded. At one stage the town included three hotels. three stores, three butchers and a bank. Copper and gold were also found in the area. The bushranger, Fred Ward, known as Captain Thunderbolt, stole two horses belonging to a police inspector from Abington station, near Bundarra in 1868.

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