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Bandiana

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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{{Cite web|url=http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/282985|title=Suburban & country lands, Parish of Belvoir, Murray River|date=1859|website=Victoria. Department of Crown Lands and Survey|accessdate=21 September 2019}} and the Street family selected the property Bandiana Park in the late 1800s.{{Cite news|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/|title=Melbourne Markets|date=20 August 1885|work=The Argus, Melbourne|accessdate=21 September 2019}}

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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.defence.gov.au/id/_Master/docs/NCRP/VIC/0445BandianaMilitaryAreaVic.pdf|title=Bandiana Military Area|website=Defence.gov}}{{Citation

| last = Premier Postal History | title = Post Office List | url = https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&country= | accessdate = 2008-04-11 }}

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.

Sport & Recreation

There was once an active 18 hole golf course at the Bandiana Army Golf Club on Donegan Road, but as of 2024, it is now closed.

;Bandiana Football Association: 1945 to

;Bandiana Football Club

The Bandiana Football Club was established in 1940 and played in several different football leagues during it time between 1940 and 1973.

;Base Workshops Football Club (Bandiana Army)

Played in the Yackandandah & District Football League in 1951.{{cite web |title=1951 - Football |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/267906407 |publisher=Border Morning Mail (Albury, NSW) |access-date=16 August 2024 |page=20 |date=31 March 1951}} They then joined the Tallangatta & District Football League in 1952.

;Royal Australian Electrical & Mechanical Engineers FC

The RAEME FC were a football club solely made up of service men from the Military Area of Bandiana, that played in the Tallangatta & District Football League in 1953 and 1954. RAEME FC finished 10th (last) in 1953{{cite web |title=1953 - Premiership Ladder |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/268736045 |publisher=Upper Murray and Mitta Herald (Vic) |access-date=8 September 2024 |page=4 |date=27 August 2024}} and in 1954, the RAEME FC unfortunately did not finish off the season, after withdrawing from the competition after round nine, after losing all nine games.{{cite web |title=1954 - Premiership Ladder |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/268740525 |publisher=Upper Murray and Mitta Herald (Vic) |access-date=8 September 2024 |page=5 |date=1 July 1954}}{{cite web |title=1954 - How they finished |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/268740669 |publisher=Upper Murray and Mitta Herald (Vic) |access-date=8 September 2024 |page=5 |date=26 August 1954}}

RAEME FC player Percy Appleyard won the Tallangatta & District Football League best and fairest award, the J A Paton Trophy in 1953.{{cite web |title=1953 - Tallangatta award to Appleyard |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/268736049 |publisher=Upper Murray and Mitta Herald (Vic) |access-date=8 September 2024 |page=4 |date=27 August 1953}}

See also

References

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Links

  • [https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/254929018#/ 1943 - Bandiana SRD FC team photo]
  • [https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/254915809#/ 1943 - Bandiana BOD FC team photo]
  • [https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/257993936/ 1944 - Bandiana Vehicle Park FC & Bandiana 1BOD FC team photos]
  • [https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/267986089/ 1950 - Bandiana FC team photo]

{{Towns in the City of Wodonga}}

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Category:Towns in Victoria (state)

Category:City of Wodonga

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