Bowna

{{Infobox Australian place | type = town

| name = Bowna

| state = nsw

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| lga = Greater Hume Shire Council

| postcode = 2644

| pop = 110

| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2016}}

| pop_footnotes ={{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC10534|name=Bowna (State Suburb)|access-date=16 January 2019|quick=on}}50px Material was copied from this source, which is available under a [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License].

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| county = Goulburn

| stategov = Albury

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| dist1 = 524

| location1= Sydney

| dist2 = 33

| location2= Albury

| dist3 = 18

| location3= Table Top

| dist4 = 7

| location4= Mullengandra[http://www.travelmate.com.au/MapMaker/MapMaker.asp Travelmate] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070324192800/http://www.travelmate.com.au/MapMaker/Mapmaker.asp |date=24 March 2007 }}

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Bowna is a locality in the southeast part of the Riverina, New South Wales, Australia.{{NSW GNR|id=MnIOFxrX|title=Bowna}}

Geography

By road Bown is about 7 kilometres (4.3 miles) south west of Mullengandra and 18 kilometres (11.2 miles) east of Table Top.

History

The former village of Bowna was inundated by the Hume Reservoir but the locality and community outside the village still exist.{{NSW GNR|id=MnIOFxUl|title=Bowna}}

Bowna Post Office opened on 1 May 1869 and closed in 1994.{{Citation|last=Phoenix Auctions History|title=Post Office List|url=http://www.phoenixauctions.com.au/cgi-bin/wsPhoenix.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=NSW&filter=*Bowna*|access-date=25 March 2021}}

Sports and recreation

The Bowna Football Club was established in 1911{{cite web |title=1911 – Bowna |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/108946453 |publisher=The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times (Albury, NSW) |access-date=23 January 2022 |pages=5 |date=22 February 1911}} and they played some friendly against other local towns up until 1915. The club was re-established in 1920 after World War Two.{{cite web |title=1920 – Bowna |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/120587774 |publisher=The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times (Albury, NSW) |access-date=23 January 2022 |pages=4 |date=13 April 1920}} Bowna were runner's up to St. Patrick's FC in the 1921 Albury B. Grade Football Association premiership.{{cite web |title=1920 – B. Grade Association |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/102441245 |publisher=The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express (NSW) |access-date=23 January 2022 |pages=43 |date=16 September 1920}}

Bowna were once again runners up in the Albury B. Grade FA premiership in 1922, this time to the Lavington Football Club.{{cite web |title=1922 – Lavington |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/102321488 |publisher=The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express (NSW) |access-date=24 January 2022 |pages=19 |date=29 September 1922}} After being minor premiers in the Albury B. Grade FA for the third successive year, Bowna once again lost the premiership, this time to Jindera in 1923, after kicking 2.18 – 30 to Jindera's 5.3 – 30 in the grand final.{{cite web |title=1923 – Jindera |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/99437115 |publisher=The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express (NSW) |access-date=24 January 2022 |pages=21 |date=14 September 1923}}

Bowna FC competed in the Albury & Border Football Association in 1925 & 1926, before going into recess in 1927, Bowna then competed in the Central Hume Football Association in 1928, before permanently folding up as a club after the 1928 football season.

Notes and references

Category:Towns in the Riverina

Category:Towns in New South Wales