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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 2011 census census of 672 people.[1]

Bilbul
New South Wales
The Bilbul General Store
Bilbul
Coordinates34°16′30″S 146°9′0″E
Population672 (2011 census)[1]
Postcode(s)2680
Location
  • 563 km (350 mi) from Sydney
  • 10 km (6 mi) from Griffith
  • 6 km (4 mi) from Yoogali
  • 6 km (4 mi) from Yenda[2]
LGA(s)City of Griffith
CountyCooper
State electorate(s)Murray
Federal division(s)Riverina

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 was closed down in October 2011 after enrolments fell to an all-time low.[7] After over 80 years of operation, Bilbul lost its general store on March 31, 2017.[8]


References


  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Bilbul (State Suburb)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
  2. Travelmate Archived March 24, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  3. "Bilbul Naming". Parliament of NSW. 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 ABC News 30 October 2011
  8. Bilbul community to lose general store as owners make heartbreaking decision to call it quits The Area News 15 March 2017


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