Brungle, New South Wales

Brungle
New South Wales

Brungle Primary School — "Gadhang Burri Yalbillinga"
Brungle
Population: 335[1]
Postcode: 2722
Location:
LGA: Tumut Shire
County: Buccleuch
State District: Wagga Wagga
Federal Division: Riverina

Brungle is a village community in the central east part of the Riverina region, New South Wales, Australia. It is situated by road, about 13 kilometres south east from Gundagai and 20 kilometres north east from Tumut. It has a population of 335 people.[1]

Brungle Post Office opened on 1 January 1868 and closed in 1975.[3]

Brungle is home to a large community of Waradajhi people. The Brungle Public School is testament to this with its sign at the front in the local Aboriginal language that states Gadhang Burri Yalbillinga which means Happy Children Learn. The school was established in 1868 and has an enrollment of approximately 32 pupils in two classes of whom at any one time about 56% are Waradajhi.[4]

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