Bowna

Bowna
New South Wales
Bowna
Coordinates 35°58′S 147°08′E / 35.967°S 147.133°ECoordinates: 35°58′S 147°08′E / 35.967°S 147.133°E
Postcode(s) 2644
Location
  • 524 km (326 mi) from Sydney
  • 33 km (21 mi) from Albury
  • 18 km (11 mi) from Table Top
  • 7 km (4 mi) from Mullengandra [1]
LGA(s) Greater Hume Shire Council
County Goulburn
State electorate(s) Albury

Bowna is a community in the South East part of the Riverina, New South Wales, Australia. It is situated by road, about 7 kilometres south west from Mullengandra and 18 kilometres east from Table Top.

The former village of Bowna was inundated by the Hume Reservoir but the locality and community outside of the village still exist.[2]

Bowna Post Office opened on 1 May 1869 and closed in 1994.[3]

Notes and references

  1. Travelmate
  2. "Bowna". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales.
  3. Premier Postal History, Post Office List, retrieved 2009-06-11
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