Burradoo, New South Wales

The village is considered an expensive area in the Southern Highlands (among others including residential areas including Mount Gibraltar, Knotts Hill, Central Bowral, Kangaloon, and East Kangaloon). This is because Burradoo is home to a few historic manor houses and large modern architectural homes on small acreages. Often Burradoo is compared to parts of England largely reflected in the architecture & gardens.

Burradoo comes from an Aboriginal phrase meaning many brigalow trees.^[2]

Schools

Burradoo is host to two independent, co-educational, secondary day schools:

Oxley College is built on the estate of Elvo, the former home of Septimus Alfred Stephen and later of Arthur Wigram Allen.^[3] and recently had its 25th year anniversary, the school now has a primary schooling facility.
Chevalier College is built on the estate of Riversdale House, the former home of the descendants of Henry Osborne. It is a relatively rare example of the smaller scale domestic buildings of John Horbury Hunt in the Arts & Crafts style of Federation architecture and includes a house, ballroom and two chapels.^[4] Whilst the School originally was a boys boarding school in the 70's it became a co-educational college including day students. In 2003 the boarding houses were shut and college is now the largest in the Southern Highlands and also the largest single employer in the Southern Highlands.

Notable residents

Horatio Scott Carslaw (1870-1954), noted Scottish-Australian mathematician.

Railway

Burradoo railway station is a part of the Southern Highlands Line on the NSW TrainLink network.

References

1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Burradoo (State Suburb)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 7 April 2015.
1 2 "Burradoo". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
↑ State Library of New South Wales – Albums of photographs of the Allen family, taken between 1890-1934 by Arthur Wigram Allen Retrieved 23 June 2013
↑ The Office of Environment and Heritage – Chevalier College Retrieved 23 June 2013

Southern Highlands region, New South Wales, Australia

Main towns	Bowral Bundanoon Mittagong Moss Vale Robertson

Villages, small towns and localities	Alpine Avoca Aylmerton Balaclava Balmoral Bangadilly Belanglo Berrima Bong Bong Braemar Bullio Burradoo Burrawang Calwalla Canyonleigh Colo Vale East Bowral Exeter Fitzroy Falls Glenquarry Hanging Rock High Range Hill Top Hoddles Cross Roads Joadja Kangaloon Lower Mittagong Manchester Square Mandemar Medway Meryla Myra Vale New Berrima Paddys River Penrose Sutton Forest Wattle Ridge Welby Werai Wildes Meadow Willow Vale Wingello Woodlands Yarrunga Yerrinbool

National parks and reserves	Bangadilly NP Budawang NP Budderoo NP Belanglo SF Cecil Hoskins NR Jellore SF Joadja NR Macquarie Pass NP Morton NP Nattai NP Penrose SF Stingray Swamp FR Tarlo River NP Wingello SF Wombeyan Caves

Rivers and reservoirs	Burke Lake Burragorang Little (Wingecarribee) Little (Wollondilly) Mulwaree Nattai Paddys Shoalhaven Scheme Tarlo Warragamba Dam Warragamba Wingecarribee Wollondilly Upper Nepean Scheme

Tourist attractions	Belmore Falls Carrington Falls Fitzroy Falls

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