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Tubbul

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Tubbul
New South Wales
Tubbul is located in New South Wales
Tubbul
Tubbul
Coordinates34°15′54″S 148°00′04″E / 34.26500°S 148.00111°E / -34.26500; 148.00111
Population63 (SAL 2021)[1]
Postcode(s)2594
Location30 km (19 mi) WNW of Young
LGA(s)Hilltops Council
State electorate(s)Cootamundra
Federal division(s)Riverina

Tubbul is a place in southern New South Wales, Australia. The locality is in the Hilltops Council local government area.[2]

In the 2016 census, Tubbul and surrounds had a population of 79,[3] but had dropped to 63 at the 2021 census.[4]

Charles Fagan was appointed teacher at the Tubbul Public School in 1895.[5] The school closed before 1971 when the site was sold at auction.[6]

As of 2013 there was not much remaining of the township – the school and teacher's cottage had been pulled down. The church was demolished in 1972. Built of pisé it was jointly owned by the Church of England and Presbyterian churches.[7]

According to C. A. Irish, the name "Tubbul" is an Aboriginal word for "a bone".[8]

References

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  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Tubbul (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ "NSW Place and Road Naming Proposals System: Tubbul". proposals.gnb.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
  3. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Tubbul (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 27 September 2021. Edit this at Wikidata
  4. ^ "2021 Tubbul, Census All persons QuickStats". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
  5. ^ "Government Gazette Appointments and Employment". New South Wales Government Gazette. No. 385. New South Wales, Australia. 14 June 1895. p. 3844. Retrieved 27 September 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ "Auction on Terms". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. No. 65. New South Wales, Australia. 18 June 1971. p. 2096. Retrieved 28 September 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ^ Kinsela, Joe (2 January 2013). "Tubbul village now a remnant of past days of glory". The Young Witness. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
  8. ^ Irish, C. A. (1 April 1927), "Names of Railway Stations in New South Wales. With their Meaning and Origin. (1 April 1927)", Journal and Proceedings, 13 (2), Royal Australian Historical Society: 137, ISSN 1325-9261

Further reading

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  • Hanigan, Ruth (1991), Tubbul by those who remember: A brief history of Tubbul & district, R. Hanigan, ISBN 978-0-646-06116-0
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