Ando, New South Wales

Ando
New South Wales
Ando
Coordinates 36°44′18″S 149°15′40″E / 36.73833°S 149.26111°E / -36.73833; 149.26111Coordinates: 36°44′18″S 149°15′40″E / 36.73833°S 149.26111°E / -36.73833; 149.26111
Established 1862
Postcode(s) 2631
Location
LGA(s) Bombala Council
State electorate(s) Monaro
Federal Division(s) Eden-Monaro

Ando is a rural hamlet with a very small population in the Bombala Shire in southern New South Wales, Australia. The village is at the junction of the Monaro Highway and Snowy River Way, about 20 km (12 mi) north of Bombala. The surrounding area is predominately agricultural land holdings.

Ando was first settled around 1862 by Ghikas Boulgaris (locally known as Jigger Bulgary), a Greek convict who had been transported to New South Wales after being captured attempting to rob a British merchant ship in the Mediterranean Sea. Boulgaris, the first Greek migrant in Australia, took up land on the Bibbenluke estate and named it Ando.[1]

A school opened in the village in 1913,[1] but closed in 2011 when enrollments had dropped to just 6 students.[2] The village also maintains a rural fire service and a community hall. A railway station at Jincumbilly, a few kilometers west served Ando and the surrounding pastoral areas between 1921 and 1975.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/122107/20100818-1310/ando.pdf
  2. ↑ "School’s out at Ando but the spirit lives on". ABC News. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  3. ↑ "Jincumbilly Station". nswrail.net. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
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