Location
Bundanoon is a town in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales, Australia, in Wingecarribee Shire. (wikipedia)
History
It is an Aboriginal name meaning “place of deep gullies” and was formerly known as Jordan’s Crossing.
Anglican: Part of the Sutton Forest parish. In 1879, Holy Trinity Anglican church was built on its present site. (The timber church was destroyed by bushfire in December 1904; rebuilt in stone in 1905.)
Catholic: Part of the parish of St Paul’s in Moss Vale. St Brigid’s Catholic Church was built in 1895. Prior to that, Roman Catholic services were conducted at Sutton Forest.
Uniting: Part of the Moss Vale–Bundanoon–Robertson parish. By 1870 the Primitive Methodist Church was established on the corner where the Soldiers’ Memorial Hall now stands. The Primitive Methodists moved to a new building in 1885 (now the Uniting Church) and leased the original site to shop owners.
Bundanoon Public School was established in 1871.
The Primitive Methodist Church hall served as the first school, with Mrs Dinah Osborne as teacher. A new school of two rooms was built in 1880 and is still used as the school library. (wikipedia)
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