Bukkulla, New South Wales

Infobox Australian Place | type = town
name = Bukkulla
state = nsw


caption = Bukkulla, New South Wales
lga = Inverell Shire Council
county = Arrawatta
postcode = 2360
est =
pop = 145
pop_footnotes=
elevation= 580
maxtemp =
mintemp =
rainfall =
stategov = Northern Tablelands
fedgov = New England
dist1 = 637
dir1 = N
location1= Sydney
dist2 = 414
dir2 = SW
location2= Brisbane
dist3 = 160
dir3 = NW
location3= Armidale
dist4 = 34
dir4 = N
location4= Inverell

Bukkulla is a hamlet about convert|30|km|mi|0 north of Inverell and north-east of Bannockburn on the Ashford Road. This hamlet is within the boundaries of Arrawatta County and the Inverell Shire, New South Wales, Australia. The village is at elevation of about 580 metres. In the 2006 Census, there were 145 persons usually resident in the Bukkulla area.Census 2006 AUS|id=SSC16527|name=Bukkulla (State Suburb)|accessdate=2008-06-28|quick=on]

History

Bukkulla was the name of the convert|130000|acre|km2|sing=on property of George Wyndham (1801-1870) and means 'place of leopard tree' or a ‘high black stump’.Keith R. Binney, Horsemen of the First Frontier (1788-1900) and the Serpents Legacy, Volcanic Productions, Sydney, 2005, xxxii + 542 pages; ISBN 0 6464 4865 X] Wyndham was the first official licensee when he held the Macintyre River property in 1839. The 1841 census recorded Bukkulla as having 3 free males, 1 convict there. Wyndham started a vineyard there along with a Thoroughbred horse stud which bred some good horses. The Bukkulla stud also produced some good stockhorses and horses for the Indian trade, too.In 1850 there were 300 horses, 2,000 cattle and 7,000 sheep on Bukkulla. The property was later subdivided by Wyndham Brothers into Karoola, Redbank, Arthur’s Seat, Dinton Vale and Westholme, etc.

The district’s primary industries are sheep and beef cattle breeding.

The village now has a sports ground, a public telephone, several homes and a communications tower. Macintyre Station is nearby.

Citations

References

*The Beardies Heritage, Poly-Graphics Pty. Ltd., Brisbane, 1972