Bilbul, New South Wales

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


caption = The Bilbul General Store
lga = City of Griffith
postcode = 2680
pop = 282 (2001 census)
est =
elevation=
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county = Cooper
stategov = Murrumbidgee
fedgov = Riverina
dist1 = 563
location1= Sydney
dist2 = 10
location2= Griffith
dist3 = 6
location3= Yoogali
dist4 = 6
location4= Yenda [ [http://www.travelmate.com.au/MapMaker/MapMaker.asp Travelmate] ]

Bilbul is a town in the central part of the Riverina and situated about 6 kilometres north-east from Griffith and 6 kilometres south-west from Yenda. Bilbul was named in honor of William T Bull cite web
url = http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/PARLMENT/hansArt.nsf/V3Key/LC19971015015
title = Bilbul Naming
publisher = Parliament of NSW
accessdate = 2008-09-13] , an early landowner from the 1880s. The William Bull Brewery is located at Bilbul and named after William Bull, and thus indirectly also after Bilbul. The town had a population at the 2001 census of 282 people. [Census 2001 AUS|id=UCL108800|name=Bilbul (L) (Urban Centre/Locality)|accessdate=2007-06-30|quick=on]

The head office of De Bortoli Wines, the makers of wine brands such as Noble One, a Botrytis Semillon, [cite web
url = http://www.debortoli.com.au/our-wines/our-brands/noble-one.html
title = Noble One
publisher = De Bortoli Wines
accessdate = 2008-09-13] is at Bilbul. [cite web
url = http://www.debortoli.com.au/contact-us.html
title = Contact us
publisher = De Bortoli Wines
accessdate = 2008-09-13]

References

External links

* [http://williambull.com.au/ William Bull Brewery homepage]
* [http://www.debortoli.com.au De Bortoli Wines homepage]