Bandiana


Bandiana is a suburb of the City of Wodonga in the northeast of Victoria, Australia.

History

Bandiana takes its name from the early name for the area, probably from a First Nations toponym.
The hill now known as Bears Hill appears as Bandiana Range in early maps and the Street family selected the property Bandiana Park in the late 1800s.
The Australian Defence Force has had a logistics and maintenance base in the area since 1942 and there was once a rail line and station servicing the area. Bandiana Military Post Office opened on 28 September 1942 and the region is still a major Australian Army logistics facility.

Population

In the 2016 Census, there were 615 people in Bandiana. 86.4% of people were born in Australia and 89.6% of people only spoke English at home. The most common responses for religion were Catholic 22.5%. Of the employed people in Bandiana, 56.8% worked in Defence.

Sport & Recreation

There was once an active 18 hole golf course at the Bandiana Army Golf Club on Donegan Road, but as of 2024, it is now closed.
;Bandiana Football Association: 1945 to
;Bandiana Football Club
The Bandiana Football Club was established in 1940 and played in several different football leagues during it time between 1940 and 1973.
;Base Workshops Football Club
Played in the Yackandandah & District Football League in 1951. They then joined the Tallangatta & District Football League in 1952.
;Royal Australian Electrical & Mechanical Engineers FC
The RAEME FC were a football club solely made up of service men from the Military Area of Bandiana, that played in the Tallangatta & District Football League in 1953 and 1954. RAEME FC finished 10th in 1953 and in 1954, the RAEME FC unfortunately did not finish off the season, after withdrawing from the competition after round nine, after losing all nine games.
RAEME FC player Percy Appleyard won the Tallangatta & District Football League best and fairest award, the J A Paton Trophy in 1953.

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Category:Towns in Victoria
Category:City of Wodonga