Bundanoon is a town in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales, Australia, in Wingecarribee Shire.
Bundanoonis a town in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales, Australia, in Wingecarribee Shire. At the 2016 census, Bundanoon had a population of 2,729. It is an Aboriginal name meaning "place of deep gullies" and was formerly known as Jordan's Crossing.
Bundanoon is colloquially known as Bundy/Bundi.
Bundanoon, like its fellow Southern Villages of the Southern Highlands, has had a boom-and-bust economic cycle.The town became a well-known tourist destination early in the 20th century; its picturesqueness and the scenery of what is now Morton National Park, combined with being served by the railway network, made it a pleasant and convenient holiday area for city dwellers who could not afford more expensive accommodations at the popular Blue Mountains resort area.By the 1950s, however, changes in lifestyle, particularly the affordability of the motor car, gave city dwellers more options and Bundanoon declined.
The Sydney real estate boom of the early 21st century made Bundanoon an affordable haven within commuting distance of the city. Property values increased several-fold, and houses in Bundanoon were selling for over a million dollars by 2007.
Several houses in the town were destroyed by a bushfire in January 2020.
History
The town was originally named Jordan's Crossing. The change of name for post office was gazetted in April 1881, although it had been reported as "Bundanoon township at Jordan's Crossing" when a meeting was held in 1870 to establish the public school.
Bundanoon History Group
Established in the early 1980s, the Bundanoon History Group meets once a month in The Old Goods Shed, where its collection of photographs and written records are held.
Ban on bottled water
In July 2009 "Bundy on Tap", a community initiative in Bundanoon, declared itself opposed to the sale of bottled drinking water on environmental grounds; local businesses instead committed themselves to filling re-usable bottles with tap water on request. The issue of bottled water was to protest against companies Norlex and Coca-Cola (that owns Australian bottled water brands Neverfail and Mount Franklin) extracting water from the town's groundwater.
2020 Bushfire
In January 2020 the town was affected by a bushfire during the 2019–20 Australian bushfire season. Several homes were destroyed.
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