The area now known as Bunyan lies on the traditional lands of Ngarigo people. The name is said to be from an Aboriginal language word, Boonyan, meaning "Place where pigeons stay".[5][6][7]
Lying on the direct route from Queanbeyan to the Monaro hinterland and with flats suited to grazing, it was a suitable site for colonial settlement. The first settler there was Dr Reid, in the early 1830s, and the area was known as Reid's Flats until 1858. There was an inn there from around 1832. The area was also known locally as 'Jews' Flats'. From the 1830s until at least the mid-1850s, there were businesses there run by Jewish families named Solomon, Moses and Shannon. The last hotel there, 'the Squatters' Arms' was last run by John Cullen, after which it became a private residence. The settlement became known as Bunyan in 1858.[6]
Lying close to Cooma, Bunyan was eclipsed by the growing town, and it is now a very small settlement consisting of a few old buildings and some ruins. The area is predominantly rural.
Bunyan had a school from 1895 to 1901 and from 1910 to 1936.[8]
Bunyan railway station opened with the extension of the Bombala railway line on 31 May 1889 and was closed on 8 February 1976.[9] The Cooma Monaro Railway operated rail motors on the line from Chakola to Cooma from 1998 to 2014, but this operation is currently suspended due to the condition of the track.[10]
Referencesedit
^Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Bunyan (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
^Studies, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (28 July 2023). "Map of Indigenous Australia". aiatsis.gov.au. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
^ ab"BUNYAN". www.monaropioneers.com. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
^"NSW Railway Station Names and Origins". www.nswrail.net. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
^"Bunyan". nswgovschoolhistory.cese.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
^"Bunyan station". NSWrail.net. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
^"What's New!". Cooma Monaro Railway. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
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