Illabo

Illabo (pron. ILL a boh) is a locality in the South West Slopes part of the Riverina in New South Wales, Australia. It is situated about 13 kilometres (8 mi) southwest of Bethungra and 16 kilometres (10 mi) northeast of Junee. At the 2016 census, Illabo had a population of 144.[1][2]

Illabo
New South Wales
Entering Illabo
Illabo
Coordinates34°49′0″S 147°45′0″E
Population144 (2016 census)[1]
Postcode(s)2590
Elevation279 m (915 ft)
Location
LGA(s)Junee Shire
CountyClarendon
State electorate(s)Cootamundra
Federal Division(s)Riverina

History

Illabo Post Office opened on 1 July 1879.[3] A railway station on the Main South railway served the town between 1878 and the 1970s.[4] A grain silo remains in use. The town name is said to derive from an Aboriginal word meaning "where", but other sources derive it as a clipping of billabong.[5][2]

Noted residents
  • George Main, a chairman of the Australian Jockey Club. and his wife Mary had a grazing property "Retreat", at Illabo, where they bred racehorses and ran sheep. The George Main Stakes was named for him.
  • Their daughter Jean Main married Clive Caldwell in 1940 and lived in Illabo for several years after becoming one of Australia's leading fighter aces of WWII and as "Killer Caldwell" a household name throughout Australia.
  • Hugh Main, George's brother, also a horse breeder but much better known as the local MLA 1920–1938, had an adjacent property, part of "Retreat",[6] and has been referred to as "Retreat East", and may have been at least in part, in the Bethungra district.

Notes and references
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Illabo (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  2. "Illabo". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  3. Phoenix Auctions History. "Post Office List". Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  4. Illabo station Archived 1 August 2008 at the Wayback Machine. NSWrail.net. Accessed 29 August 2009.
  5. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 March 2016. Retrieved 25 April 2018.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. "Breeding Notes By Wolaroi". The Referee (1596). New South Wales, Australia. 1 August 1917. p. 7. Retrieved 8 July 2019 – via National Library of Australia.

Media related to Illabo at Wikimedia Commons

Preceding station Former Services Following station
Marinna
towards Albury
 Main Southern Line Bethungra
towards Sydney
Illabo Railway Station sign
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