Burradoo ( ) is a suburb of Bowral, in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales, Australia, in Wingecarribee Shire.
The village of Burradoo is well known as an expensive area in the Southern Highlands (among other residential areas including Mount Gibraltar, Knotts Hill, Central Bowral, Kangaloon and East Kangaloon). This is because Burradoo is home to many historic manor houses and large modern architectural homes on small acreages. Often Burradoo is compared to parts of England largely reflected in the architecture & gardens.
Burradoo comes from an Aboriginal phrase meaning many brigalow trees.
Schools Burradoo is home to two independent, co-educational, secondary day schools: Oxley College is built on the estate of Elvo, the former home of Septimus Alfred StephenSeptimus Alfred Stephen, Australian Dictionary of Biography and later of Arthur Wigram Allen,Arthur Wigram Allen, State Library of New South WalesAlbums of photographs of the Allen family, taken between 1890-1934 by Arthur Wigram Allen, State Library of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 June 2013 and had its 25th anniversary in 2008. The school now has a primary schooling facility. Chevalier College is built on the estate of Riversdale House, the former home of the descendants of Henry Osborne. It is a relatively rare example of the smaller scale domestic buildings of John Horbury Hunt in the Arts & Crafts style of Federation architecture and includes a house, ballroom and two chapels.Chevalier College, The Office of Environment and Heritage. Retrieved 23 June 2013 While the school was originally a boys' boarding school in the 1970s, it has become a co-educational college including day students. In 2003 the boarding houses were shut and the college is now the largest in the Southern Highlands, and also the largest single employer in the Southern Highlands.
Heritage listings Burradoo has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: Yean Street: Yean Cottage, Anglewood Estate
Population At the , Burradoo had a population of 2,645 people. At the 2021 census, there were 2,879.
Notable residents Horatio Scott Carslaw (1870–1954) mathematician Ian Craig (1935–2014) cricketer Paul Ramsay (1936–2014) Businessman and philanthropist
Railway Burradoo railway station is a part of the Southern Highlands Line on the NSW TrainLink network.
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