Osborne is a village community in the central-eastern part of the Riverina. It is situated about 15 kilometres south of Lockhart and west from Woodend by road.
Gumholes Post Office opened on 1 September 1900. It was renamed Osborne in 1902 and remained in operation until its closure in 1951.
Sport and recreation Osborne Football / Netball Club The Osborne Football Club was first established in 1900 as the Napier South FC. The new community around Gum Holes Creek came together and organised a social game of football against Lockhart. The team, called ‘Napier South’ and nicknamed as "The Gumholes", played its matches on cleared land at Freser's farm near the present-day Uniting Church. An early match against a Lockhart team ended with Napier South scoring one goal.
In 1915, the Gum Holes School was renamed Osborne. When the football club reformed after the war in 1919, it became Osborne Football Club.
Football competitions Napier South FC (1901–1918) 1901 & 1902: Line Association. Premiers – 1902 1903: Drought. Club in recess. 1904: Milbrulong Football Association. Premiers – 1904 1905–1913: Lockhart Football Association. Premiers – 1905, 1908, 1911. 1906: Greengunyah Football Association 1914–1918: Club in recess due to World War One. Osborne FC (1919–2024) 1919–1920: Urageline Football Association. Premiers – 1919 1922: Pleasant Hills & District Football Association. Premiers – 1922 1923–1926: Urageline Football Association. Premiers – 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926. 1927 & 1928: Osborne & District Football Association. Premiers – 1927. Runners Up – 1928. 1929 - Lockhart & District Lines Football Association. Premiers – 1929 1930–1939: The Rock & District Football Association. Premiers – 1937, 1938 – Drawn grand final, 1938 - Grand final replay 1940: Lockhart & District Football Association. Premiers – 1940. 1941–1944: Club in recess due to World War Two. 1945–1948: Milbrulong & District Football League. Runners Up – 1945, 1946, 1947. 1949–1969: Central Riverina Football League. Premiers – 1950, 1957, 1958, 1961. Runners Up – 1951, 1955. 1970–2024: Hume Football League. Premiers – 1985, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2012, 2017, 2019, 2023, 2024, 2025. Runners Up – 1993, 1997, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2008.
See also Australian rules football in New South Wales Australian rules football in the Riverina Hume Football League
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Osborne Football / Netball Club