Bandiana is a suburb of the City of Wodonga in the northeast of Victoria, Australia.
History Bandiana takes its name from the early name for the area, probably from a First Nations toponym.
The hill now known as Bears Hill appears as Bandiana Range in early maps and the Street family selected the property Bandiana Park in the late 1800s.
The Australian Defence Force has had a logistics and maintenance base in the area since 1942 and there was once a rail line and station servicing the area. Bandiana Military Post Office opened on 28 September 1942 and the region is still a major Australian Army logistics facility.
Plans were announced in June 2026 for the US government to store tens of millions of dollars of weapons, munitions, fuel and vehicles at Bandiana base. These will be available for rapid deployment in case of conflict in the Pacific area.
Population In the 2016 Census, there were 615 people in Bandiana. 86.4% of people were born in Australia and 89.6% of people only spoke English at home. The most common responses for religion were Catholic 22.5%. Of the employed people in Bandiana, 56.8% worked in Defence.
Sport & Recreation There was once an active 18 hole golf course at the Bandiana Army Golf Club on Donegan Road, but as of 2024, it is now closed.
Bandiana Football Association 1945 to
Bandiana Football Club The Bandiana Football Club was established in 1940 and played in several different football leagues during it time between 1940 and 1973.
Football Timeline 1940 1947–1951: Chiltern & District Football Association 1952: Tallangatta & District Football League 1953–1956: Chiltern & District Football Association 1957–? 1958–1963: Tallangatta & District Football League 1964–? 1965–1972: Tallangatta & District Football League 1973: Club ceased playing official competition football.
Base Workshops Football Club (Bandiana Army) Played in the Yackandandah & District Football League in 1951. They then joined the Tallangatta & District Football League in 1952.
Royal Australian Electrical & Mechanical Engineers FC The RAEME FC were a football club solely made up of service men from the Military Area of Bandiana, that played in the Tallangatta & District Football League in 1953 and 1954. RAEME FC finished 10th (last) in 1953 and in 1954, the RAEME FC unfortunately did not finish off the season, after withdrawing from the competition after round nine, after losing all nine games.
RAEME FC player Percy Appleyard won the Tallangatta & District Football League best and fairest award, the J A Paton Trophy in 1953.
See also Bandiana railway station, Victoria The Army Museum Bandiana
References
Links 1943 - Bandiana SRD FC team photo 1943 - Bandiana BOD FC team photo 1944 - Bandiana Vehicle Park FC & Bandiana 1BOD FC team photos 1950 - Bandiana FC team photo