Binda, New South Wales
Binda is a small village in the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia, in the Upper Lachlan Shire. It is about 17 kilometres north-north-west of Crookwell.
The name Binda is thought to come from the Gandangara Aboriginal word for deep water. The area was explored in 1820 by James Meehan and John Oxley. The first pastoral runs were taken in 1825–26 by Francis Oakes, Rowland Hassall and Thomas Bray. Binda appeared in the 1828 census.
The town was gazetted in 1850, and land sales began in 1852, making it the oldest town in Crookwell Shire. Growth came from rich pastoral leases and the nearby gold at Tuena to the north. A school opened in 1851, the post office in 1852, the Court of Petty Sessions in 1863 and an Anglican church in 1864. The town’s population reached about 1,000 in the 1870s.
Binda was robbed by bushrangers Whitton and Reynolds and later Ben Hall during that era. In the 20th century the town added a cricket club (1880), Memorial Hall (1920), a Sisters of Mercy convent (1920), a rugby league club (1922), the Graziers Association (1923) and a hockey club (1932).
In 2016 the census recorded 280 people, rising to 291 in 2021. Notable buildings today include the old Flag Hotel (around 1852), St James Anglican Church, the government school, Rose Cottage, an inn built about 1890, the steam mill (around 1860), the former store and post office (c. 1870), the Anglican rectory (1874) and Binda cemetery (with burials dating back to 1850).
This page was last edited on 2 February 2026, at 16:54 (CET).