The place name Bulgandry is derived from the local Aboriginal word meaning "boomerang in hand".

[2] Walbundrie Reefs Post Office opened on 1 July 1875, was renamed Bulgandry in 1900 and closed in 1975.

[3] The Walbundrie Football Association Australian rules football competition existed for one season only, 1914, consisting of the following clubs – Bulgandra, Burrumbuttock, Walbundrie and Walla.

[4] At 11 pm, on Saturday 8 February 1919, Bulgandra Hotel licensee Mrs. Mary Josephine Devlin, was shot in the right arm with a shot gun by a man at the hotel, shattering her arm.

She was brought to Albury early on Sunday morning and her arm required amputation, but she died at 1 pm.