Illabo
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Illabo (pron. ILL a boh) is a locality in the South West Slopes part of the Riverina in New South Wales, Australia. It is situated about southwest of Bethungra and northeast of Junee. At the 2016 census, Illabo had a population of 144.
Illabo (pron. ILL a boh) is a locality in the South West Slopes part of the Riverina in New South Wales, Australia. It is situated about southwest of Bethungra and northeast of Junee. At the 2016 census, Illabo had a population of 144.
Noted residents
George Main, a chairman of the Australian Jockey Club, and his wife Mary had a grazing property "Retreat", at Illabo, where they bred racehorses and ran sheep. The George Main Stakes was named for him. Their daughter Jean Main married Clive Caldwell in 1940 and lived in Illabo for several years after Caldwell became one of Australia's leading fighter aces of WWII and was known as "Killer Caldwell", a household name throughout Australia. Hugh Main, George's brother, also a horse breeder but much better known as the local MLA 1920–1938, had an adjacent property, part of "Retreat", and has been referred to as "Retreat East", roughly equidistant from Bethungra.
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