had been reported as "Bundanoon township at Jordan's Crossing" when a meeting was held in 1870 to establish the public school. Bundanoon History Group Established in the early 1980s, the Bundanoon History Group meets once a month in The Old Goods Shed, where its collection of photographs and written records are held. Ban on bottled water In July 2009 "Bundy on Tap", a community initiative in Bundanoon, declared itself opposed to the sale of bottled drinking water on environmental grounds; local businesses instead committed themselves to filling re-usable bottles with tap water on request. The issue of bottled water was to protest against companies Norlex and Coca-Cola (that owns Australian bottled water brands Neverfail and Mount Franklin) extracting water from the town's groundwater. 2020 Bushfire In January 2020, the town was affected by a bushfire during the 2019–20 Australian bushfire season. Several homes were destroyed. Notable residents David Foster (born 1944) novelist Margaret Jeffrey (1896–1977) senior policewoman References External links Bundanoon Village Website Brigadoon Highland Gathering at Bundanoon Morton National Park at Bundanoon Sunnataram Forest Monastery Bundanoon Community Web Bundanoon Garden Ramble Bundy on Tap Towns of the Southern Highlands (New South Wales) Wingecarribee Shire