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Armidale Regional Council
The Armidale Region is a local government area in the New England and Northern Tablelands regions of New South Wales, Australia. This area was formed in 2016 from the merger of the Armidale Dumaresq Shire with the surrounding Guyra Shire. The combined area covered the urban area of Armidale and the surrounding region, extending primarily eastward from the city through farming districts to the gorges and escarpments that mark the edge of the Northern Tablelands. The Armidale Region is administered by the Armidale Regional Council. The mayor of the Armidale Region is Cr. Sam Coupland, an independent politician. History On 1 July 2019, Tingha was transferred from Armidale Region to Inverell Shire. Towns, villages and other locations In addition to the main centre of and the town of Guyra, the villages located in the area include Ben Lomond, Black Mountain, Dangarsleigh, Ebor, Hillgrove, Kellys Plains, Llangothlin, and Wollomombi. Oban is a rural location ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Local Government In Australia
Local government is the third level of government in Australia, administered with limited autonomy under the states and territories of Australia, states and territories, and in turn beneath the Australian Government, federal government. Local government is not mentioned in the Constitution of Australia, and two referendums in 1974 Australian referendum (Local Government Bodies), 1974 and 1988 Australian referendum#Local Government, 1988 to alter the Constitution relating to local government were unsuccessful. Every state/territory government recognises local government in its state constitutions in Australia, own respective constitution. Unlike the two-tier local government system in local government in Canada, Canada or the local government in the United States, United States, there is (largely) only one tier of local government in each Australian state/territory, with no distinction between county, counties and city, cities. The Australian local government is generally run by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armidale Dumaresq Shire
The Armidale Dumaresq Council was a local government area in the New England and Northern Tablelands regions of New South Wales, Australia. This area was formed in 2000 from the merger of the original City of Armidale with the surrounding Dumaresq Shire and abolished on 12 May 2016, where the council, together with Guyra Shire, was subsumed into the Armidale Regional Council with immediate effect. The combined former area covered the urban area of Armidale and the surrounding region, extending primarily eastward from the city through farming districts to the gorges and escarpments that mark the edge of the Northern Tablelands. The last mayor of the Armidale Dumaresq Council was Cr. Herman Beyersdorf until the council was abolished on 12 May 2016, amalgamating with Guyra Shire to form the Armidale Regional Council. History Villages located in the former area included Kellys Plains, Dangarsleigh, Wollomombi and Hillgrove. Amalgamation A 2015 review of local governme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wollomombi, New South Wales
Wollomombi is a small village situated 1 km north of Waterfall Way and approximately 38 kilometres east of Armidale, New South Wales, Australia. The settlement is at an altitude of about 964 metres on the Northern Tablelands in the New England region. The village is centered between the Wollomombi River and Chandler River. These rivers fall into the Wollomombi Gorge about 4 km away at a site known as the Wollomombi Falls, which is in Oxley Wild Rivers National Park. Wollomombi's population was 299 in the 1961 Census, fell to 148 in the 2006 Census and to 119 in the 2021 Census. The village of Wollomombi comprises a general store, several houses, sports ground and a community hall. St John's Presbyterian Church, an original timber building, still stands in the village. The dominant industry in the area is livestock Livestock are the Domestication, domesticated animals that are raised in an Agriculture, agricultural setting to provide labour and produce diver ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Llangothlin, New South Wales
Llangothlin is a rural locality with several houses, north of Guyra on the Northern Tablelands in the New England region of New South Wales, Australia. Llangothlin was located in the Guyra Shire local government area until that council was amalgamated into the Armidale Regional Council on 12 May 2016. In 1848 William Rawson was lessee of the Llangothlin run. Llangothlin was named after its Welsh counterpart (spelt Llangollen) in Denbighshire. The original alignment of the New England Highway crossed the Main North railway line at Llangothlin at a level crossing, until the highway was realigned to be entirely on the eastern side of the railway. There was originally a railway station at Llangothlin, which opened in 1884 and closed about 1974. The line is now closed. The old church is now a crafts shop. Llangothlin Post Office opened on 15 November 1886 and it still services the local community today. About 11 km northeast of Llangothlin is the Little Llangothlin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kellys Plains, New South Wales
Kellys Plains is a small rural locality situated about 8 kilometres west south west of Armidale, New South Wales. The settlement is at an altitude of about 1,044 metres on the Northern Tablelands in the New England region of New South Wales, Australia. History Kellys Plains was named after an early settler in the area. The Kellys Plains Public School is a small school that was established in 1863. The school students are now divided into two classes: kindergarten to year 2, and year 3 to year 6. On 3 February 1883 the Kellys Plains railway station opened and was closed on 20 February 1975. Kellys Plains Post Office opened on 1 April 1884 and closed in 1945. St John's Anglican Church original timber building was built in 1896 at Kellys Plains and consecrated in 1897. In 1923 it was replaced by the present brick building. Several members of the Perrott family were buried in the churchyard prior to the construction of the 1923 church and their headstones are the only surviving on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hillgrove, New South Wales
Hillgrove is a Northern Tablelands historic goldmining town, now a village with a population of about 95. The village lies about 30 km east of Armidale and 5 km south of the Waterfall Way, at an elevation of 1,000 m on a granite plateau above Bakers Creek, near the Oxley Wild Rivers National Park. It lies in Sandon County, part of the Armidale Regional Council local government area. Hillgrove was one of the major gold fields in New South Wales, with a recorded production of over 15,000 kg of gold. It has also been a significant producer of antimony (14,700 tons) and tungsten (at least 2,000 tons of scheelite). History 1800s The town was first known as ''Eleanora Township'', named after the antimony mine that for nearly a decade after 1876 was the sole reason for its existence. The name ''Hillgrove'' was given to the town in 1888. Although some alluvial gold was discovered in Bakers Creek gorge as early as 1857, it was not until antimony was discovere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ebor, New South Wales
Ebor is a village on Waterfall Way on the Northern Tablelands in New South Wales, Australia. It is situated about east of Armidale and about a third of the way between Armidale and the coast. Dorrigo to the east is away with the Coffs Coast away along Waterfall Way. In the , Ebor's zone had a population of 149. History The village is situated in the traditional lands of the Gumbaynggirr peoples. Ebor shares its name with a nearby set of waterfalls, Ebor Falls, which is a local tourist attraction. Gumbaynggirr people traditionally called the falls ''Martiam'' (meaning 'the great falls'). The village's wooden Catholic church burned down in October 1946. At the , Ebor had a population of 149 people. Borderlands Although "The Heart of Waterfall Way", Ebor is on the eastern edge of Armidale Regional Council, and close to the border of Clarence Valley Council and Bellingen Shire Council. Until the amalgamation of Guyra and Armidale councils, one side of Ebor was under Armidal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dangarsleigh, New South Wales
Dangarsleigh is a rural locality and minor trigonometrical station about 11 km south east of Armidale, New South Wales. The locality is at an altitude of about 1,020 metres on the Northern Tablelands in the New England region of New South Wales, Australia. The name Dangarsleigh commemorates the surveyor and pastoralist Henry Dangar's name. It is within the Armidale Regional Council local government area and Sandon County. At the junction of Dangarsleigh Road there is a war memorial erected by the Perrot family in memory of their oldest son, Harold, who was killed at Passchendale Ridge in the First World War. A dirt road leads to the Dangars or Dangarsleigh Falls, at which Salisbury Waters drops 120 metres into the gorge below. The Kellys Plains-Dangarsleigh Country Women's Association (CWA) meets once a month in the CWA Rooms, Dangarsleigh Road. In the (held on 8 August 2006) there were 97 people usually resident in Dangarsleigh, 47.4% were males and 52.6% were females ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Mountain, New South Wales
Black Mountain is a village situated between Armidale and Guyra, located on the Northern Tablelands in the New England region of New South Wales, Australia. Situated within Armidale Regional Council, as at the , Black Mountain had a population of 310. History Black Mountain takes its name from a volcanic peak and is derived from its heritage-listed railway station. The station, originally entitled Boorolong, opened in 1884 and operated 103 years of service until cessation in 1987. During the 19th century, Black Mountain became the hangout of Captain Thunderbolt, a bushranger who lived in a cave used as a lair for assistant robberies. Today Black Mountain is a small classical-style village and thrives on its importance of traditional agriculture. Features and location Located on a volcanic uplift of the Northern Tablelands, the town is one of the highest in Australia at about above sea level. The New England Highway is the main transport link to Armidale. The Northern Rail ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben Lomond, New South Wales
Ben Lomond is a village on the in the New England region of New South Wales, Australia. The village is situated 6 km off the New England Highway between and . It was located in the Guyra Shire local government area until that council was amalgamated into the Armidale Regional Council on 12 May 2016, with parts of the surrounding district in Glen Innes Severn Shire and Inverell Shire. It is primarily a farming area, with most of the residents involved in sheep, cattle and grain farming. Ben Lomond Village is at 1,370 m elevation, making it the highest village in northern New South Wales. As such, even though it is located only a few hours' drive from the Queensland border, it receives occasional falls of snow in Winter. Overlooking the village are mountains known as "The Two Brothers", which have a peak elevation of 1,508 metres. History The name Ben Lomond originated from Ben Lomond in Scotland. In 1848, the Manooan (Marowan) run of had the Ben Lomond Range as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guyra, New South Wales
Guyra is a town situated midway between Armidale and Glen Innes on the Northern Tablelands in the New England region of New South Wales, Australia. It is within Armidale Regional Council and at the 2021 census, it had a population of 2,077. Material was copied from this source, which is available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License The New England Highway is the main transport link to Guyra. The Northern Railway tracks still pass through the town, but the line is now disused north of Armidale. Guyra is located to one side of the Mother of Ducks Lagoon which is contained within the crater of an extinct volcano. The Mother of Ducks Lagoon Nature Reserve has been placed on the Register of the National Estate. The golf course, picnic areas and a walkway to a viewing platform are situated on the shores of the lagoon. All rivers on the eastern side of the railway line that runs through the town flow towards the Pacific Ocean, while those west of the rail ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tingha, New South Wales
Tingha is a small town on the Northern Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia in Inverell Shire. Formerly part of Armidale Region, on 1 July 2019, responsibility for Tingha was transferred from Armidale Regional Council to Inverell Shire Council. The town is south of Inverell and north-north-east of Sydney. Tingha is an Aboriginal word for "flat or level". History Before non-indigenous settlement the area now known as Tingha was mainly lived upon by people from the Nucoorilma clan of the Gamilaroi Nation, which is an associated group of the Murri Aboriginal people. Many of their descendants still live in the surrounding area. Tingha was first settled in 1841 by Sydney Hudson Darby and became a mining town after tin was discovered there in the 1870s. Within a year Australia's first commercial tin mines were operating at a private settlement known as Armidale Crossing. Around 5,000 people arrived and about 1000 of the miners were Chinese. The Wing Hing Long Museum is a re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
