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Gwydir Shire
Gwydir Shire is a local government area located in the New England region of New South Wales, Australia. The northern boundary of the Shire is located adjacent to the border between New South Wales and Queensland. The Shire was established on 17 March 2004, when the Yallaroi, Bingara, and a northern portion of the Barraba shires were merged. The seat of the council is located in the major centre of the area in the town of Bingara. Other major towns include Warialda. The mayor of the Gwydir Shire Council is Cr. Tiffany Galvin, who is unaligned with any political party. Towns and localities The towns of Gwydir Shire include Warialda and Bingara, and the villages/localities include Back Creek, Bangheet, Caroda, Cobbadah, Coolatai, Copeton, Crooble, Croppa Creek, Dinoga, Elcombe, Gineroi, Gravesend, Gulf Creek, Gundamulda, North Star, Pallal, Riverview, Upper Bingara, Upper Horton, Warialda Rail, Yagobe, and Yallaroi. The locality of Myall Creek is split be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New South Wales
New South Wales (commonly abbreviated as NSW) is a States and territories of Australia, state on the Eastern states of Australia, east coast of :Australia. It borders Queensland to the north, Victoria (state), Victoria to the south, and South Australia to the west. Its coast borders the Coral Sea, Coral and Tasman Seas to the east. The Australian Capital Territory and Jervis Bay Territory are Enclave and exclave, enclaves within the state. New South Wales' state capital is Sydney, which is also Australia's most populous city. , the population of New South Wales was over 8.3 million, making it Australia's most populous state. Almost two-thirds of the state's population, 5.3 million, live in the Greater Sydney area. The Colony of New South Wales was founded as a British penal colony in 1788. It originally comprised more than half of the Australian mainland with its Western Australia border, western boundary set at 129th meridian east in 1825. The colony then also includ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bingara Shire
Bingara Shire was a local government area located in the New England region of New South Wales, Australia, about north of Tamworth via Fossickers Way. The Shire, administered from the town of Bingara covered an area of , and existed as a local government entity from 1906 until 2004, when it was amalgamated with Yallaroi Shire and part of Barraba to form the Gwydir Shire. History After a petition by locals, the Bingara Municipality was established in the early 1890s to service the town, which at the time had a population of around 750. John Byrnes was chosen as the municipality's first mayor. With the passage of the ''Local Government Act 1906'', which established shires all over New South Wales, the Gwydir Shire was gazetted to serve the surrounding district on 6 March 1906, and Byrnes was elected its first president. On 17 December 1943, the Bingara Municipality and Gwydir Shire were amalgamated by proclamation into the new Bingara Shire, despite protests from both counc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gravesend, New South Wales
Gravesend is a village on the North West Slopes of New South Wales, Australia. The town is located 25 km west of Warialda on the Gwydir Highway near the Gwydir River and in the Gwydir Shire local government area, north of the state capital, Sydney. At the , Gravesend and the surrounding area had a population of 299. The village is situated at an elevation of approximately 275 metres (904 feet). History The town grew from a fettler's camp established on Gravesend station with the coming of the railway around 1900. Gravesend Post Office opened on 1 February 1900. The old railway bridge across the Gwydir River was transported from England. With closer settlement a village developed and was officially named Gravesend in 1909. In the 1930s, Gravesend was the site of a research station breeding cactoblastis moths later released to eradicate a devastating prickly pear infestation. The surrounding area is given to agriculture production with sheep and cattle breeding, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dinoga, New South Wales
Dinoga is a small rural locality in the Gwydir Shire, part of the New England region of New South Wales, Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller isl .... At the , the town recorded a population of 61. References {{authority control Towns in New South Wales Towns in New England (New South Wales) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Croppa Creek, New South Wales
Croppa Creek is a very small village and railway location in the Gwydir Shire, New South Wales, Australia. Before European colonisation, it was part of the lands of the Gamilaraay or Kamillaroi people, who had inhabited the area for tens of thousands of years. Croppa Creek was the site of a railway station on the Boggabilla branch line, between Moree and North Star, from 1932 until 1976, and is still a seasonal loading point for freight trains carrying bulk grain. In the 2016 census, the area surrounding Croppa Creek had a population of 120. Material was copied from this source, which is available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License The village was settled following the opening of the railway line and grew through the 1930s and 1940s, with new industry, agricultural areas and housing subdivisions established. Today, the main economic activity is mixed farming, with crops including wheat, barley, sorghum and cotton. Sheep and cattle grazing is also co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Copeton, New South Wales
Copeton is a rural locality in the Gwydir Shire and Inverell Shire of New South Wales, Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller isl .... There was once a mining village of the same name, originally called Boggy Camp. The locality is part forested and part cleared land, but a significant part of it is inundated by the waters of Lake Copeton, which formed following construction of Copeton Dam. The mining village stood on the left bank of Copes Creek, where diamonds were mined. It had long become a ghost town by the time that its site was inundated by Lake Copeton. The village effectively ceased to exist officially with the resumption of its private landholdings, in 1971, and public lands, in 1972. The village's cemetery still exists and has been exposed at times when the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coolatai, New South Wales
Coolatai is a town in the New England region of northern New South Wales, Australia. The town is located north of the state capital, Sydney in Gwydir Shire Gwydir Shire is a local government area located in the New England region of New South Wales, Australia. The northern boundary of the Shire is located adjacent to the border between New South Wales and Queensland. The Shire was established on 1 ... local government area. At the 2006 census, Coolatai and the surrounding area had a population of 179. Coolatai Post Office opened on 15 February 1898 and closed around 1980. References Towns in New South Wales Towns in New England (New South Wales) Gwydir Shire {{NewSouthWales-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bangheet, New South Wales
Bangheet is a locality located in the Gwydir Shire of New South Wales. Demographics As of the 2021 Australian census, 37 people resided in Bangheet, down from 41 in the . The median The median of a set of numbers is the value separating the higher half from the lower half of a Sample (statistics), data sample, a statistical population, population, or a probability distribution. For a data set, it may be thought of as the “ ... age of persons in Bangheet was 56 years. There were fewer males than females, with 48.6% of the population male and 51.4% female. The average household size was 2 people per household. References Towns in New South Wales Towns in New England (New South Wales) Gwydir Shire {{NewSouthWales-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Back Creek, New South Wales (Gwydir)
Back Creek is a small rural locality in the Gwydir Shire, part of the New England region of New South Wales, Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller isl .... At the , the town recorded a population of 13. References {{authority control Towns in New South Wales Towns in New England (New South Wales) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
