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Bathurst Region
Bathurst Regional Council is a local government area in the Central West region of New South Wales, Australia. The area is located adjacent to the Great Western Highway, Mid-Western Highway, Mitchell Highway and the Main Western railway line. At the , the Bathurst Region had a population of . The administrative centre of the area is located in the city of Bathurst, approximately west of Sydney central business district. The mayor of Bathurst is Cr. Robert Taylor, Deputy Mayor being Cr. Benjamin Fry, both unaligned politicians. City, towns and localities In addition to the city of Bathurst, the LGA contains the villages of Eglinton, Freemantle, Perthville, Rockley, Raglan, Georges Plains, Trunkey Creek, Brewongle, Vittoria, Peel, Wattle Flat, Sofala, Hill End, Meadow Flat, Sallys Flat and Caloola. Demographics Council Current composition and election method Bathurst Regional Council is composed of nine councillors elected proportionally as a single wa ... [...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, and in turn beneath the federal government. Local government is not mentioned in the Constitution of Australia, and two referendums in 1974 and 1988 to alter the Constitution relating to local government were unsuccessful. Every state/territory government recognises local government in its own respective constitution. Unlike the two-tier local government system in Canada or the United States, there is only one tier of local government in each Australian state/territory, with no distinction between counties and cities. The Australian local government is generally run by a council, and its territory of public administration is referred to generically by the Australian Bureau of Statistics as the local government area or LGA, each of which encompasses multiple suburbs or localities often of different postcodes; however, stylised terms such a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Main Western Railway Line, New South Wales
The Main Western Railway is a major railway in New South Wales, Australia. It runs through the Blue Mountains, Central West, North West Slopes and the Far West regions. It is with operational & under construction & repairs. Description of route The Main Western Railway Line is a westwards continuation of what is known as the Main Suburban Line between Sydney Central station and Granville. The line is six electrified railway tracks between Central and Strathfield, where the Main Northern line branches off. The line is then four tracks as it passes through Lidcombe, where the Main Southern line branches off, and then through the Sydney suburbs of Parramatta and Blacktown, where the Richmond railway line branches off. At St Marys, the line becomes two tracks as it passes through Penrith and Emu Plains, the extent of Sydney suburban passenger train operation. From Emu Plains, the line traverses the Blue Mountains passing through Katoomba and Mount Victoria before d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peel, New South Wales
Peel is a locality in the Bathurst Region of New South Wales ) , nickname = , image_map = New South Wales in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of New South Wales in AustraliaCoordinates: , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , es ..., Australia. It had a population of 290 people as of the . References {{authority control Localities in New South Wales ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vittoria, New South Wales
Vittoria is a locality in the Bathurst Region of New South Wales, Australia. It had a population of 62 people as of the . References {{authority control Localities in New South Wales ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brewongle, New South Wales
Brewongle is a locality in the Bathurst Region of New South Wales ) , nickname = , image_map = New South Wales in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of New South Wales in AustraliaCoordinates: , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , es ..., Australia. It had a population of 124 people as of the . References {{authority control Localities in New South Wales ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trunkey Creek, New South Wales
Trunkey Creek is a village located in the Central West of New South Wales, Australia in Bathurst Regional Council. It is about south of the city of Bathurst and about north of the city of Goulburn on the Bathurst Goulburn Road. At the , Trunkey Creek had a population of 120 people, almost unchanged from the figure of 122 people ten years earlier in the . During the gold rush of 1851 sparked by Edward Hargraves when he announced that there was payable gold to be found at the junction of the Abercrombie River and Grove Creek near the village, it is reputed to have swelled to 2500 people. The rivers near the village continue to provide gold for hobbyists and prospectors. The village is said to have received its name from a prospector who had a particularly large nose, and was given the nickname ''Trunkey''. Although the village had received the official name of ''Arthur'', the creek that the prospector was working on became known at ''Trunkey's Creek'' and the village — al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georges Plains, New South Wales
Georges Plains is a locality in the Bathurst Region of New South Wales, Australia. It had a population of 248 people as of the . Georges Plains is located approximately 12 km south of Bathurst, via Perthville. Within the land of the Wiradjuri people the village of Georges Plains, named by European settlers in honour of King George III, was one of at least three Government stock stations established when the western side of the Macquarie was reserved for Government use. European settlement in this area originally consisted of large pastoral grants and the village of Georges Plains was once a fully functioning township servicing the needs of the rural area. It is still possible to see the remnants of the shop and post office in the main street, the disused railway station still stands, and the old hotel is now a private residence. Georges Plains Public School opened in April 1889 and closed in December 1973. It was half-time with Wimbledon from August 1894 to August 1899. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raglan, New South Wales
Raglan is a locality in the Bathurst Region of New South Wales, Australia. It was named after FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan, commander-in-chief of the Allied forces in the Crimean War from 1850 to 1855. It had a population of 1,199 people as of the . Raglan Public School opened in December 1870, and has been on its current Nelson Street site since 1988. It had an enrollment of 273 in 2017. St James Anglican Church has bi-monthly services on the first Sunday of the month in odd-numbered months, alternating with St John the Evangelist Church at Peel in the even-numbered months. The Raglan Community Hall remains in operation and is managed by the Raglan Community and Sporting Committee. The Raglan Rural Fire Brigade celebrated its sixtieth anniversary in 2017. Bathurst Airport is located at Raglan. Mars Petcare opened a $100 million upgrade of their Raglan manufacturing facility in May 2015. The suburb was formerly home to the Bathurst Brick Company factory, which relocated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rockley, New South Wales
Rockley is a small village in the Central Tablelands region in New South Wales, Australia. At the , Rockley had a population of 178 people. Rockley has a tablelands climate similar to Bathurst. Summers are generally warm and mild. Autumn is generally mild to cool with few frosts at the end of the season. Winter is generally cool to cold with some day times maxima under 5 degrees, there are on average about 3 snowfalls per years. Many days through winter have thick frost and fog. Spring has some late frosts and then days turn warm. History Rockley was first opened as a township in 1848 after a copper mine was opened 8 km from the town and gold was also uncovered. However it was first granted as farm land to William Lawson in 1818, then granted to Captain Watson Augustus Steel who named the property after his birthplace in Wiltshire England. Buildings Currently the village has two churches, an Anglican church and a Catholic church. There are two recreation halls, the School ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perthville
Perthville is a small town in New South Wales, Australia. The town is located on the Central Tablelands, approximately from the regional city of Bathurst. The town has evolved over time due to road improvements to be a satellite suburb of Bathurst. Perthville had railway station now closed, on the Main Western line between Bathurst and Blayney. The town contains a large convent of the Sisters of St Joseph The Sisters of St. Joseph, also known as the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph, abbreviated CSJ or SSJ, is a Roman Catholic religious congregation of women founded in Le Puy-en-Velay, France, in 1650. This congregation, named for ..., founded in 1872. This included a girls boarding school. The Uniting Church has also been strongly represented in the town.C. Hamer, ''Members of God's Household: Perthville Uniting Church a history 1863-2013'', (Perthville Uniting Church, Perthville, 2013). Cricketer Brian Booth was born in Perthville in 1933. Reference ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eglinton, New South Wales
Eglinton is a northern suburb of Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia, in the Bathurst Region Bathurst Regional Council is a Local government in Australia, local government area in the Central West, New South Wales, Central West region of New South Wales, Australia. The area is located adjacent to the Great Western Highway, Mid-Western .... References Bathurst, New South Wales {{NewSouthWales-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bathurst Civic Centre New Year's Eve
Bathurst may refer to: Places and jurisdictions Australia * Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia and the following things associated with the city ** Bathurst Region, the local government area for the Bathurst urban area and rural surrounds ** Roman Catholic Diocese of Bathurst in Australia ** Anglican Diocese of Bathurst ** Electoral district of Bathurst, NSW state Legislative Assembly ** Bathurst railway station, New South Wales ** Bathurst County * Lake Bathurst (New South Wales) * Bathurst Harbour, Tasmania * Bathurst Island (Northern Territory) * Bathurst Lighthouse, on Rottnest Island * Bathurst Street, Hobart, in Hobart * Bathurst Street, Sydney, in Sydney Canada New Brunswick * Bathurst, New Brunswick * Bathurst Parish, New Brunswick * Bathurst (electoral district) * Roman Catholic Diocese of Bathurst in Canada Northwest Territories * Cape Bathurst, a peninsula in Northwest Territories Nunavut * Bathurst Inlet, a body of water in Nunavut * Bathurst Inlet, Nunavut, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
