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Farmhouse Rental
Farmhouse rental programs are a common method used by many rural Australian towns to attract new residents to live in their communities. The programs generally involve offering abandoned and often semi-derelict farmhouses for rent at a nominal price, often $1 per week. The towns that offer such programs have generally undergone a significant decline in population. As a result, essential services for the area such as education and health are removed or reduced, creating a further, spiralling, population decline. By attracting new residents, the communities hope to reverse their demographic spiral. The modern farmhouse rental program began in the Central West town of Cumnock. The organisers there claim the program was successful; claiming the population of the town grew by 30 per cent and the local school hired a new teacher as a result of the 14 new enrolments. As a result, the program has been adapted widely across rural New South Wales and beyond. Similarly, the rural locality of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, smaller islands. With an area of , Australia is the largest country by area in Oceania and the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, sixth-largest country. Australia is the oldest, flattest, and driest inhabited continent, with the least fertile soils. It is a Megadiverse countries, megadiverse country, and its size gives it a wide variety of landscapes and climates, with Deserts of Australia, deserts in the centre, tropical Forests of Australia, rainforests in the north-east, and List of mountains in Australia, mountain ranges in the south-east. The ancestors of Aboriginal Australians began arriving from south east Asia approximately Early human migrations#Nearby Oceania, 65,000 years ago, during the Last Glacial Period, last i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Farmhouse
FarmHouse (FH) is a social Fraternities and sororities in North America, fraternity founded at the University of Missouri on April 15, 1905. It became a national organization in 1921. Today FarmHouse has 33 active chapters and four associate chapters (formerly colonies) in the United States and Canada.FarmHouse Fraternity New Membership Education Manual, published by FarmHouse International Fraternity, Inc. History FarmHouse was founded as a professional agriculture fraternity on April 15, 1905 by seven men at the University of Missouri, who had met at a YMCA bible study and had decided that they wanted to form a club. The seven founders were D. Howard Doane, Robert F. Howard, Claude B. Hutchison, H. H. Krusekopf, Earl W. Rusk, Henry P. Rusk, and Melvin E. Sherwin. D. Howard Doane conceived the basic ideas which led to FarmHouse, and is considered the father of the Fraternity. The name FarmHouse was chosen for the following reasons:Given their agricultural background and rura ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central West, New South Wales
The Central West is a region of New South Wales, Australia. The region is geographically in central and eastern New South Wales, in the area west of the Blue Mountains, which are west of Sydney. It has an area of .Central West Region - the agricultural heart of New South Wales website of New South Wales Department of State and Regional Development, accessed 12 November 2006 The region also includes the sub-region known as the , located in the eastern part of the region. The region known as the Orana, which includes the area surrounding Dubbo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cumnock, New South Wales
Cumnock is a small town in New South Wales, Australia. It is located on the now closed cross-country railway line from Molong to Dubbo. The town is located in Cabonne Shire. At the , Cumnock had a population of 275 people. In the 2021 census the "Suburbs and Localities" of Cumnock had a population of 491. Cumnock is named after the Scottish town in Ayrshire, the home of an early settler named Straborn. The Cumnock community pioneered a farmhouse rental program designed to attract new families to the area by making farmhouses available for rent for $1. This program has since spread to a number of other rural communities. Cumnock is located at the epicentre of the Central Western NSW's food-and-wine triangle, i.e., Orange, Dubbo, and Mudgee. The town is also known for its participation in the 120-kilometrAnimals on Bikes'Paddock Art' sculpture tourist trail which extends between Molong and the Dubbo Zoo, via Cumnock and Yeoval. Notable residents * Chris McKivat, Olympian and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central Western Daily
''The Central Western Daily'' newspaper (also known as the ''Western Daily'') was founded in 1945 in Orange in the Central West 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 ..., its first edition being published on 3 October 1945. It followed a range of earlier publications from Orange, including ''The Advocate'' and ''The Leader'' (also known as the ''Orange Leader''). The range of newspapers published in Orange were celebrated in 1961, with a centenary edition, which acknowledged the original newspaper: ''Western Examiner and Orange, Molong, Wellington, Dubbo, and Lachlan Advertiser'' originally published on 7 December 1861. In the early 1950s it was complemented for its welcoming attitude to ''New Australians'' and quoted for its contributions. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trundle, New South Wales
Trundle is a small town in Parkes Shire in the Central West of New South Wales, Australia. It and the surrounding area had a population of 687 in the . It lies in wheat-growing country and is on the Bogan Gate–Tottenham railway line, completed to Trundle in 1907. History Trundle lay on the southern boundary of the Wangaibon people's traditional lands. ''Trundle Lagoon'' Post Office opened on 1 May 1889 and was renamed ''Trundle'' in 1892. The (NSW) Geographical Names Board's only record of the origin of the name is a State Rail Authority's archives document on station names which indicates that the name probably originated from Trundle (hill-fort), about 24 km northeast of Portsmouth, England. Trundle' is an old English word for 'circle'. The archives document also said that it was the name of William Cumming's leased runs in 1859, which he called ''Trundle Lagoon''; that the 1866 Gazetteer recorded that Trundle Lagoon was occupied by George and John Palmer; and that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Errowanbang, New South Wales
Errowanbang is a locality in the Blayney Shire of New South Wales, Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma .... It had a population of 38 as of the . Errowanbang Public School opened in May 1954 and closed in December 2014. Heritage listings Errowanbang has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: * Errowan Park, Old Errowanbang Lane: Old Errowanbang Woolshed References {{authority control Localities in New South Wales ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greenethorpe, New South Wales
Greenethorpe is a town in the Central West region of New South Wales, Australia. The town is located in the Weddin Shire local government area, west of the state capital, Sydney. At the , Greenethorpe and the surrounding area had a population of 320. The village, with the associated "Mount Oriel" homestead (known locally as Iandra Castle), is a rare example in Australia of the manorial system, "the likes of which may not exist elsewhere in the state or nation". History Greenethorpe is a purpose-built town, established in 1908 to house sharefarmers who worked on Iandra, the nearby pastoral station owned by George Henry Greene. The village, built adjacent to a rail siding on the Grenfell railway line, was originally named ''Iandra Siding'' but to avoid confusion between the pastoral station and the train station, the Post Office agreed to change the name to ''Greenthorpe''. Shortly after, the spelling was again changed, this time to ''Greenethorpe'' from the Greene family nam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilford, New South Wales
Ilford is a village in New South Wales, Australia, beside the Crudine River within the Mid-Western Regional Council. It is located on the Castlereagh Highway (locally referred to as the 'Sydney Road'), about 220 kilometres north-west of Sydney. At the 2016 census Ilford and the surrounding rural district had a population of 187, living in 65 private dwellings. The district also included 43 unoccupied private dwellings. Ilford was named after the English township of Ilford (in Essex, now a part of Greater London), from where early residents of the locality originated. Unremarkable in appearance, Ilford appears to the traveller as no more than a cluster of buildings around a T-junction on the 'Sydney Road', where the Bathurst-Ilford Road joins the Castlereagh Highway. The focus of the community is Ilford Public School on the outskirts of the road-side settlement. An information bay with toilet facilities is located on the northern edge of the village. History An early name f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tallimba, New South Wales
Tallimba is a town in the Central West area of New South Wales, Australia. It is a part of the Bland Shire 34 km from West Wyalong and 1½ hours' drive from Wagga Wagga. At the , Tallimba had a population of 335. Infrastructure * St Bernadette's Catholic Church, built 1953, still in use each 1st and 3rd Sunday Mass 5pm * Tallimba Hall * Tallimba Inn * Tallimba Public School * Post Office (closed) * Ruddy Shack * Government Dam * Tennis Courts * Bank of New South Wales (closed) * Hospital (closed) * Tallimba War Memorial Park * Cafe (closed) * Golf club (closed) * Cricket Oval * Silos * Tallimba Sales & Service * Tallimba Police Station Sporting teams * Tallimba Hawks - Australian Rules Football team (disbanded) * Tallimba rugby league team (disbanded) * Tallimba Cricket Club * Tallimba Tennis Club History of the primary school Tallimba School was established to educate the children of settlers from the Tallimba District. Originally part of Willandry Station the arriv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tottenham, New South Wales
Tottenham is a small town in Lachlan Shire in the Central West, New South Wales, Central West of New South Wales, Australia. Tottenham is known as “The Soul of the Centre”, a reference to it being the nearest town to the geographical centre of New South Wales. It had a population of 299 at the , including 21 indigenous people (6%) and 20 foreign born people (6%). History Tottenham is at the end of a Bogan Gate–Tottenham railway line, railway line from Bogan Gate, New South Wales, Bogan Gate, completed in 1916, with Tottenham Post Office opening on 8 April 1907. Location Tottenham lies in a wheat-growing area. A cairn marks the centre of New South Wales and is located 33 km west-north-west of Tottenham. Beginning in September 2008, the annual Far Cairn Rally for touring motorcyclists has been held at the Tottenham Race Course. The name alludes to the cairn being far from Sydney. It is organised by the BMW Touring Club of New South Wales. Achievements In 2012, the ti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tullamore, New South Wales
Tullamore is a small town in Parkes Shire in the Central West of New South Wales, Australia. At the , Tullamore had a population of 369. It lies in wheat-growing country. Tullamore has a railway station on the Bogan Gate–Tottenham Branch line. It is served by a newly constructed medical centre and K-12 central school Tullamore is home to thTullamore Irish Festival which is held each Easter long weekend. Tullamore is the first town mentioned in the original (Australian) version of the song "I've Been Everywhere". History The area known as Tullamore was first settled as "Bullock Creek" in 1870. The post office opened under that name on 1 April 1890. It was then renamed Gobondery. In 1895 Jim Tully, whose family came from Tullamore in Ireland, built a hotel and called it "Tullie's Exchange Hotel". The Kerley family, also from the Tullamore area in Ireland, settled on a nearby property and called it Tullamore Station. It is believed that the town obtained its name from this p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
