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Uralla Shire
Uralla Shire is a local government area located in the New England region of New South Wales, Australia. The New England Highway passes through the Shire. The Shire was established on 1 January 1948 as a result of the amalgamation of the Municipality of Uralla with the surrounding Gostwyck Shire. The Mayor of Uralla Shire Council is Cr. Michael Pearce, an independent politician. Towns and villages The towns and villages of Uralla Shire include Uralla, Bundarra, Yarrowyck, Kingstown, Kentucky, Invergowrie and Wollun. Heritage listings The Uralla Shire has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: * Bundarra, Oliver Street: Bundarra Police Station and Courthouse * Kentucky District: Captain Thunderbolt's Death Site * Uralla, 6 East Street: New England Brass and Iron Lace Foundry * Uralla, Main Northern railway: Uralla railway station * Uralla, Salisbury Street: McCrossins Mill * Uralla, Uralla Square: Captain Thunderbolt's Grave * Uralla, New England Highway: Blanch ... [...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] |
Mayor
In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a municipal government such as that of a city or a town. Worldwide, there is a wide variance in local laws and customs regarding the powers and responsibilities of a mayor as well as the means by which a mayor is elected or otherwise mandated. Depending on the system chosen, a mayor may be the chief executive officer of the municipal government, may simply chair a multi-member governing body with little or no independent power, or may play a solely ceremonial role. A mayor's duties and responsibilities may be to appoint and oversee municipal managers and employees, provide basic governmental services to constituents, and execute the laws and ordinances passed by a municipal governing body (or mandated by a state, territorial or national governing body). Options for selection of a mayor include direct election by the public, or selection by an elected governing council or board. The term ''mayor'' shares a linguistic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Captain Thunderbolt's Grave
Captain Thunderbolt's Grave is a heritage-listed burial site located at Uralla Square in Uralla, Uralla Shire local government area of New South Wales, Australia. The grave comprises a marble headstone, designed by Mr Callcott, and built in 1914. It is also known as Uralla Old General Cemetery. It is one of a group of historic sites labelled The Captain Thunderbolt Sites for their association with bushranger Captain Thunderbolt, along with Captain Thunderbolt's Rock, Blanch's Royal Oak Inn, and Captain Thunderbolt's Death Site. Collectively, all properties were added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 20 July 2012. History Uralla Cemetery was established in the 1850s and used until the 1930s.http://us.sydney.com/town/Uralla/Pioneer_Cemetery_Uralla/info.aspx The cemetery contains the graves of many local notable families including the Blanch's. After the magisterial inquiry held at Blanch's Inn, Captain Thunderbolt's body was moved to Uralla and he remained unb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
McCrossins Mill
The McCrossins Mill is a heritage-listed former mill and store and now museum at Salisbury Street, Uralla, Uralla Shire, New South Wales, Australia. It was designed by John McCrossin and built by Unknown. The property is owned by Uralla Historical Society Inc. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999. History The Mill was constructed between the late 1860s and early 1870s by John McCrossin. Equipped with a 16 horsepower engine, the mill operated three mill stones with a production capacity of around 1000 bushels a week. McCrossin built the mill in the expectation that the New England region would become a major exporter of flour to other parts of the Colony. Soon after the completion of the mill, however, flour prices began to fall. McCrossin could not compete with the two other mills already established in Uralla and the further four in Armidale, one in Inverell and one in Walcha. Drought and the importation of higher quality South Austral ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uralla Railway Station
Uralla railway station is a heritage register, heritage-listed railway station located on the Main Northern railway line, Main Northern line in the Uralla Shire, New South Wales, Australia. It serves the town of Uralla, and opened on 2 August 1882 when the line was extended from Kootingal railway station, Kootingal. It was the terminus of the line until it was extended to Armidale railway station, Armidale on 3 February 1883. It is also known as Uralla Railway Station group. The property was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999. Services Uralla station is served by NSW TrainLink's daily ''Northern Tablelands Express, Northern Tablelands New South Wales Xplorer, Xplorer'' service operating between Armidale railway station, Armidale and Central railway station, Sydney, Sydney. Description The complex includes a type 4 station building, that is standard roadside third class brick, completed in 1883. The platform faces, also made of brick, were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New England Brass And Iron Lace Foundry
The New England Brass and Iron Lace Foundry is a heritage-listed former foundry and now tourist attraction and foundry at 6 East Street, Uralla, Uralla Shire, New South Wales, Australia. It was built in 1900. It is also known as Phoenix Foundry. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 17 August 2001. History The New England Brass and Iron Lace Foundry is a well established foundry and museum. It is claimed to be Australia's oldest operating foundry, originally established in 1872. The business and its equipment moved operations to its present site in 1900. It is still operated for its original purpose. The first iron foundry was established in Uralla by HS Goddard in 1875. It operated until 1900. At the end of 1901 the foundry was re-established on the present site by C. A. Young, utilising much of the equipment and many of the patterns at Goddard's works. During the Young era which effectively terminated with his son Les Young's sale of the foundry in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Captain Thunderbolt's Death Site
Captain Thunderbolt's Death Site is a heritage-listed paddock in the Kentucky District of Uralla Shire, New South Wales, Australia. It is one of a group of historic sites labelled The Captain Thunderbolt Sites for their association with bushranger Captain Thunderbolt, along with Captain Thunderbolt's Rock, Blanch's Royal Oak Inn, and Captain Thunderbolt's Grave. Collectively, all properties were added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 20 July 2012. History After the hawker, Giovanni Cappisotti, raised the alarm in Uralla regarding the events at Blanch's Inn on the afternoon of 25 May 1870, Senior Constable John Mulhall and Constable Alexander Walker rode south from Uralla. Mulhall had the better horse and reached the inn first. Walker was approximately half a mile away when he heard shots being fired and met Mulhall while ascending the hill towards the Inn. Mulhall told Walker "I have exchanged shots with them" and took no further part in the chase as his horse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bundarra Police Station And Courthouse
The Bundarra Police Station and Courthouse is a heritage register, heritage-listed former police station and courthouse located at Oliver Street, Bundarra, New South Wales, Bundarra, in the Uralla Shire, New South Wales, Australia. It was designed by James Barnet and built from 1869 to 1870 by Alfred Dorrey. The property is owned by Bundarra Community Purposes Reserve Trust. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999. History The site for a court house at Bundarra was fixed on 11 August 1855, and tenders called on 22 February 1869 for the erection of a court house and Watch House evidently in one combined building. On 9 April 1869 it was notified that Alfred Dorrey was the successful tenderer for its construction to the design of James Barnet, the Colonial Architect, and the building was completed in 1870 at the cost of Australian pound, A£870 (original estimate A£900). The furniture cost 33 pound 14 shillings and 7 pence. Additions were reco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wollun, New South Wales
Wollun is a small rural community about 26 kilometres north-west of Walcha and is included in the Uralla Shire local government area of the Northern Tablelands region of New South Wales, Australia. Wollun was linked by rail to Sydney in 1882 as part of the Main North Line and on 20 February 1975 the link closed with access only possible at Uralla or Walcha Road. Wollun Post Office opened on 16 January 1892 and closed in 1977 (it was known as ''Wollun Platform'' between 1897 and 1914). The settlement currently comprises several houses and a church. The principal local industry is sheep and beef cattle breeding. Every two years some local Merino The Merino is a breed or group of breeds of domestic sheep, characterised by very fine soft wool. It was established in Spain near the end of the Middle Ages, and was for several centuries kept as a strict Spanish monopoly; exports of the bree ... studs display their sheep at the New England Merino Field Days. References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Invergowrie, New South Wales
Invergowrie is a locality in the Uralla Shire local government area on the Northern Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia. It is located about 16 km west of Armidale, about halfway between Sydney and Brisbane and approximately 200 km inland from Coffs Harbour on the Pacific coast. Invergowrie is a popular rural neighbourhood for staff of the University of New England. At the , Invergowrie had a population of 775 people. It has a general store, a fuel station and a New South Wales Rural Fire Service station. Invergowrie was named after the village Invergowrie Invergowrie () is a village on the northwest bank of the Firth of Tay to the west of Dundee. Historically part of Perthshire, it was formerly incorporated as part of the city of Dundee, but is now administered as part of Perth and Kinross. H ... in Scotland. References Towns in New South Wales Towns in New England (New South Wales) {{NewSouthWales-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kentucky, New South Wales
Kentucky is a village in the New England region of New South Wales, Australia. It is about south of Uralla and north-west of Walcha and about off the New England Highway. Kentucky is located by rail from Sydney in Sandon County on the Northern Tablelands. It is at an altitude of 1066m and is within Uralla Shire. At the 2016 census, Kentucky had a population of 158. History On 25 May 1870 Alexander Binning Walker, a rural lock-up keeper, chased, confronted and killed the infamous bushranger Fred Ward, alias Captain Thunderbolt, at Kentucky Creek, Uralla. The Kentucky railway station, on the Main North Line, was opened on 2 August 1882. It was closed many years ago, though daily Sydney/Armidale trains still pass through the village. The area was a former soldier settlement region with many orchards and other agricultural properties. The development of the Kentucky Returned Soldiers Settlement along the railway between Kentucky and Wollun commenced in July 1918. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kingstown, New South Wales
Kingstown is a rural village, north west of Uralla on the Northern Tablelands in the New England region of New South Wales, Australia. At the 2006 census, Kingstown had a population of 137 people. It has a public school, church, general store, Landcare Group and New South Wales Rural Fire Service. The main industries are sheep and beef cattle breeding with some timber production. Location The village is at the end of the sealed Uralla to Kingstown Road. Originally the main north road went from Tamworth through Bendemeer to Kingstown and then to Bundarra. Warrabah National Park is about 15 km to the west, but there is very limited access from the Kingstown side. It lies next to the Bundarra-Barraba Important Bird Area which is important for the conservation of the endangered regent honeyeater. History The Loopanda Aboriginal people occupied this area long before the arrival of the first European settlers. After several years of petitioning the village was grante ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
