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Yarramalong
Yarramalong ''(cedar country)'' is a township and suburb of the Central Coast region of New South Wales, Australia, located upstream from Wyong along the Wyong River. It is part of the local government area. The Yarramalong township has: Rural Fire Station, two cemeteries, public school (which closed down recently and is now used for community purposes), general store/petrol station, bottle shop/guest house and a hall which was originally an art hall but is now also used for community purposes. Busways now only operates a school bus service between Yarramalong and Wyong. It was acquired from Yarramalong Bus Lines in 2008. Yarramalong Valley is the home of many horse studs, turf farms, citrus crops as well as a macadamia nut farm and a lavender farm. The Great North Walk also passes through Yarramalong to Cedar Brush Creek to the north and Kulnura. History of Yarramalong The Yarramalong Valley is in the land of the Darkinjung people. The name derives from the aboriginal wo ...
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Yarramalong Bus Lines
Yarramalong Bus Lines was an Australian bus operator that ran bus services in the Wyong Shire on the Central Coast of New South Wales from 1914 until it was sold to Busways in January 2008. History The business was founded in 1914 by Archie Palmer with a horse-drawn coach to transport passengers and groceries, newspapers and mail. Bags were carried on the roof of the coach and a return trip would cost 2 shillings. A Model-T Ford was the first motorised bus to be acquired and was followed by a Chevrolet in 1948. The bus service ran twice daily in each direction between Yarramalong and Wyong but services were sometimes cancelled because of flooding in the Yarramalong Valley. A coach operation was established and operated under the Palmer Leisure Tours name. This was sold in January 2003 to Road Runner Tours. In January 2008 the remaining school services were sold to Busways Busways is an Australian bus company operating services in Sydney Sydney ( ) is the capital cit ...
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St Barnabas Anglican Church, Yarramalong
St Barnabas Anglican Church is a heritage-listed former Anglican church located at Yarramalong Road, Yarramalong, in the Central Coast, New South Wales, Australia. It was built from 1889 by volunteer labour under supervision of James Bailey. The property is owned by the Central Coast Council. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999. History Ezekiel Waters and William Beaven are buried here. It is the oldest church building in the Central Coast Council local government area. It opened and the last "formal" service was held in 1977. Special monthly services and weddings still take place.LEP, 1999 Graves situated behind the old church are usually maintained by a committee of local residents. The burial ground can be used only by the descendants of those already interred in the cemetery. A centenary celebration, well-attended, was held there in 1985. Today the site is fairly thickly revegetating eucalypt forest.Stuart Read, on recent photogr ...
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Wyong Creek
Wyong Creek is a suburb of the Central Coast region of New South Wales, Australia. It is part of the local government area A local government area (LGA) is an administrative division of a country that a local government is responsible for. The size of an LGA varies by country but it is generally a subdivision of a State (administrative division), state, province, divi .... Suburbs of the Central Coast (New South Wales) {{CentralCoastNSW-geo-stub ...
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List Of Central Coast Suburbs
This is a complete list of the suburbs located in the Central Coast region of New South Wales, Australia. Suburbs are listed here if they are in the Central Coast region and are listed on the Geographical Names Register as suburbs. The area is formed by the boundaries of Central Coast Council, which was a product of the merger of City of Gosford and Wyong Shire in 2016. A * Alison *Avoca Beach B * Bar Point *Bateau Bay * Bensville * Berkeley Vale * Blackwall * Blue Bay * Blue Haven *Booker Bay * Bouddi * Budgewoi * Budgewoi Peninsula *Buff Point * Bushells Ridge C *Calga * Canton Beach * Central Mangrove * Chain Valley Bay *Charmhaven * Cheero Point * Chittaway Bay *Chittaway Point * Cogra Bay *Colongra * Copacabana * Crangan Bay D * Daleys Point *Davistown * Dooralong * Doyalson * Doyalson North * Durren Durren E * East Gosford * Empire Bay * Erina * Erina Heights *Ettalong Beach F *Forresters Beach * Fountaindale G * Glenning Valley * Glenworth Valley * Gorokan ...
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Busways
Busways is an Australian bus company operating services in Sydney Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mountain ..., and in the Central Coast (New South Wales), Central Coast, Great Lakes Council, Great Lakes, Mid North Coast regions of New South Wales and Adelaide. It is the largest privately owned bus operator in Australia. History The origins of Busways can be traced to 1942 when Dick Rowe commenced a hire car service from Rooty Hill, New South Wales, Rooty Hill to Plumpton, New South Wales, Plumpton. In 1946 Rowe purchased his first bus and further expansion saw a depot established in Plumpton in 1958.
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Central Coast Council (New South Wales)
The Central Coast Council is a local government area serving the Lower Hunter area and the Central Coast region of New South Wales, Australia, established on 12 May 2016 following the amalgamation of Gosford City and Wyong Shire councils. The council comprises an area of and is bounded to the east by the Tasman Sea, to the south by Broken Bay and the Hawkesbury River, and to the west by the Yengo National Park northwards to before heading eastward along George Downes Drive, encompassing the Olney State Forest and crossing the Pacific Motorway, meeting the southern edge of Lake Macquarie at and eventually reaching the coast north of . As at the the council area had an estimated population of . The most recent Mayor of the Central Coast Council was Lisa Matthews (Labor), who was elected on 23 September 2019. On 30 October 2020, the Minister for Local Government, Shelley Hancock, announced the immediate suspension of the elected council and the appointment of former senior ...
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Cedar Brush Creek
Cedar Brush Creek is a suburb of the Central Coast region of New South Wales, Australia, located upstream from Wyong along the Wyong River. It is part of the local government area A local government area (LGA) is an administrative division of a country that a local government is responsible for. The size of an LGA varies by country but it is generally a subdivision of a State (administrative division), state, province, divi .... The first permanent resident was William Beaven who was also the first person buried at St Barnabas Church Yarramalong. References Suburbs of the Central Coast (New South Wales) {{CentralCoastNSW-geo-stub ...
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Wollombi
Wollombi ( ) is a small village in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia. It is within the Cessnock City Council LGA, situated southwest of Cessnock and north of Sydney. To the south is the village of Laguna, to the east, the village of Millfield and to the north, the village of Broke. The valley is bordered to the west by the World Heritage listed Yengo National Park (and Yengo State Forest) and the main road, the convict-built Great North Road (GNR) forms one of the major legs of the Greater Blue Mountains Drive. To the east lie Watagans National Park along with Corrabare and Olney State Forests. Wollombi's modest modern size is offset by its 19th-century sandstone buildings and timber slab constructed cottages and sheds in a narrow valley junction containing Wollombi Brook and Congewai Creek. Narone and Yango Creeks also join these waterways near the village. The area is home to an abundance of native birds, reptiles and other animals including kangaroos, w ...
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Maitland, New South Wales
Maitland () is a city in the Lower Hunter Valley of New South Wales, Australia and the seat of Maitland City Council, situated on the Hunter River approximately by road north of Sydney and north-west of Newcastle. It is on the New England Highway approximately from its origin at Hexham. At the it had approximately 78,015 inhabitants, spread over an area of , with most of the population located in a strip along the New England Highway between the suburbs of Rutherford and Metford respectively. The city centre is located on the right bank of the Hunter River, protected from moderate potential flooding by a levee. Surrounding areas include the cities of Cessnock and Singleton local government areas. History The Wonnarua People were the first known people of this land. They called the area where Maitland is now situated, by the name Bo-un after a species of bird. From around 1816, cedar logging parties from the convict settlement of Newcastle were the first Europeans to ...
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Darkinjung People
The Darkinjung (not to be confused with the Darkinyung people further inland) are the Local Aboriginal Land Council in the Central Coast, New South Wales, area of Australia and a major landowner on the Central Coast, participating in formal joint management of some areas of state forest in the region. It represents over 450 local Aboriginal residents. The Darkinjung Local Aboriginal Land Council are self-appointed caretakers of the Central Coast of NSW Australia. They do not claim to be the traditional owners of the area in which they reside. The Darkinjung people are believed to have died out in the late 19th century due to the effects of disease and dispossession. Darkinjung Aboriginal Land Council represents the interests of the Aboriginal residents of the Darkinjung lands, but those Aboriginal residents come from other Aboriginal groups. Property development The majority of the expenditure undertaken by the Darkinjung Land Council is on land and property development. In the ...
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Great North Walk
The Great North Walk is a walking track which runs from Sydney to Newcastle in New South Wales, Australia. The main track, in length, runs between the Obelisk in Macquarie Place in Sydney to Queens Wharf in Bicentennial Park in Newcastle and is well sign-posted. There are many "side tracks" which link the track to populated areas along the length of the walk. The walk includes a huge variety of wildlife and scenery. A section at the northern, Newcastle end, is also known as the Yuelarbah Track. This section runs from the Teralba railway station to the Queens Wharf on Newcastle Harbour. At Kahibah Station, the Great North Walk uses a short section of The Fernleigh Track and passes along the northern side of Glenrock Lagoon to get to the coast. History The Great North Walk was initiated by Gary McDougall and Leigh Shearer-Heriot. They both planned and marked the original route from Sydney to Newcastle, with access to many linking tracks. Today's Great North Walk is quite t ...
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Local Government Areas Of New South Wales
This is a list of local government areas (LGAs) in New South Wales, sorted by region. As of there were 128 local government areas in New South Wales, listed below in alphabetical order by region. There is also the Unincorporated Far West Region which is not part of any local government area, in the sparsely inhabited Far West, and Lord Howe Island, which is also unincorporated but self-governed by the Lord Howe Island Board. Norfolk Island Regional Council also subject to the state-level legislation of New South Wales. Maps showing local government areas in New South Wales Local government areas sorted by region Greater metropolitan Sydney Sydney surrounds Rural and regional areas Mid North Coast Murray The Riverina Greater Metropolitan Newcastle and Hunter Illawarra Richmond-Tweed South East Region Northern Central West North Western Far West Former local government areas in New South Wales See also * List of local government are ...
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