Coreen is a locality in the
Riverina
The Riverina
is an agricultural region of south-western New South Wales, Australia. The Riverina is distinguished from other Australian regions by the combination of flat plains, warm to hot climate and an ample supply of water for irrigation ...
region of
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, Australia. The locality is about south west of the state capital,
Sydney and north of
Melbourne
Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...
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Coreen is located just past the turn off to Berrigan along the Riverina highway.
History
Coreen Post Office opened on 1 January 1900 and closed in 1976.
Mr. W A Martin from the Coreen Wine Hall purchased the liquor licence from the Phoenix Hotel in Corowa in 1912 and then built and opened the Coreen Hotel in 1913.
Sport and recreation
The Coreen Football Club was established in 1906 when they joined the Federal Football Association where they played up until 1908. Coreen then joined the
Coreen & District Football Association in 1909. Coreen also supplied a second team in the Coreen & DFA between 1910 and 1915 in the Coreen Settler's FC who went onto win premierships in 1913 and 1914.
The Coreen Settler's side was established from players from a Government land sub-division settlement in the Coreen District which was established in 1907.
Coreen FC played in nine consecutive grand finals between 1924 and 1931, winning three Coreen & DFA premierships in - 1926, 1929 and 1930.
Coreen FC would go onto win another ten Coreen & DFA senior football premierships in - 1933, 1946, 1947, 1951, 1974, 1975, 1978, 1980, 1987 and 1991 before they merged with Daysdale FC in 1995 and played as the Coreen Daysdale United FC until 2005.
In 2006, Coreen Daysdale United FC merged with Hopefield Buraja FC to form the Coreen Daysdale Hopefield Buraja United "Saints" FC (CDHBUFC) and won the 2006 and 2007 Coreen & DFL premierships. In 2008 CDHBUFC joined the
Hume Football League
The Hume Australian Football Netball League (HFNL), often shortened to Hume Football League, is an Australian rules football and netball competition containing twelve clubs based in the South West Slopes and southern Riverina regions of New Sout ...
after the Coreen & DFL folded. They are now known as "The Power" and wear a black, white and teal blue jumper.
Gallery
Image:CoreenPresbyterianChurch&Hall.JPG, The Presbyterian church and community hall
File:CoreenChurch1.JPG, Church at Coreen
Notes and references
External links
1914 - Coreen & District FA Premiers: Coreen Settlers FC team photo*
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Towns in the Riverina
Towns in New South Wales
Federation Council, New South Wales