Kendall is a town on the

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History

The Birpai (also known as

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) people have lived in this area for more than 40,000 years. Kendall was originally named Camden Heads, as it is located on the

Camden Haven River Camden Haven River, an open and Breakwater (structure), trained intermediate wind wave, wave dominated estuary#Lagoon-type or bar-built, barrier estuary, is located in the Mid North Coast region of New South Wales, Australia. Course and feature ...

. It was renamed Kendall, in 1891, after the Australian poet Henry Kendall, and not, as some tourists suspect, after the similarly spelled ancient town of

Kendal Kendal, once Kirkby in Kendal or Kirkby Kendal, is a market town and civil parish in the South Lakeland district of Cumbria, England, south-east of Windermere and north of Lancaster. Historically in Westmorland, it lies within the dale of th ...

in the County of

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. Henry Kendall lived in the area from 1875 to 1881 when he was the first Forest Inspector for New South Wales. Kendall is located 3 kilometres from

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and 36 kilometres southwest of

Port Macquarie Port Macquarie is a coastal town in the local government area of Port Macquarie-Hastings. It is located on the Mid North Coast of New South Wales, Australia, about north of Sydney, and south of Brisbane. The town is located on the Tasman Sea co ...

via the Pacific Highway. It is one of the seven villages that make up the

Camden Haven Camden Haven is a parish in the Mid North Coast region of New South Wales, Australia, approximately 30 km south of the major regional centre of Port Macquarie. The harbour is located where the Camden Haven River empties into the Tasman ...

region of the Port Macquarie/Hastings Local Government Area. At the , it had a population of 1,141 people. * Middle Brother State Forest, located on the slopes of Middle Brother Mountain which was named by

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* Poet's Walk Kendall Station

Heritage listings

Kendall has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: * Comboyne Street:

Kendall School of Arts Kendall School of Arts is a heritage-listed school of arts at Comboyne Street, Kendall, Port Macquarie-Hastings Council, New South Wales, Australia. It was built from 1908. It is also known as the Kendall Community Centre and known locally as ...

Population

In the 2016 Census, there were 1,141 people in Kendall. 84.0% of people were born in Australia and 89.3% of people spoke only English at home. The most common responses for religion were No Religion 29.9%, Anglican 27.0% and Catholic 16.9%.

Transport

Kendall railway station Kendall railway station is located on the North Coast line in New South Wales, Australia. It serves the town of Kendall, opening on 12 April 1915 when the line was extended from Taree to Wauchope. In 1917, a locomotive depot was established ...

is served by three XPT services daily from Sydney on the North Coast railway line.

Notable People

* William Tyrell – Missing child that sparked a nationwide manhunt.

References

External links

Kendall Village Community Home Page
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