Lue is a small village in
New South Wales
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, Australia. At the
2006 census, Lue and the surrounding rural area had a population of 815.
Lue is located on the now-closed
Gwabegar railway line between the larger towns of
Rylstone
Rylstone is a village and civil parish in the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England. It is situated very near to Cracoe and about 6 miles south west of Grassington. The population of the civil parish as of the 2011 census was 160.
Ryls ...
and
Mudgee
Mudgee is a town in the Central West of New South Wales, Australia. It is in the broad fertile Cudgegong River valley north-west of Sydney and is the largest town in the Mid-Western Regional Council local government area as well as being ...
, about south-east of Mudgee. It is not on the main road, but the
NSW TrainLink
NSW TrainLink is a train and coach operator in Australia, providing services throughout New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory, along with limited interstate services into Victoria, Queensland and South Australia. Its primary inter ...
bus services from
Gulgong detours several times a week to service Lue.
Lue was prosperous after the opening of the railway to
Mudgee
Mudgee is a town in the Central West of New South Wales, Australia. It is in the broad fertile Cudgegong River valley north-west of Sydney and is the largest town in the Mid-Western Regional Council local government area as well as being ...
in 1884, but declined from the 1930s.
[W. Potts, ''Lue: 1823-1984'' (Winifred Potts, Mudgee, 1984).]Lue Hotelan
Lue Potteryare businesses still in operation.
A few kilometres from Lue on the Mudgee Road lies the histori
with its adjoinin
Havilah Memorial Church
School
Lue Public School
Churches
Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic ChurchSt Luke's Anglican Church
Heritage listings
Lue has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:
* Wallerawang-Gwabegar railway:
Lue railway station
Lue railway station is a heritage-listed former railway station on the Gwabegar railway line at Lue, Mid-Western Regional Council, New South Wales, Australia. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.
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References
Towns in New South Wales
Mid-Western Regional Council
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