Lue is a small village in

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, Australia. At the

2006 census 6 (six) is the natural number following 5 and preceding 7. It is a composite number and the smallest perfect number. In mathematics Six is the smallest positive integer which is neither a square number nor a prime number; it is the second small ...

, Lue and the surrounding rural area had a population of 815. Lue is located on the now-closed

Gwabegar railway line The Gwabegar railway line is a railway line in the Central West and North West Slopes of New South Wales, Australia, which passes through the towns of Mudgee, Gulgong, Dunedoo, Coonabarabran and terminates at Gwabegar. The section from Wall ...

between the larger towns of Rylstone and

Mudgee Mudgee is a town in the Central West (New South Wales), 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 gover ...

, 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 interc ...

bus services from

Gulgong Gulgong is a 19th-century gold rush town in the Central Tablelands and the wider Central West regions of the Australian state of New South Wales. The town is situated within the Mid-Western Regional Council local government area. It is locate ...

detours several times a week to service Lue. Lue was prosperous after the opening of the railway to

in 1884, but declined from the 1930s.W. Potts, ''Lue: 1823-1984'' (Winifred Potts, Mudgee, 1984).Lue Hotel
an
Lue Pottery
are 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 Church

St 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. Histor ...

References

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