Torryburn is a small community located approximately 6 km south of
East Gresford
East Gresford is a village in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia in Dungog Shire. The village is located north of Sydney and the nearest major centres are Singleton, New South Wales, Singleton some southwest and Maitland to the so ...
,
New South Wales
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,
Australia
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. Its main claim to fame is the property on Torryburn Road, now known as Torryburn Stud, which was at one time the home of
Dorothea Mackellar
Isobel Marion Dorothea Mackellar (1 July 1885 – 14 January 1968) was an Australian poet and fiction writer. Her poem " My Country" is widely known in Australia, especially its second stanza, which begins: "I love a sunburnt country / ...
, author of the Australian poem "
My Country".
During the Hunter Valley floods of April 2015, the almost 100-year-old
wooden
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Torryburn Bridge was washed away, leaving about 100 residents of the hamlet isolated for almost three weeks before a temporary
footbridge
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was created across the
Allyn River
Allyn River, a perennial stream of the Hunter River catchment, is located in the Hunter region of New South Wales, Australia.
Course
Allyn River rises on Allyn Range, on the slopes of the Gondwana Rainforests Barrington Tops, west of Careys Pe ...
. The
Dungog Shire
Dungog Shire is a local government area in the Hunter region of New South Wales, Australia. The Shire is situated adjacent to the Barrington Tops and consists predominantly of very rugged to hilly country which becomes less rugged from north t ...
subsequently created a temporary
detour
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road; a replacement
concrete bridge
Concrete bridges are a type of bridge, constructed out of concrete. They started to appear widely in the early 20th century.
History
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was completed eleven months later.
Transport
There are approximately five buses every week in each direction. Buses depart at the corner of Torryburn Road and Gresford Road.
References
Localities in New South Wales
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