Bonville is a small town located on the

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, 11 kilometres south of

Coffs Harbour Coffs Harbour, locally nicknamed Coffs, is a coastal city on the Mid North Coast of New South Wales, Australia, north of Sydney, and south of Brisbane. It is one of the largest urban centres on the North Coast, with a population of 78,759 a ...

and in the local government area of

City of Coffs Harbour The City of Coffs Harbour (also known as the Coffs Harbour City Council) is a local government area in the Mid North Coast region of New South Wales, Australia. The area under administration is , expanded in 2004 to take in parts of the former P ...

. It has a population of 1,891 as of 2006. The town's name supposedly derives from "Bongol Bongol/Bongil Bongil", which in Gumbaingirr, means a place where one stays a long time. The town is known for Bonville International Golf Course. It has a Christian high school and two public primary schools. The town has now been bypassed by the Pacific Highway A railway station on the North Coast line was open between 1915 and 1974, it was subsequently demolished and no trace remains.Bonville station
NSWrail.net, accessed 26 August 2009.

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Towns in New South Wales Mid North Coast North Coast railway line, New South Wales Suburbs of Coffs Harbour {{NorthernRivers-geo-stub