Hernani is a village that is found in the
Northern Rivers
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region of
New South Wales
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, Australia. It is situated approximately 44 km West of
Dorrigo and 106 km South of
Grafton.
Geography
Hernani covers an area of 238.9467 square kilometres.
Transport
The locality is accessible from Grafton via Armidale Road Where it ends and joins
Waterfall Way
Waterfall Way is a country road in the Northern Tablelands region of New South Wales, Australia, linking Raleigh on the state's North Coast to Armidale. The route passes through some of New South Wales' most scenic countryside and has become we ...
.
The nearest airport is located by the
Coffs Harbour Airport
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.
Name
Major Edward Parke, an early squatter, named the area after its resemblance of similair lans scapes of
Hernani in the Spanish
Basque
Basque may refer to:
* Basques, an ethnic group of Spain and France
* Basque language, their language
Places
* Basque Country (greater region), the homeland of the Basque people with parts in both Spain and France
* Basque Country (autonomous co ...
province of Commons.
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Schools
The Hernani Public School serving the Surrounding location of Hernani it is a primary school
A primary school (in Ireland, India, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, South Africa, and Singapore), elementary school, or grade school (in North America and the Philippines) is a school for primary ...
established in 1897.
Demographics
At the 2021 census, Hernani had a population of 117 people.
References
{{Northern Rivers region
Northern Rivers
Clarence Valley Council