Kendall is a town on the

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. Kendall is located 3 kilometres west from

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and 36 kilometres southwest of

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via the Pacific Highway. It is one of the seven villages that make up the

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region of the Port Macquarie/Hastings Local Government Area. At the , it had a population of 890 people. Kendall has a Post Office, general store selling gourmet food and catering, additionally occasionally opening a pop-up restaurant across the road, bottle shop, take away food shop, Community Op-Shop, Cafe down near the river, Services & Citizens Club, Community Centre (in the School of Arts building), Services Australia Access Point, used book shop, Coastline Bank, modern tennis courts, aquatic centre with a 25m swimming pool, a restored historic wharf, and Kendall Craft Co-Op.
Middle Brother National Park
located on the slopes of Middle Brother Mountain which was named by

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Poet's Walk

Kendall Showground
ha
camping facilities
(when events are not on).

History

The

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(also known as

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) people have lived in this area for more than 40,000 years. Kendall was originally named Camden Heads, as it is located on the Camden Haven River. It was renamed Kendall, in 1891, after the Australian poet Henry Kendall, and not, as some tourists suspect, after the similarly spelled ancient town of

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in the County of

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. Henry Kendall lived in the area from 1875 to 1881 when he was the first Forest Inspector for New South Wales. Kendall Station

Heritage listings

Kendall has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: * Comboyne Street: Kendall School of Arts

Population

In the 2021 Census, there were 890 people in Kendall. 90.1% of people were born in Australia and 96.1% of people spoke only English at home. The most common responses for religion were No Religion 47.8%, Anglican 24.2% and Catholic 12.0%.

Sport

The most popular sport in Kendall is

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. The local team, known as the Kendall Blues, play in the Hastings District Rugby League.

Transport

Kendall railway station is served by three XPT services daily from Sydney on the North Coast railway line.

Notable people

* William Tyrell – Missing child that sparked a nationwide manhunt.

References

External links

Kendall Village Community Home Page
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