Lue is a small village in

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, Australia. At the 2021 census, Lue had a population of 216. 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 Coonabarabran () is a town in Warrumbungle Shi ...

between the larger towns of

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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 gov ...

, about south-east of Mudgee. It is not on the main road, but the

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bus services from

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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. In 1921, leases taken up at the locality of Barigan and plans made to erect oil share retorts there; the oil that would have been produced was planned to be pumped through a pipeline to Lue railway station.
Lue Hotel
an
Lue Pottery
are businesses still in operation. The

Lue railway station Lue railway station is a heritage-listed former railway station on the Gwabegar railway line at Lue, New South Wales, Lue, Mid-Western Regional Council, New South Wales, Australia. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on ...

still exists and is heritage listed. A few kilometres from Lue on the Mudgee Road lies the histori
Havilah homestead
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:

References

Towns in New South Wales Mid-Western Regional Council {{CentralWestNSW-geo-stub