Young, New South Wales
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| Young New South Wales |
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 Young courthouse built in 1886 but transferred to the Department of Education in 1925 and used as a school since |
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| Population: | 6,821 (2001 census) |
| Established: | 1882 |
| Postcode: | 2594 |
| Elevation: | 439 m |
| LGA: | Young Shire Council |
| State District: | Burrinjuck |
| Federal Division: | Hume |
Young () is a town in the South West Slopes region of New South Wales, Australia and is the centre of Young Shire.
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[edit] History
The indigenous people of the district were members the Burrowmunditory tribe, part of the Wiradjuri people.
James White was the first European settler in the district and established Burrangong Station in 1826 with a squatting claim of 100 square miles.
Gold was found in the district in 1860. Until that time the area was called Lambing Flat, a reference to the grazing of sheep that was the main industry until mining. The town was gazetted in 1861.
The goldfields produced 470,000 ounces of gold sent by escort from the fields. Up to 20,000 miners worked the fields including about 2,000 Chinese miners.
From November 1860 through to June 1861 anti-Chinese miners attacked Chinese gold miners in the area, now known as the infamous Lambing Flat riots. As gold became scarce, European miners began to resent what they saw as the greater success of the more industrious Chinese, and hence many Chinese miners were attacked, robbed and killed. The anti-Chinese rebels rallied in numbers of up to 3,000. Eventually the rioters were controlled, Chinese miners had their claims restored to them, but the New South Wales Parliament passed the Chinese Immigration Bill which restricted the number of Chinese that could be brought in to New South Wales on any ship and imposed a tax per head on entry.
In 1889 Young was the first town in Australia other than the capital cities to install electricity into the streets and homes of the township.
[edit] Demographics
On census night, 7 August 2001, there were 6,821 people (3,287 males and 3,534 females) counted in Young.
There were 238 people (2.1%) (127 males and 111 females) who identified as being of Indigenous origin in the 2001 Census.
The median age of people in the 2001 Census was 36 years.
[edit] Ancestry
The number of people born overseas in the 2001 Census was 650 (5.8%) compared with 589 (5.3%) in the 1996 Census and 549 (5.1%) in the 1991 Census. Of those born overseas, the three main countries of birth in the 2001 Census were:
United Kingdom: 253 (2.2%) New Zealand: 74 (0.7%) and; Netherlands: 34 (0.3%).
In the 2001 Census, the three most common ancestries identified with were:
Australian: 5741 people (50.9%) English: 4022 people (35.7%) and; Irish: 1309 people (11.6%).
[edit] Languages
English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 10547 people (93.6%) in the 2001 Census. The three most common languages spoken at home other than English in the 2001 Census were:
Arabic (including Lebanese): 94 (0.8%) Netherlandic: 24 (0.2%) and; Chinese languages: 20 (0.2%).
[edit] Education
In the week preceding the 2001 Census, 3333 people (29.6%) had used a personal computer at home.
407 (4.8%) people (154 males and 253 females) held a bachelor degree. 6140 (72.1%) people (2775 males and 3365 females) did not have a qualification.
[edit] Employment
349 people (194 males and 155 females) were unemployed, representing 7.1% of the labour force.
The median weekly individual income for people aged 15 years and over in the 2001 Census was $300-$399.
[edit] Housing
In the 2001 Census, there were 3847 separate houses (89.0%), 141 semi detached, row or terrace houses and townhouses (3.3%), 227 flats, units or apartments (5.3%) and 97 other dwellings (2.2%).
In the 2001 Census, there were 1378 couple families with children (which comprised 45.6% of all families in occupied private dwellings), 1149 couple families without children (38.1%), 445 one parent families (14.7%) and 47 other families (1.6%).
[edit] Sport
- Young Yabbies a Rugby Union team playing in the Southern Inland Rugby Union competition.
- Young Cherrypickers a Rugby League team playing in the Group 9 competition
[edit] Local government
The current mayor of the Young Shire Council is Cr Gerry Bailey
[edit] Newspapers
- Burrangong Argus 1864-1914 (became the Young Witness)
- Burrangong Chronicle 1873-1902 (became the Young Chronicle)
- Burrangong Courier 1962 (ceased publication)
- The Lambing Flat Miner 1961-1862 (ceased publication)
- Young Chronicle 1902-1947 (incorporated in The Young Witness)
- The Young Witness 1914-
[edit] Radio Stations
- 2LF 1350 AM (commercial),
- Star FM 93.9 (commercial),
- SBS FM 98.7 (retransmission),
- JJJ 90.7,
- Radio National 89.1/97.1,
- ABC Riverina 89.9/96.3,
- Classic FM 88.3,
- Cherry Capital Music & Sport "2YYY, FM92.3" (Local Community Broadcasting Radio Station).
