Aberdeen, New South Wales
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Aberdeen is a small town in the upper Hunter Valley region of New South Wales, Australia, in Upper Hunter Shire.
Aberdeen is located about 12 kilometres north of Muswellbrook on the New England Highway. Aberdeen is named after Aberdeen, Scotland. It is home to the blue heeler dog, also known as the Australian cattle dog.
Aberdeen is probably best well known for the former Abbatoirs in the middle of town, which operated for well over 100 years before the most recent owners, an American company called Conagra, decided to close down all of their New South Wales abbatoirs and concentrate on their Queensland operations. One factor in closing down what was a very important abbatoir for Conagra, was that the money required to upgrade the Aberdeen Abbatoir for modern operation was too much for them to spend, and building a new abattoir was never in their plans. The Aberdeen Abbatoir was the major employer in Aberdeen, and it ws closed in 1999. Hundreds of people were left without work, and despite some fancy promises from both the New South Wales government, and the Federal Government, to encourage new businesses to open up in the area, nothing eventuated.
Aberdeen has its own pre-school, which was founded in 1977.
Aberdeen is on the Main Northern Rail Line, and is serviced by a daily Countrylink Xplorer service from Sydney, and several daily Cityrail services from Newcastle.
Aberdeen contains two schools - the Aberdeen Public School, catering from Kindergarten to Grade 6, and St. Joseph's High School, a Catholic co-ed High School catering for Grades 7 through to 12.
The local rugby league team for Aberdeen is called the Aberdeen Tigers.
For travellers, there are two main areas for accommodation in the town - the Aberdeen Motel, which is on the southern edge of the town, and the Segenhoe Inn, which is situated towards the northern end of town. The Commercial Hotel is also available for budget accommodation.
Aberdeen has two churches - St. Thomas Catholic Church, and St. Marks Anglican Church. It used to have a third church, St. Pauls Uniting Church, which has now been turned into an art gallery named the Artemis Gallery.
Aberdeen was the setting of the infamous Katherine Knight murder.
Blues artist Adam Feeble was born in Aberdeen in 1979.
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