Coutts Crossing, New South Wales
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| Coutts Crossing New South Wales |
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| Population: | 1,353 |
| Postcode: | 2460 |
| LGA: | Clarence Valley |
| State District: | Clarence |
| Federal Division: | Page |
Coutts Crossing (population 1,353[1]) is a village located in the Clarence Valley region and Clarence Valley Council of New South Wales, Australia. The village is located about 18 kilometres south-west of Grafton on the banks of the Orara River along the Armidale–Grafton Road. The village is named after Thomas Coutts, a settler who established the nearby Kangaroo Creek pastoral station in 1840.
The village was established as a service centre for the local farming community in the 1860s. However, today the village is a dormitory suburb with majority of residents commuting into Grafton. Despite this, the village boasts a tavern, general store, community hall and church. The local primary school was established in 1913 and as of 2006 has 124[2] pupils enrolled.
In the last twenty-five years, a number of sporting and community services have been established, including tennis and squash courts as well as soccer and croquet grounds, a nine hole golf course, a pre-school, a heritage centre and a combined Rural Fire Service and State Emergency Service centre, established in 1997.
[edit] References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). Coutts Crossing (State Suburb). 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved on 2007-08-12.
- ^ School Locator. New South Wales Department of Education. Retrieved on 2006-12-22.
[edit] See also
- Clan Farquharson - the surname Coutts is a sept of this Scottish clan
- Thomas Coutts - This particular Thomas Coutts was founder of Coutts bank
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