Dungog, New South Wales

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Dungog
New South Wales

The Main Street of Dungog
Population: 2,102 [1]
Postcode: 2420
Coordinates: 32°23′54″S 151°45′09″E / -32.39833, 151.7525Coordinates: 32°23′54″S 151°45′09″E / -32.39833, 151.7525
Time zone:

 • Summer (DST)

 AEST (UTC+10)

AEDT (UTC+11)
Property Value: AUD $228,750[2]
Location:
LGA: Dungog Shire
Region: Hunter
County: Durham[3]
Parish: Dungog[3]
State District: Upper Hunter[4]
Federal Division: Paterson[5]
Mean Max Temp Mean Min Temp Rainfall
28.3 °C
83 °F		 3.6 °C
38 °F		 1,151.8 mm
45.3 in

Dungog is a small country town in the Upper Hunter Valley in New South Wales, Australia.[6][7] It is the centre of the Dungog Shire Local Government Area and at the 2006 census it had a population of 2,100.[1] The name is said to be a corruption of the Aboriginal word 'Tunkok', meaning "clear hills".[3]

It is in the middle of what was once dairy and timber country and is now more significantly a dormitory outer suburb of Newcastle. Dungog High School has over 850 students, 55 teachers, 38 rooms, 100 computers, 2 ovals and school grounds of roughly 8 Ha.

The town's railway station has been served by the North Coast railway line since 1911. As of 2006 there were approximately six regional rail services and six XPT (Xpress Passenger Train) services a day to Dungog, run by CityRail and CountryLink. The two afternoon CityRail services were formerly run by 620/720 railcars but are now run by the new Hunter Railcars.

Dungog also has a large football (soccer) club which dominates regional competitions and is now a contender for the premiership in each age division , and also a Rugby League club called the The Dungog Warriors which has teams in the adults and juniors.

Dungog is the home of the oldest cinema still running in NSW. The cinema is known as the "James Theater" and receives all the new movie releases very close to cinemas in more populated areas.

The High School in the area; Dungog High School (or DHS as some students refer to it) has a fairly large number of pupils attending, as children/teenagers from nearly all of the surrounding towns (e.g: Gresford, Patterson, Vacy, Wallarobba, East Gresford, and Glen Martin) which gives it a large number of people in attendance.

The Dungog Film Festival, inaugurated on 31 May 2007, is a film festival which serves the dual purposes of encouraging the local tourism industry and showcasing Australian cinema. It took place over 4 days and some of the proceeds went towards preserving the James Theater.[8][9][10]

The Fosterton Loop is a growing agricultural region, with many Novocastrians purchasing properties. Notably, acclaimed actor Hugo Weaving has a holiday property in the area.

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). Dungog (Urban Centre/Locality). 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved on 2008-05-31. Map
  2. ^ Dungog suburb profile @ domain.com.au. domain.com.au. Retrieved on 2008-05-31.
  3. ^ a b c Geographical Names Register Extract: Dungog. Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved on 2008-05-31.
  4. ^ Upper Hunter. New South Wales Electoral Commission (2007-03-24). Retrieved on 2008-05-31.
  5. ^ Paterson. Australian Electoral Commission (2007-10-19). Retrieved on 2008-05-31.
  6. ^ Suburb Search - Local Council Boundaries - Hunter (HT). New South Wales Department of Local Government. Retrieved on 2008-05-31.
  7. ^ Dungog. Department of Lands - Spatial Information eXchange. New South Wales Department of Lands. Retrieved on 2008-05-31.
  8. ^ Dungog Film Festival 2007 - Preview. Urban Cinefile (2007-05-30). Retrieved on 2008-05-31.
  9. ^ "Dungog film festival seen as example for rural communities", Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 2007-06-04. Retrieved on 2008-05-31]. 
  10. ^ Dungog Film Festival. Retrieved on 2008-05-31.


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