Wingen, New South Wales

"Old Church", New England Highway, Wingen

Wingen /ˈwɪndʒən/ is a village in the Upper Hunter Shire, in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia. Situated on the New England Highway, it lies about 15 minutes from the town of Scone. It is known for the local "Burning Mountain" tourist attraction, a burning underground coal seam. Wingen has a population of just several hundred people.

Its few businesses include an antique store and a pub.

The town is known for the "Burning Mountain", which according to scientists is the world's oldest known coal fire, and has been burning for approximately 6,000 years. Explorers in the 19th century mistook its smoking summit for a volcano.^[1] In fact the name Wingen comes from the local Aboriginal language, and means "fire".

The "Wingen Maid" is a rock formation in the local Wingen Maid Nature Reserve which resembles a woman when viewed from a particular direction.

A now-demolished railway station on the Main North railway line operated between 1871 and 1975.^[2]

References

↑ Krajick, Kevin (May 2005). "Fire in the hole". Smithsonian Magazine (Smithsonian Institution): 54ff. Retrieved 8 February 2007.
↑ Wingen station NSWrail.net, accessed 15 September 2009.

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Preceding station		NSW Main lines		Following station
Murulla towards Wallangarra		Main North Line		Parkville towards Sydney

Coordinates: 31°53′S 150°53′E / 31.883°S 150.883°E / -31.883; 150.883

Towns, suburbs and localities of Upper Hunter Shire, Hunter Region, New South Wales

Towns, suburbs and localities	Aberdeen Belltrees Blairmore Blandford Bow Brawboy Brushy Hill Bunnan Cassilis Cliftlands Crawney Cuan Dangarfield Dartbrook Dartbrook Upper Davis Creek Dry Creek Ellerston Glenbawn Glenbawn Dam Glenrock Green Creek Gundibri Gundy Gungal Hunter Springs Kars Springs Kiernans Creek Kingdom Ponds Lake Glenbawn Merriwa Middle Brook Moobi Moonan Brook Moonan Flat Murrurundi Murulla Murulla North Niangala Omadale Omadale Brook Owens Gap Pages Creek Pages River Parkville Red Bank Ridgelands Rossgole Rouchel Rouchel Brook Sandy Creek Satur Scone Scotts Creek Segenhoe Sparks Creek St Aubins Stewarts Brook Stirling Vale Thompsons Creek Thornthwaite Timor Tinagroo Togar Tomalla Tooloogan Turanville Turill Upper Rouchel Waverley Waverly Wingen Woolooma Yarramoor

Rivers and other waterways	Bylong River Glenbawn Dam Hunter River Isis River Krui River Merriwa River Munmurra River

National park and nature reserves	Goulburn River National Park Towarri National Park

Other places and points of interest	Burning Mountain Scone Airport

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