Glenreagh

Glenreagh New South Wales
Glenreagh
Coordinates	30°03′S 152°59′E / 30.050°S 152.983°E / -30.050; 152.983Coordinates: 30°03′S 152°59′E / 30.050°S 152.983°E / -30.050; 152.983
Population	422 (2006 census)^[1]
Postcode(s)	2450
LGA(s)	Clarence Valley
State electorate(s)	Clarence
Federal Division(s)	Page

Glenreagh is a small town in the Clarence Valley in the Northern Rivers region of north-eastern New South Wales, Australia. At the 2006 census, Glenreagh had a population of 422 people.^[1]

It is on the North Coast railway line, completed to Glenreagh in 1915. A picturesque branch was opened from Glenreagh to Dorrigo in 1924, but was difficult to maintain due to the steep terrain and high rainfall and it was closed in 1972 after a washaway. The Glenreagh to Ulong section is proposed for reopening as a heritage tourist railway by the Glenreagh Mountain Railway.

Facilities and Services

The Village Market Place (operates first Saturday each month)
Glenreagh General Store
The Golden Dog Hotel

Annual Events

Glenreagh Timber Festival is held in July of each year.

School

Glenreagh Public School was established in 1887. It is a small school with fewer than 100 pupils (as at 2014).

Notes

1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Glenreagh (L) (Urban Centre/Locality)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 27 September 2009.

Preceding station		NSW Main lines		Following station
Kungala towards Border Loop		North Coast Line		Nana Glen towards Maitland

Suburbs and localities within the Clarence Valley Council, New South Wales

Angourie Banyabba Coutts Crossing Glenreagh Grafton Gulmarrad Gurranang Iluka Koolkhan Kungala Lanitza Lawrence Maclean Nymboida South Grafton Ulmarra Wooloweyah Woombah Yamba

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 12/16/2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.