Attunga es una pequeña comunidad agrícola en la región de Nueva Inglaterra de Nueva Gales del Sur, Australia .
Attunga Nueva Gales del Sur | |
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![]() ![]() Attunga Ubicación en Nueva Gales del Sur | |
Coordenadas | 30 ° 55′46 ″ S 150 ° 50′42 ″ E / 30,92944 ° S 150,84500 ° ECoordenadas : 30 ° 55′46 ″ S 150 ° 50′42 ″ E / 30,92944 ° S 150,84500 ° E |
Población | 633 ( censo de 2006 ) [1] |
Código postal (s) | 2345 |
Elevación | 374 m (1.227 pies) |
Localización | |
LGA (s) | Consejo Regional de Tamworth |
Electorado (s) estatal | Tamworth |
División (es) federal | Nueva Inglaterra |
Historia
El nombre es una palabra aborigen para "un lugar alto", y originalmente era el nombre de una granja cercana operada por el pastor John Brown en la década de 1840. [2] La tierra había sido anteriormente parte de una subvención de 313.000 acres (1.270 km 2 ) a la Compañía Agrícola Australiana en 1834 y se había utilizado para pastar 6.000 ovejas. [3]
El pueblo de Attunga se publicó en 1847 [4], pero los primeros asentamientos parecen haber sido lentos. Los primeros entierros registrados en el cementerio de Attunga datan de 1872 y las primeras inscripciones datan de 1881. [5] BHP abrió una cantera de piedra caliza allí en 1919. [6]
Population growth remained slow until the mid-twentieth century. The current population of 633 includes families of commuters to Tamworth. Services in Attunga currently include a primary school, supermarket, hotel and sports ground, and rural fire service headquarters.
The late English singer-songwriter Max Bygraves owned "Attunga Park", an 84-hectare farm near the town of Murwillumbah.
Industrias
The main industries are sheep and cattle farming, and limestone mining from a mine to the east of the town. The town abuts the Attunga State Forest, a popular walking and camping destination.[7]
The town was served by the Barraba branch railway line until the local station was closed in 1985.
Cuestiones ambientales
Recent drought conditions have caused bank erosion along Attunga Creek, as a result of stock movements across and along the creek bed. In 2006 the town of Attunga received funding for a major program of bank stabilisation and revegetation to restrict stock movements to defined corridors near the waterway.[8]
Programa Blackspot para teléfonos móviles
Vodafone will serve the town and surrounding area with mobile phone service as part of the National Blackspot Program from Q4 2016.
Referencias
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Attunga (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 9 November 2007.
- ^ "Attunga". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales.
- ^ "Tamworth's History: The Beginning of European Settlement - 1800-1850". Tamworth Regional Council. November 2007. Archived from the original on 18 June 2005. Retrieved 9 November 2007.
- ^ "Attunga". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 9 November 2007.
- ^ "Attunga General Cemetery". Australian Cemeteries Index. August 2006. Archived from the original on 6 June 2008. Retrieved 9 November 2007.
- ^ "NEWS OF THE NORTH. - New Railway Line for Attunga". Daily Observer (Tamworth, NSW : 1917 - 1920). 8 May 1919. p. 1. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
- ^ "Information Guide to Attunga". The Northern NSW Regional Internet Site. November 2007. Retrieved 9 November 2007.
- ^ "Question on Notice: Envirofund funding". Hansard, Parliament of Australia. February 2006. Archived from the original on 24 May 2011. Retrieved 2007-11-09.