Antiene, New South Wales

Antiene
New South Wales
Antiene
Coordinates 32°19′54″S 150°59′4″E / 32.33167°S 150.98444°E / -32.33167; 150.98444Coordinates: 32°19′54″S 150°59′4″E / 32.33167°S 150.98444°E / -32.33167; 150.98444
Postcode(s) 2333
Elevation 180 m (591 ft)Note1
Time zone AEST (UTC+10)
 • Summer (DST) AEDT (UTC+11)
Location
LGA(s) Upper Hunter Shire[1]
Region Hunter[1]
County Durham[2]
Parish Savoy[2]
State electorate(s) Upper Hunter[3]
Federal Division(s) Hunter[4]

Antiene (also spelled Antienne[5]) is a rural locality of the Upper Hunter Shire local government area in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia.[1][2][6] Named after County Antrim in Northern Ireland, the locality was registered as "Antiene" because the request was made in illegible handwriting.[2]

The Main North railway line passes through the locality and is the site of a coal unloader, used to unload coal destined for the Bayswater and Liddell power stations.[7] Until 2007, it was the site where the Main North railway became single track, the line has now been duplicated through to Muswellbrook to the north. A railway station opened at the site in 1890 and closed in 1975, no trace of this remains today.[8]

History

Antiene Post Office opened on 1 October 1906 and closed in 1965.[9]

Notes

  1. ^ Average elevation as shown on 1:100000 map 9033 MUSWELLBROOK.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Suburb Search - Local Council Boundaries - Hunter (HT) - Upper Hunter Shire Council". New South Wales Department of Local Government. Archived from the original on 14 October 2009. Retrieved 4 September 2009.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Antiene". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 September 2009.
  3. "Upper Hunter". New South Wales Electoral Commission. 4 April 2008. Retrieved 4 September 2009.
  4. "Hunter". Australian Electoral Commission. 19 October 2007. Retrieved 4 September 2009.
  5. "Antienne". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 September 2009.
  6. "Antiene". Land and Property Management Authority - Spatial Information eXchange. New South Wales Land and Property Information. Retrieved 4 September 2009.
  7. "Antiene Coal Unloader". GHD Australia. Archived from the original on August 14, 2009. Retrieved 4 September 2009.
  8. "Antiene Station". NSWrail.net. Retrieved 4 September 2009.
  9. "Post Office List". Premier Postal Auctions. Retrieved 26 May 2011.
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