Branxton, New South Wales

Branxton is a town in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia. Branxton is 171 kilometres (106 mi) north of Sydney via the Sydney-Newcastle Freeway and New England Highway.

Branxton is located mostly in Cessnock City Council, but part of it is in Singleton Shire. Together with nearby Greta, it had a population of 5,429 in the 2011 Census.

Branxton is a busy service township with an IGA Supermarket, medical centre, swimming school, and an art school.

Transport

Branxton is located on the New England Highway between Maitland and Singleton. While the highway passes through the centre of the town, most through traffic bypasses via the Hunter Expressway.

An infamous road sign on one approach to the town states that Branxton has "two cemeteries and no hospital"! The sign, erected by the local Lions Club, is meant to act as a deterrent to rule-breaking motorists.^[1]

Branxton is located on the Main Northern railway line and has its own railway station, served by NSW TrainLink's Hunter line.

Wine

Branxton is at the northern end of Wine Country Drive and is the northern gateway to the world-renowned Hunter Valley wine country of Pokolbin and Rothbury.

James Busby (1801 – 1871) widely regarded as the "father" of the Australian wine industry planted his first grape vines on his property "Kirkton", which is located at Belford in the Branxton district. In 1827 George Wyndham arrived taking up a grant of land adjoining the Hunter River 5k east of the current town. His original homestead, 'Dalwood' is preserved within the grounds of the modern Wyndham Estate complex.

As settlers took up further land grants the township expanded capitalizing on trade from settlers heading further north to open up the Liverpool Plains.

References

↑ "Branxton, Hunter Valley, Australia". Retrieved 21 September 2009.

External links

Media related to Branxton, New South Wales at Wikimedia Commons

Coordinates: 32°39′S 151°21′E / 32.650°S 151.350°E / -32.650; 151.350

Towns, suburbs and localities of the City of Cessnock, Hunter Region, New South Wales

Towns, suburbs and localities	Aberdare Aberdare West Abermain Abernethy Allandale Anvil Creek Bellbird Bellbird Heights Big Yengo Bishops Bridge Black Hill Blaxlands Arm Boree Branxton Brunkerville Buchanan Buttai Campbell Cedar Creek Central Wattagan Cessnock Cessnock North Cessnock South Cessnock West Cliftleigh Congewai Crawfordville East Branxton East Cessnock Eglinford Ellalong Elrington Greta Greta Main Heaton Heddon Greta Kearsley Keinbah Kitchener Kurri Kurri Kurri Kurri North Kurri Kurri West Laguna Little Wallabadah Lovedale Loxford Millfield Mootai Moruben Mount View Mount Vincent Mulbring Narone Creek Neath North Rothbury Nulkaba Paxton Paynes Crossing Pelaw Main Pelton Pokolbin Quorrobolong Richmond Main Richmond Vale Rothbury Sawyers Gully South Weston Spion Kop Stanford Merthyr Stockrington Sweetmans Creek Tomalpin Watagan Watagan Central Watagan Forest Weston Wollombi Yallambie Yango Yango Creek

Other places and points of interest	Cessnock Airport Hunter Valley Railway Trust Huntlee (proposed town) Mount Sugarloaf Richmond Vale Railway Watagans National Park Werakata National Park

Towns, suburbs and localities of Singleton Council, Hunter Region, New South Wales

Towns, suburbs and localities	Abbey Green Appletree Clearing Appletree Flat Baxter Junction Belford Big Ridge Bowmans Creek Box Tree Clearing Branxton Bridgman Broke Bulga Camberwell Carrowbrook Caswell Clydesdale Combo Comleroi Dalwood Darlington Dawsons Hill Dellhurst Doyles Creek Dunolly Dural Dyrring Elderslie Falbrook Fern Gully Fern Hill Fordwich Garland Valley Glendon Glendon Brook Glendonbrook Glennies Creek Glenridding Goorangoola Gouldsville Gowrie Greenland Gum Tree Hole Hambledon Hill Hebden Howes Valley Howick Hunterview Ingar Jerrys Plains King Junction Kings Cross Lambs Creek Lambs Valley Leconfield Lemington Liddell Loders Creek Long Point Lower Belford Lucernia Maison Dieu Mcdougalls Hill Middle Falbrook Milbrodale Minimbah Mirannie Mitchells Flat Mount Olive Mount Pleasant Mount Royal Mount Thorley North Rothbury Nundah Obanvale Owendale Paynes Crossing Pokolbin Putty Radfordslea Raspberry Clear Ravensworth Redbournberry Redmanvale Reedy Creek Rixs Creek Rothbury Roughit Scotts Flat Sedgefield Singleton Singleton Heights Singleton Military Area Singleton South St Clair Stanhope Three Ways Wambo Wambo South Warkworth Wattle Ponds Westbrook Whittingham Wollemi Wylies Flat

Other places and points of interest	Hunter River Lone Pine Barracks Wollemi National Park

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