Lockhart, New South Wales
Lockhart New South Wales | |
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Looking east in the main street of Lockhart | |
Lockhart | |
Coordinates | 35°13′0″S 146°43′0″E / 35.21667°S 146.71667°ECoordinates: 35°13′0″S 146°43′0″E / 35.21667°S 146.71667°E |
Population | 800 (2011 census)[1] |
Postcode(s) | 2656 |
LGA(s) | Lockhart Shire |
County | Urana |
State electorate(s) | Wagga Wagga |
Federal Division(s) | Riverina |
Lockhart is a town in the Riverina Region of New South Wales, Australia. It is the location of the Lockhart Shire Council offices. At the 2011 census, Lockhart had a population of 800 people.[1]
History
Lockhart was named after C.G.N. Lockhart - a commissioner for Crown Lands in the Murrumbidgee River area in the 1850s. It was originally known as Greens Gunyah, and renamed Lockhart in 1897. Greens Gunyah was so named because a Mr Green was the earliest settler and had a grog shop on the Urana - Wagga Wagga stagecoach route.[2]
Ferriers Post Office opened on 16 May 1882 and was renamed Lockhart in 1898.[3]
Tim Fischer, National Party leader (1990–1999) and 11th Deputy Prime Minister of Australia was born here. A railway station served the town between 1901 and 1975, it has now been restored and converted into a New South Wales Rural Fire Service station. Seasonal grain trains service silos in the town.[4]
Notable Former Residents
- Bill Peach (Australian Journalist)
- Tim Fischer
See also
- Oaklands railway line, New South Wales (Railway through Lockhart)
References
- 1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Lockhart (L) (Urban Centre/Locality)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 5 November 2012.
- ↑ "Lockhart". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 October 2009.
- ↑ Premier Postal History. "Post Office List". Retrieved 2009-06-11.
- ↑ Lockhart station. NSWrail.net, accessed 6 January 2010.
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Preceding station | NSW Branch lines | Following station | ||
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towards Oaklands | Oaklands Line | towards The Rock |
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