Nevertire, New South Wales
| Nevertire New South Wales | |
|---|---|
 Mitchell Highway, Nevertire | |
  Nevertire | |
| Coordinates | 31°51′S 147°43′E / 31.850°S 147.717°ECoordinates: 31°51′S 147°43′E / 31.850°S 147.717°E |
| Population | 225 (2011 census)[1] |
| LGA(s) | Warren Shire |
Nevertire is a rural village in New South Wales, Australia. It is located at the junction of the Mitchell Highway and the Oxley Highway, in Warren Shire. Nevertire is about 525 kilometres northwest of Sydney, 68 km north-west of Narromine and about 90 km from Dubbo. It is about 20 km south-west of Warren on the western end of the Oxley Highway.[2] At the 2011 census, Nevertire had a population of 225 people.[1]
History
Originally the village was known as Warren Pond. The Main West railway line reached Nevertire in 1882 and the local pub was already trading before the town was surveyed in 1883. The town was devastated by a cyclone on 28 December 1896.[3] The town once had a railway station, operated by the State Rail Authority but with the demise of country rail travel in the 1980s, the passenger services were replaced by a coach service run by CountryLink.
Services
Nevertire is at the junction of the Main Western railway line to Nyngan and the branch line to Warren. The village is now served by three CountryLink Coach services: one to Bourke, one to Nyngan and one to Cobar/Broken Hill. Bourke Coach operates four times per week, the Broken Hill coach operates daily, and the Nyngan coach, which also serves Warren, operates four times per week.
There is a large grain handling facility on the railway line, operated by GrainCorp, and served by Pacific National trains. There are 2 main buildings in Nevertire. One is the Nevertire Hotel and the other is the Nevertire Cafe. The hotel serves as a bar, hotel, motel, post office and bistro. It is also the unofficial community meeting place for locals for everything from pony club meetings, social club meetings, and many other incidental functions. The Cafe specialises in good coffee , and assorted takeaway foods 7 days a week while also being a welcome stop for travellers who want to take a rest from the driving whilst sitting under a magnificent Crystal Chandelier.
A new business (2015) in town is Mauger Automotive Engineers, working out of the old Goatcher's Garage premises, which operated for over fifty years under the same management. Mauger Automotive Engineers service and repair vehicles, agricultural machinery, trucks, hydraulic and garden equipment.
Education
Nevertire Public school closed at the conclusion of the 2002 academic year, due to a lack of enrolments. Children in Nevertire now go to Warren Central School or St Mary's in Warren.
The village is the subject of Betty Casey’s poem Nevertire[3] and Henry Lawson once described it as the edge of the Great Grey Plain.
References
- 1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Nevertire (State Suburb)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 November 2014.
- ↑ Nevertire Retrieved on 2009-6-27
- 1 2 Readers Digest Guide to Australian Places, Reader’s Digest (Australia) Pty. Limited, Surry Hills N.S.W., 1993, ISBN 0-86438-399-1
External links
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