Dumaresq, New South Wales

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Dumaresq
Federal division(s)
New England

Dumaresq is a town in the

Armidale, on Boorolong Road. The local council is Armidale Regional Council, it once belonged to Dumaresq Shire, and then Armidale Dumaresq Shire. The town is located within Sandon County
.

The Great Northern Railway reached Dumaresq in 1884. The passenger station at Dumaresq opened as "Inverella" in 1884,[2] with the name changing to "Eversleigh" in 1885[3] and finally "Dumaresq" in 1889.[4][5][6] Trains no longer go through Dumaresq, as the line is closed north of Armidale.

Heritage listings

Dumaresq has a heritage-listed site:

References

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Dumaresq". 2016 Census QuickStats. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate
    . Vol. XI, no. 8514. New South Wales, Australia. 18 July 1884. p. 3 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. New South Wales Government Gazette
    . No. 25. New South Wales, Australia. 20 January 1885. p. 553. Retrieved 23 June 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
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  5. ^ Ellsmore, Donald (2002). Ben Lomond Railway Station Conservation Management Plan.
  6. ^
    Department of Planning & Environment. H01132. Retrieved 18 May 2018. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC-BY 4.0 licence
    .