Louth, New South Wales

Louth is a village on the eastern side of the

Cobar. The town is made famous by the Louth Races which are held in August each year, attracting crowds of nearly five thousand.^[2] At the 2016 census, Louth and the surrounding region had a population of 43.^[1]

The community has a pub (which serves as a cafe and store), school, tennis club and turf club.

The town was established in 1859 when Thomas Andrew Mathews, an Irish immigrant from County Louth, built a pub to serve the passing trade along the then busy Darling River. At one stage the town grew to have three hotels, a cordial factory, three bakeries, two butchers, a post office, three churches, a Chinese garden, a general store and a police station.^[2] The post office still remains and has been beautifully restored.

When T.A. Mathew's first wife, Mary Mathews, died in 1886, he had a unique headstone built that is now an Australian National Monument. At dusk each night, the cross reflects the setting sun across the town acting as a beacon of light that on the anniversary of her death lights up the doorstep of where her family home once stood.^[2]

In 1888 the first mechanised shearing of sheep, in the world, took place at Sir Samuel McCaughey's Dunlop Station, a property located within the Louth district.^[3]^{[citation needed]}

References

^ ^a ^b Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Louth (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 2 October 2008.
^ ^a ^b ^c The Age - Louth Retrieved on 2009-7-3
^ Trilby Station Retrieved 26 September 2011

External links

Louth races - Official website

[ABS-1] Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Louth (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 2 October 2008.

[Age-2] The Age - Louth Retrieved on 2009-7-3

[3] Trilby Station Retrieved 26 September 2011

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