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Town in New South Wales, Australia
Warkworth
New South Wales
Warkworth is located in New South WalesWarkworthWarkworth
Coordinates32°34′30″S 151°01′00″E / 32.57500°S 151.01667°E / -32.57500; 151.01667
Population49 (2016 census)
Postcode(s)2330
Location13 km (8 mi) W of Armidale
LGA(s)Singleton Council
State electorate(s)Upper Hunter
Federal division(s)Hunter

Warkworth is a locality in the Singleton Council region of New South Wales, Australia. It had a population of 49 as of the 2016 census.

Warkworth Post Office opened on 1 November 1863 and closed on 30 November 1968.

Warkworth Public School opened as Cockfighter's Creek in May 1859, was renamed Warkworth that June, closed in March 1861, reopened in 1869 and closed in February 1997.

St Philip's Anglican Church has an active congregation and holds fortnightly services. It has a church cemetery with graves dating from 1854 until the present day. The remains of the former Warkworth General Cemetery adjoin the ongoing Anglican cemetery.

It contains an active open-cut coal mine, operated jointly with another mine at Mount Thorley as the Mount Thorley Warkworth operation. It has been owned by Yancoal since 2017.

Heritage listings

Warkworth has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

References

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Warkworth (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 27 October 2018. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. "Geographical Names Register Extract". Geographical Names Board. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
  3. "Warkworth". Phoenix Auctions Reference. Phoenix Auctions. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
  4. "Warkworth". School History Search. NSW Department of Education. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
  5. "St. Philip's, Warkworth". Singleton Anglicans. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
  6. "Cemetery 398 - Warkworth Anglican". Australian Cemetery Index. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
  7. "Mount Thorley Warkworth". Yancoal. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
  8. "Wambo Homestead". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Department of Planning & Environment. H00200. Retrieved 18 May 2018. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC BY 4.0 licence.
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