Warkworth, New South Wales

Warkworth
New South Wales
Warkworth is located in New South Wales
Warkworth
Warkworth
Coordinates32°34′30″S 151°01′00″E / 32.57500°S 151.01667°E / -32.57500; 151.01667
Population49 (2016 census)[1]
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.[2] It had a population of 49 as of the 2016 census.[1]

Warkworth Post Office opened on 1 November 1863 and closed on 30 November 1968.[3]

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.[4]

St Philip's Anglican Church has an active congregation and holds fortnightly services.[5] 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.[6]

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.[7]

Heritage listings

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

References

  1. ^ a b 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.