Kempsey (New South Wales)

Kempsey
State :  Australia State : New South Wales
Coordinates : 31 ° 5 ′  S , 152 ° 50 ′  E Coordinates: 31 ° 5 ′  S , 152 ° 50 ′  E Height : 1  m
Residents : 10,648 (2016)
Time zone : AEST (UTC + 10) Postal code : 2440 LGA : Kempsey Shire Council
Kempsey

Kempsey
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J F. M. A. M. J J A. S. O N D.     127   29 18th     168   29 19th     165   28 17th     132   25th 14th     106   23 11     81   20th 8th     60   20th 6th     43   21st 6th     49   24 9     75   25th 12     120   26th 15th     116   28 17th Temperature in ° C ,  precipitation in mm Source: Bureau of Meteorology, Australia, data: 1981–2010

Kempsey is a town of 10,648 people in the Australian state of New South Wales . It is located on the Macleay River 450 km northeast of Sydney on the coast between Coffs Harbor and Port Macquarie .

The first settler was Enoch Rudder, who raised cattle in the area. In 1836 he gave up parts of his land so that a village could be founded. Kempsey was named after the Valley of Kempsey in Worcestershire , England .

Kempsey is the center of the Kempsey Shire local government . The Shire's administration is based in West Kempsey.

Personalities

• Slim Dusty (1927-2003), country singer
• Thomas Keneally (* 1935), author and Booker Prize winner
• Andrew Pitt (* 1976), motorcycle racer

Web links

Commons : Category: Kempsey, New South Wales  - Album with pictures, videos and audio files

• City website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Australian Bureau of Statistics : Kempsey ( English ) In: 2016 Census QuickStats . June 27, 2017. Retrieved January 26, 2020.
2. ^ Bureau of Meteorology, Australia: Klimeinformationen Kempsey. World Meteorological Organization, accessed June 7, 2012 . 
3. ^ UBD (1994) New South Wales: Cities and Towns