Kurri Kurri

Kurri Kurri
State :  Australia State : New South Wales Founded : 1902
Coordinates : 32 ° 49 ′  S , 151 ° 29 ′  E Coordinates: 32 ° 49 ′  S , 151 ° 29 ′  E Height : 54  m Area : 5.1  km²
Residents : 6,044 (2016) Population density : 1185 inhabitants per km²
Time zone : AEST (UTC + 10) Postal code : 2327 LGA : Cessnock City
Kurri Kurri

Kurri Kurri is a small town in the Australian state of New South Wales .

Kurri kurri is a word of the Awabakal language and means "very first", "beginning". Colloquially, the short form Kurri is used for the place .

geography

Kurri Kurri is part of the Cessnock City local government area and is located in the lower section of the Hunter Valley region , which is important for viticulture in Australia . The place is mainly a residential area and has an industrial zone in the northwest.

history

Opening of Kurri Kurri High School (1956)

In 1886, geologist Edgeworth David discovered the South Maitland Coalfield, a large coal deposit in the region. For the purpose of coal mining, a railway line was built and the town of Kurri Kurri was laid out in 1902, with the first property auction taking place in 1903.

As the center of the mining region, Kurri Kurri grew significantly until 1911. Coal production reached its peak in the mid-1920s, which was finally stopped in the mid-1960s. Between the 1930s and 1960s, the city's population declined. In 1966, Kurri Kurri was merged with other places to form the Local Government Area Cessnock City.

Culture and sights

In the city there is one church building each for the Baptists , the Congregationalists and the Uniting Church in Australia . The Kurri Kurri Hotel, completed in 1903 with its rich furnishings, is now a tourist attraction.

The Richmond Main Mining Museum and the Sir Edgeworth David Memorial Museum housed in Kurri Kurri High School are a reminder of Kurri Kurri's industrial past. From 2003 to 2007 over 40 murals were created in the city as part of a project depicting scenes from the history of the region.

Economy and Infrastructure

After the end of coal mining, the Kurri-Kurri aluminum smelter , which began operations in 1969, is the most important branch of industry in Kurri Kurri. In the 1970s, several production facilities for light industry opened in the town.

In the area of ​​medical infrastructure, there is the Kurri Kurri District Hospital . There are also several schools in town.

Personalities

• Richard Johnson (born 1974), football player
• Casey Stoner (* 1985), motorcycle racer
• Chad Reed (* 1982), motocross rider

literature

• Andrew Metcalfe: For Freedom and Dignity: Historical Agency and Class Structures in the Coalfields of New South Wales . Allen & Unwin, Sydney 1988.

Web links

Commons : Kurri Kurri  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Kurri Kurri Online

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics : Kurri Kurri ( English ) In: 2016 Census QuickStats . June 27, 2017. Retrieved January 26, 2020.
2. ↑ Lancelot Edward Threlkeld: An Australian language as spoken by the Awabakal, the people of Awaba, or lake Macquarie (near Newcastle, New South Wales) being an account of their language, traditions, and customs . C. Potter, Sydney 1892. p. 221.
3. ^ Douglas F. Campbell: Banking on coal: perspectives on a Cape Breton community within an international context . Cape Breton University Press, Sydney (Nova Scotia) 1997, ISBN 0920336884 , p. 20.
4. ↑ ^{a b} The Australian Encyclopaedia . Edited by Grolier Society of Australia, Volume 6, Sydney 1983, ISBN 0959660429 , p. 43.
5. ↑ Marianne Mehling (ed.): Knaur's cultural guide in color: Australia . Weltbild, Augsburg 1998, ISBN 3-8289-0683-4 , p. 195.
6. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from October 31, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed September 6, 2009.