Muswellbrook

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Muswellbrook
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Muswellbrook South
State : AustraliaAustralia Australia
State : Flag of New South Wales.svg New South Wales
Founded : 1833
Coordinates : 32 ° 16 ′  S , 150 ° 54 ′  E Coordinates: 32 ° 16 ′  S , 150 ° 54 ′  E
Height : 157  m
Residents : 12,075 (2016)
Time zone : AEST (UTC + 10)
Postal code : 2333
LGA : Muswellbrook Shire
Muswellbrook, New South Wales
Muswellbrook
Muswellbrook

Muswellbrook is a city in the east of the Australian state of New South Wales . It is the capital of the Muswellbrook Shire Local Government Area . The name is a corruption of the term Muscle Brook (Engl .: Muscle Brook ). However, there is a dispute about the origin and the spelling of the name. The Mussel Creek (dt .: Shell Bach) - Today Muscle Creek - was first named by a group of surveyors who at the beginning of the 19th century in the small stream shells found when they pitched their tents on its banks. The current spelling of Muswellbrook is said to be derived from that of the Muswell Hill area in London .

The city is a middle center in the upper Hunter Valley , about 150 miles north of Sydney . The first European explored the region in 1819; it was Chief Constable John Howe . In 1833 the settlement was declared a city. The last census in 2016 determined a population of 12,075.

The area was particularly known for coal mining and horse breeding . South of the city are two coal-fired power plants, Liddell and Bayswater . They were created in 1973 and 1980 and offer around 500 jobs for the region.

traffic

Muswellbrook is located at the intersection of two major railway lines, the Main North and the Merriwa , part of the overland route to Gulgong . This represented an important traffic junction and served a number of branch lines for coal mining, which were connected to the line at a short distance from the station.

Muswellbrook station is served by CityRail , CountryLink , national and local bus routes.

The New England Highway currently runs through the city. A route for a bypass was already selected in 2006, but the German government stopped the project in August 2008. The Muswellbrook – Denman road connects the city with the Golden Highway .

Known residents

  • The journalist Donald Horne grew up in Muswellbrook.
  • The guitar virtuoso Tommy Emmanuel was born in Muswellbrook in 1955.
  • National Rugby League referee Shayne Hayne grew up in Muswellbrook and spent most of his life there.
  • Rugby player Jamie Feeney was born in Muswellbrook in 1978.
  • PGA golfer Kurt Barnes was born in Muswellbrook in 1981 and grew up there.
  • The modern painter James Clifford (1936–1987) was born in Muswellbrook and grew up there.

In literature, film and music

  • Muswellbrook is mentioned in the Steely Dan song Black Friday from the Katy Lied album (1975).
  • Muswellbrook also appears in Thomas Keneally's book The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith .
  • Muswellbrook also plays a role in the Australian film Fatty Finn (1980). One of the protagonists notes: "Things are crook, in Muswellbrook".

Schools and kindergartens

Sons and daughters (selection)

Web links

Commons : Muswellbrook, New South Wales  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics : Muswellbrook ( English ) In: 2016 Census QuickStats . June 27, 2017. Retrieved January 26, 2020.
  2. ↑ The current population of the district, including Denman , is 16,086. Australian Bureau of Statistics : Muswellbrook (A) ( English ) In: 2016 Census QuickStats . June 27, 2017. Retrieved January 26, 2020.
  3. ^ Geographical Names Register Extract: Muswellbrook . Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales ( Memento of the original from May 26, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.gnb.nsw.gov.au
  4. ↑ Merriwa Branch . www.NswRail.net
  5. ^ D. Estell: Muswellbrook up to the Early 1950s . Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin (April 1997). Pp. 99-106
  6. ↑ Muswellbrook Bypass . www.Rta.Nsw.gov.au ( Memento of the original dated December 5, 2005 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.rta.nsw.gov.au
  7. ^ Max Germaine: Artists and Galleries of Australia . Booralong Publications. Brisbane (1984).