Wingen (New South Wales)

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Community Hall of Wingen
State :  Australia State : New South Wales
Coordinates : 31 ° 53 ′  S , 150 ° 53 ′  E Coordinates: 31 ° 53 ′  S , 150 ° 53 ′  E
Residents : 323 (2016)
Time zone : AEST (UTC + 10) Postal code : 2337 LGA : Upper Hunter Shire
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Old Church, Wingen

Wingen is a village in Upper Hunter Shire , New South Wales , Australia . The village is on the New England Highway and has several hundred residents.

Wingen has long been known for its Burning Mountain , a natural coal brandy . The Burning Mountain burns, according to scientific estimates for 6000 years, making it the oldest known natural fire in a coal seam . The name of the place probably goes back to the seam fire; in the language of the regional Aboriginal tribe , the Wonnarua , the word means "fire".

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics : Wingen ( English ) In: 2016 Census QuickStats . June 27, 2017. Retrieved February 8, 2020.
2. ↑ actually: Mount Wingen
3. ^ Joseph Lauterer : Topography of Australia . In: Australia and Tasmania. Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau 1900, p. 416http: //vorlage_digitalisat.test/1%3D~GB%3DkEHyAgAAQBAJ~IA%3D~MDZ%3D%0A~SZ%3DPA416~ double-sided%3D~LT%3D%27%27Topographie%20Australiens%27%27.%20In % 3A% 20% 27% 27Australia% 20and% 20Tasmania.% 27% 27% 20Herder% 2C% 20Freiburg% 20im% 20Breisgau% 201900% 2C% 20S.% 20416 ~ PUR% 3D , digitized version accessed December 12, 2015.
4. ↑ Kevin Krajick : Fire in the Hole. Raging in mines from Pennsylvania to China, coal fires threaten towns, poison air and water, and add to global warming. Smithsonian Magazine ( Smithsonian Institution ) May 2005, pp. 54ff., Accessed December 13, 2015.
5. ^ Burning Mountain , Sydney Morning Herald , February 8, 2004; accessed December 13, 2015.