Braunstone, New South Wales

Braunstone
Town
Braunstone
Coordinates: 29°28′32″S152°34′13″E / 29.47542°S 152.57039°E / -29.47542; 152.57039 [1]
Country	Australia
State	New South Wales
Region	Northern Rivers
LGA(s)	Clarence Valley Council [2]
Government
•  State electorate(s)	Clarence [3]
•  Federal division(s)	Page [4]
Area [5]
• Total	48.7259 km2 (18.8132 sq mi)
Population
• Total(s)	284 (2021) [6]
• Density	5.829/km2 (15.096/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+10:00 (AEST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+11:00 (AEDT)
Postcode	2460 [7]
County	CLARENCE
Parish	LANITZA
Gazetted	21-06-1996 [1]

Braunstone is a locality south of Grafton on the Orara Way in northern New South Wales, Australia. The North Coast railway passes through, and a now-closed railway station was provided from 1915. ^[8]

Geography

Braunstone covers an area of 48.7259 square kilometres. ^[5]

Demographics

At the 2021 census, Braunstone has a population of 284. ^[6] At the 2016 census, Braunstone has a population of 294. ^[9] At the 2011 census, the state suburb of Braunstone has a population of 291. ^[10]

History

During the 1850s, Braunstone was the site of a Native Police barracks from which numerous punitive raids upon local Aboriginal groups were conducted. The barracks were located at Police Flat near the Orara River. Officers such as Edric Norfolk Vaux Morisset and John O'Connell Bligh were stationed at the Braunstone barracks. ^[11]

References

1. "NSW Place and Road Naming Proposals System". proposals.gnb.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 11 February 2025.
2. "Clarence Valley Council". elections.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
3. "The Legislative Assembly District of Clarence". elections.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
4. "Localities". electorate.aec.gov.au. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
5. "Australian Statistical Geography Standard Linked Data API". asgs.linked.fsdf.org.au. Archived from the original on 3 December 2024. Retrieved 11 February 2025.
6. "2021 Braunstone, Census All persons QuickStats | Australian Bureau of Statistics". abs.gov.au. Retrieved 11 February 2025.
7. "Braunstone Postcode, NSW". auspost.com.au. Archived from the original on 10 September 2022. Retrieved 11 February 2025.
8. Braunstone station. NSWrail.net, accessed 1 September 2009.
9. "2016 Braunstone, Census All persons QuickStats | Australian Bureau of Statistics". abs.gov.au. Retrieved 11 February 2025.
10. "2011 Braunstone, Census All persons QuickStats | Australian Bureau of Statistics". abs.gov.au. Retrieved 11 February 2025.
11. Medcalf, Rory (1993), Rivers of blood : massacres of the Northern Rivers Aborigines and their resistance to the white occupation 1838-1870 (2nd ed.), [Northern Star?], retrieved 25 July 2018

Preceding station	Former services			Following station
Grafton towards Brisbane		North Coast Line		Lanitza towards Maitland