Hoskinstown, New South Wales

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Hoskinstown
New South Wales
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House at Hoskinstown, which was once a part of the Victoria Hotel building.
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Hoskinstown
Location in New South Wales
Coordinates 35°24′57″S149°27′02″E / 35.41583°S 149.45056°E / -35.41583; 149.45056 Coordinates: 35°24′57″S149°27′02″E / 35.41583°S 149.45056°E / -35.41583; 149.45056
Population189 (2016 census) [1]
Postcode(s) 2621
Elevation761 m (2,497 ft)
Location
LGA(s) Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council
Region Southern Tablelands
County Murray
Parish Molonglo
State electorate(s) Monaro
Federal division(s) Eden-Monaro
Localities around Hoskinstown:
Bungendore Bungendore Bungendore
Carwoola Hoskinstown Forbes Creek
Primrose Valley Captains Flat Rossi

Hoskinstown is a locality in Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council, New South Wales, Australia. [2] The locality, and what remains of the cluster of settlement of the same name, is 38 km southeast of Canberra the Capital city of Australia, and 299 km southwest of Sydney. At the 2016 census, it had a population of 189. [1]

The area now known as Hoskinstown lies on the traditional lands of Ngarigo people. [3] [4]

Hoskinstown, was known previously as Hoskingtown; it was named after John Hosking (1805-1882), a Sydney merchant, first elected mayor of Sydney, and the owner of the nearby Foxlow station—its name was derived from his wife Martha's middle name—which he took up around 1835. [5] Part of what was once Hoskings' landholding extented to part of the area occupied by the settlement at Hoskinstown. [6]

The area lay of a road route, between Queanbeyan and Braidwood. Prior to 1870, it was known as 'Blackheath', a name in use since at least as early as 1835. Possibly due to confusion with the newer Blue Mountains township of Blackheath, the name of the post office at 'Blackheath' was changed, in 1870, to 'Hoskins Town'. From around the same time, the name for the small settlement and its surrounding area became 'Hoskingtown', until around 1896, when it became Hoskinstown. [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] Its name has been variously spelt as 'Hoskingtown', 'Hoskingstown', 'Hoskins Town', 'Hoskington', and 'Hoskintown', before the most commonly used name, Hoskinstown, became used universally. [5] [12] [13] [14]

Hoskinstown's urban portion seems never to have been proclaimed a village—possibly another reason for the confusion about the spelling of its name—and was best described as a cluster of settlement; it was centred on Hoskinstown Road, roughly between modern-day Plains Road and Rossi Road. [15] [16]

Hoskinstown is known for the Molonglo Observatory Synthesis Telescope operated by the University of Sydney.

It had a public school from 1869 to 1967, [17] aside from a mysterious event, in 1934, when the building was partially dismantled, without notice or explanation, but then restored. [18] [19] [20] The site of the school was excised from land that was once owned by John Hosking. [6]

Captains Flat railway line at Hoskinstown Railway at Hoskinstown, New South Wales.jpg
Captains Flat railway line at Hoskinstown

Hoskinstown platform was opened along with the Captains Flat railway line in 1940, and it closed, in August 1968, a year before the line. [21] It was a small short-platform structure. [22]

The settlement once had a hotel, the Victoria Hotel. [23] [24] During the 1930s, a house that contained the post office and store also seems to have operated, at times, as a 'sly grog' outlet. [25] The post office closed at the end of November 1967.

The Catholic Church is dedicated to Saint Peter and Paul. There is also an Anglican Church, St Marks. Both of the churches have a cemetery. During the years when there was widespread sectarianism in Australia, Hoskinstown was a notable exception, with the two churches holding combined social and sporting events, with the funds raised being shared. [26] [27] [28] [29] [30] Hoskinstown has a public hall that opened in 1928. [31] [15]

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  2. ↑ "Hoskinstown". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales . Retrieved 30 July 2017. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  3. ↑ "About the Ngambri - refer to map of sites for Ngarigo-speakers". www.ngambri.org. Retrieved 19 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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  5. 1 2 "History of Carwoola". Carwoola Commuity. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
  6. 1 2 Department of Lands, Sydney, N.S.W. (1962). "Parish of Molonglo, County of Murray [cartographic material] : Land District of Queanbeyan, Yarrowlumla Shire, Eastern Division N.S.W. & Austn. Capital Territory". trove.nla.gov.au. Retrieved 26 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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  8. ↑ "NSW Place and Road Naming Proposals System - Hoskinstown (Rural Place)". proposals.gnb.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  9. ↑ "NSW Place and Road Naming Proposals System - Hoskinstown (Locality)". proposals.gnb.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
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  11. ↑ "GOVERNMENT GAZETTE". Sydney Herald. 4 November 1841. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
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  14. ↑ "FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23". Goulburn Herald and Chronicle. 24 December 1870. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  15. 1 2 "Satellite View - Hoskinstown Community Hall · 1697 Hoskinstown Rd, Hoskinstown NSW 2621, Australia". Google Maps. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
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  18. ↑ "SCHOLARS ARRIVE BUT NO SCHOOL - HOSKINSTOWN SURPRISE". Goulburn Evening Penny Post. 2 February 1934. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
  19. ↑ "HOSKINSTOWN - BUILT IT UP AGAIN - SCHOOL MYSTERY". Goulburn Evening Penny Post. 8 February 1934. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
  20. ↑ "DAY THEY PULLED THE SCHOOL-HOUSE DOWN!". Smith's Weekly. 5 May 1934. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
  21. ↑ "Hoskinstown Platform". NSWRail.net. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  22. ↑ "Hoskinstown Railway Station on the now closed Bungendore to Captains Flat railway line in New South Wales, ca. 1970 [picture]". Trove. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
  23. ↑ "MEMBERS BEFORE THEIR CONSTITUENTS". Daily Telegraph. 1 October 1888. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
  24. ↑ "License Reduction Board". Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer. 14 March 1924. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
  25. ↑ "SLY GROG CHARGE AT HOSKINSTOWN". Braidwood Review and District Advocate. 11 October 1938. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
  26. ↑ Australian Cemeteries Index - Cemetery 1588 - Hoskinstown Catholic Church
  27. ↑ Australian Cemeteries Index - Cemetery 1587 - Hoskinstown Anglican Church
  28. ↑ "Contact". Anglican Parish of Bungendore. Retrieved 23 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  29. ↑ "HOSKINS TOWN". Goulburn Evening Penny Post. 2 February 1926. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  30. ↑ "CHURCHES COMBINE". Goulburn Evening Penny Post. 14 February 1928. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  31. ↑ "HOSKINSTOWN HALL, Brilliant Fancy Dress Ball". Goulburn Evening Penny Post. 27 July 1928. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
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