| Huntley Wollongong, New South Wales | |||||||||||||||
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  Huntley | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°29′50″S150°44′07″E / 34.49722°S 150.73528°E Coordinates: 34°29′50″S150°44′07″E / 34.49722°S 150.73528°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 50 (2016 census) [1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 2530 | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | City of Wollongong | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Shellharbour | ||||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Whitlam | ||||||||||||||
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Huntley is a suburb of the City of Wollongong to the west of Dapto. At the 2016 census, it had a population of 50. [1]
The City of Wollongong is a local government area in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia. The area is situated adjacent to the Tasman Sea, the Southern Freeway and the South Coast railway line.
Dapto is a suburb of Wollongong in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia, located on the western side of Lake Illawarra and covering an area 7.15 square kilometres in size. As at the 2016 census, the suburb had a population of 10,730.
The Geographical Names Board of New South Wales assigned the name of Huntley to the suburb on 5 August 2005. [2] It had previously been called West Dapto or considered to be part of Avondale. It was named after a coal mine located within its boundary. The mine's name "Huntley" came from Huntly, a coal mining town in the North Island of New Zealand, which originally had this spelling. The original owners of the Huntley colliery, Illawarra Coal, had associations with the New Zealand mine. [3]
The Geographical Names Board of New South Wales, a statutory authority of the Land and Property Information division, Department of Finance and Services in the Government of New South Wales, is the official body for naming and recording details of places and geographical names in the state of New South Wales, Australia.
Avondale is a village in New South Wales. It is located just west of Lake Illawarra. At the 2016 census, it had a population of 1,653.
Huntly is a town in the Waikato district and region of the North Island of New Zealand. It is on State Highway 1, 95 kilometres (59 mi) south of Auckland and 32 kilometres (20 mi) north of Hamilton. It is situated on the North Island Main Trunk (NIMT) railway and straddles the Waikato River. Huntly is within the Waikato District which is in the northern part of the Waikato Region local government area.
