Leeville, New South Wales

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Leeville is a locality south of the town of Casino in northern New South Wales, Australia. In the 2016 Census, there were 247 people in Leeville. [1]

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Place name

Leeville is named after Charles Alfred Lee (1842-1927), M.L.A., Minister for Public Works in New South Wales from 1904-1910. [2] [3]

Transport

The Summerland Way and North Coast railway pass through, and a railway station was provided between 1905 and 1974. [4]

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References

  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Leeville (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 25 April 2020. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg CC-BY icon.svg Material was copied from this source, which is available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
  2. "Leeville". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales . Retrieved 4 August 2013. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  3. "PLACE NAMES". The Australian Women's Weekly . National Library of Australia. 13 May 1964. p. 61. Retrieved 22 February 2011.
  4. Leeville station. NSWrail.net, accessed 1 September 2009.
Preceding stationFormer ServicesFollowing station
Casino
towards Border Loop
North Coast Line Amarina
towards Maitland

Coordinates: 28°57′S153°00′E / 28.950°S 153.000°E / -28.950; 153.000