Lochinvar, New South Wales

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Lochinvar is a village in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia, eleven kilometres west of the regional centre of Maitland. Lochinvar is within the boundaries of the City of Maitland local government area and is named after Lochinvar, a loch in southern Scotland.

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A historic home and property called "Windermere" [1] (1821) is located near the town which underpins the history of Lochinvar. See Windermere House, NSW.

There are other historic houses in the Hunter region and Lochinvar being one of the oldest towns in Australia has a rich cultural and historic culture. Visit various government and tourist websites for more information [2] .VisitNSW EnvironmentNSW has information about the Lochinvar Coach House [3] and other historic houses on the NSW Heritage register [4]

Tourist information discusses the Lochinvar hotel being rebuilt 1913 [5] ./

There is also a locally famous country department store called "Aird's of Lochinvar" on the Maitland side.

At the 2016 census, it had a population of 784 people. [6]

History

The town was very important for the History of agriculture in the area. It is one of the oldest towns in the Hunter Region.

The Windermere homestead (built around 1821-1823) by the Winder family (“Tom” i.e. Thomas White Melville Winder). It is the oldest homestead in the Hunter Region and likely built up by convicts and emancipated previously convict workers. See Windermere House, NSW.

The Lochinvar house was built in 1841 [7] and is also recognised as an important historic building in the area. It was operating as a guest house (bed and breakfast [7] [8] as at April 2024. There is some information about convicts that are connected with this house [8] and other historic houses in the area.

Temperature and weather records were kept from early times. Some weather history is still available (see references for history between 1843 [9] and 1870, also between 1864 and 1870 [10] .

Soil

According to Maitland Council development study pg.21 the soil on the slopes includes topsoil with clay underneath [11] .

Education

On the highway through the town is a large Catholic convent housing the Sisters of St Joseph (1883). [12] There is a secondary college on the grounds, St Joseph's College - a coeducational college which caters for students from Years 7–12. It was once also a boarding school for girls. It is also the site of Lochinvar Public School, as well as St Patrick's Lochinvar, the local Catholic primary school.

Transport

The town is mostly built up along the busy New England Highway between the major centres of Maitland and Singleton and is 165 kilometres north of Sydney. Most people in the area work in nearby Maitland or Singleton. Lochinvar railway station is some two kilometres south of the village.

Hunter Valley Buses operates three bus routes through the village of Lochinvar:

Notable people

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References

  1. ↑ "Lochinvar". My Maitland. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  2. ↑ "Lochinvar | NSW Holidays & Accommodation, Things to Do, Attractions and Events". www.visitnsw.com. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  3. ↑ author (8 September 2023). "Extraordinary history of Nowland's Lochinvar Coach House and Setting recognised with listing on the NSW State Heritage Register". NSW Environment and Heritage. Retrieved 15 April 2024.{{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  4. ↑ author (11 April 2024). "State heritage inventory". NSW Environment and Heritage. Retrieved 15 April 2024.{{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  5. ↑ "Lochinvar". My Maitland. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  6. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Lochinvar (NSW)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 3 September 2017. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  7. 1 2 "Lochinvar House". www.lochinvarhouse.com. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  8. 1 2 "Convict history comes with a nice hot cuppa". The Sydney Morning Herald. 9 July 2006. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  9. ↑ Collections, Special (10 January 2018). "Hunter Valley Climate Data". Hunter Living Histories. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  10. ↑ Collections, Special (6 December 2020). "Hunter Valley Climate Data: Lochinvar N.S.W. (1864 - 1870)". Hunter Living Histories. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  11. ↑ McCardle Cultural Heritage (for Maitland Council NSW). (2023, April 15). Lochinvar Residential Subdivision - LGA Maitland, Aboriginal Cultural Assessment.https://www.maitland.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/2023-06/Aboriginal%20Cultural%20Heritage%20Report_0.pdf
  12. ↑ Robyn Dunlop, Planted in Congenial Soil: The Diocesan Sisters of St Joseph, Lochinvar 1883 - 1917 (Sisters of St Joseph, Lochinvar, 2016).
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