Louth, New South Wales

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Louth
New South Wales
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Louth
Coordinates 30°32′0″S145°07′0″E / 30.53333°S 145.11667°E / -30.53333; 145.11667 Coordinates: 30°32′0″S145°07′0″E / 30.53333°S 145.11667°E / -30.53333; 145.11667
Population43 (2016 census) [1]
Postcode(s) 2840
Elevation100 m (328 ft)
Location
  • 830 km (516 mi) NW of Sydney
  • 428 km (266 mi) NW of Dubbo
  • 132 km (82 mi) NW of Cobar
  • 99 km (62 mi) SW of Bourke
LGA(s) Bourke Shire
State electorate(s) Barwon
Federal division(s) Parkes

Louth is a village on the eastern side of the Darling River in New South Wales, Australia. The village is in Bourke Shire, 99 kilometres south west of Bourke and 132 kilometres north west of Cobar. The town is made famous by the Louth Races which are held in August each year, attracting crowds of nearly five thousand. [2] At the 2016 census, Louth and the surrounding region had a population of 43. [1]

The community has a pub (which serves as a cafe and store), school, tennis club and turf club.

The town was established in 1859 when Thomas Andrew Mathews, an Irish immigrant from County Louth, built a pub to serve the passing trade along the then busy Darling River. At one stage the town grew to have three hotels, a cordial factory, three bakeries, two butchers, a post office, three churches, a Chinese garden, a general store and a police station. [2] The post office still remains and has been beautifully restored and is now a privately owned bed and breakfast.

When T.A. Mathew's first wife, Mary Mathews, died in 1886, he had a unique headstone built that is now an Australian National Monument. At dusk each night, the cross reflects the setting sun across the town acting as a beacon of light that on the anniversary of her death lights up the doorstep of where her family home once stood. [2]

In 1888 the first mechanised shearing of sheep, in the world, took place at Sir Samuel McCaughey's Dunlop Station, a property located within the Louth district. [3] [ citation needed ]

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References

  1. 1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Louth (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 2 October 2008. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. 1 2 3 The Age - Louth Retrieved on 2009-7-3
  3. Trilby Station Retrieved 26 September 2011