Warkworth, New South Wales

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Warkworth
New South Wales
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Warkworth
Coordinates 32°34′30″S151°01′00″E / 32.57500°S 151.01667°E / -32.57500; 151.01667 Coordinates: 32°34′30″S151°01′00″E / 32.57500°S 151.01667°E / -32.57500; 151.01667
Population49 (2016 census) [1]
Postcode(s) 2330
Location13 km (8 mi) W of Armidale
LGA(s) Singleton Council
State electorate(s) Upper Hunter
Federal division(s) Hunter

Warkworth is a locality in the Singleton Council region of New South Wales, Australia. [2] It had a population of 49 as of the 2016 census. [1]

Warkworth Post Office opened on 1 November 1863 and closed on 30 November 1968. [3]

Warkworth Public School opened as Cockfighter's Creek in May 1859, was renamed Warkworth that June, closed in March 1861, reopened in 1869 and closed in February 1997. [4]

St Philip's Anglican Church has an active congregation and holds fortnightly services. [5] It has a church cemetery with graves dating from 1854 until the present day. The remains of the former Warkworth General Cemetery adjoin the ongoing Anglican cemetery. [6]

It contains an active open-cut coal mine, operated jointly with another mine at Mount Thorley as the Mount Thorley Warkworth operation. It has been owned by Yancoal since 2017. [7]

Heritage listings

Warkworth has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

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References

  1. 1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Warkworth (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 27 October 2018. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. ↑ "Geographical Names Register Extract". Geographical Names Board. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
  3. ↑ "Warkworth". Phoenix Auctions Reference. Phoenix Auctions. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
  4. ↑ "Warkworth". School History Search. NSW Department of Education. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
  5. ↑ "St. Philip's, Warkworth". Singleton Anglicans. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
  6. ↑ "Cemetery 398 - Warkworth Anglican". Australian Cemetery Index. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
  7. ↑ "Mount Thorley Warkworth". Yancoal. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
  8. ↑ "Wambo Homestead". New South Wales State Heritage Register . Office of Environment and Heritage. H00200. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
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