43-545: Glen Innes may refer to: Glen Innes, New South Wales , a town in Australia Glen Innes, New Zealand , a suburb of Auckland See also [ edit ] All pages with titles beginning with Glen Innes All pages with titles containing Glen Innes Innes (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with
86-429: A large cattle feedlot, and transport depots. Sawmilling was historically a major industry of the district, but is now only conducted on a reasonable scale by the local minimum-security prison. The conversion of State Forests into National Parks has led to tourism becoming an important employer. Glen Innes is 1,062 metres (3,484 ft) AHD with an average annual rainfall of 901.8 millimetres (35.50 in). The climate
129-657: A mid north coast news bulletin screening weeknights at 6:00pm. WIN Television 's WIN News produces news updates throughout the day, broadcast from the Wollongong studios. A large number of small (mostly one-teacher) public schools existed in the Grafton and Clarence Valley areas in the past. These schools have included: During World War II , Grafton was the location of RAAF No.6 Inland Aircraft Fuel Depot (IAFD), completed in 1942 and closed on 29 August 1944. Usually consisting of 4 tanks, 31 fuel depots were built across Australia for
172-674: A team, the Glen Innes Magpies had to withdraw from the group 19 competition in 2022. Glen Innes has annual competitions and representative teams in the following: Golf, Rugby League, Rugby Union, Soccer, Lawn Bowls, Tennis, Netball, Basketball, Cricket, Squash, Touch Football, Tent Pegging, Campdrafting, Shooting, Sheepdog trials, Roller Skating and Roller Hockey. The district also has a community radio station, 2CBD FM which broadcasts on 105.9FM in Glen Innes and 91.1FM in Deepwater. Glen Innes
215-611: Is home to a turbine wind farm (White Rock Wind farm) which the New South Wales Government approved 23 km west of the town. There are 70 turbines standing 150 metres high. Stage 2, consisting of another 49 turbines and a Solar Farm have also received approval from the NSW Government. [REDACTED] Glen Innes travel guide from Wikivoyage Grafton, New South Wales Grafton ( Bundjalung-Yugambeh : Gumbin Gir )
258-559: Is Rugby league . There are two clubs from Grafton in the Group 2 Rugby League competition; the Grafton Ghosts and their arch-rival South Grafton Rebels. The two clubs each have a rich history, and derbies between the clubs have been known to draw attendances in excess of 3000 people. Other sports such as soccer, Rugby union, Australian rules and Field Hockey are also played in Grafton. Christ Church Cathedral, designed by John Horbury Hunt ,
301-572: Is Glen Innes' twin town in Scotland. Other towns nearby with Scottish names include Armidale , Ben Lomond and Glencoe . The name of nearby Inverell is also of Scottish Gaelic origin, meaning "meeting place of the swans" in reference to the black swans once typically seen on the Macintyre River . Glen Innes has twin town status with Pitlochry in Scotland, and Mosman in Sydney . Glen Innes
344-712: Is a city in the Northern Rivers region of the Australian state of New South Wales . It is located on the Clarence River , on a floodplain , approximately 608 kilometres (378 mi) by road north-northeast of the state capital Sydney . The closest major cities, Brisbane and the Gold Coast , are located across the border in South East Queensland . At the 2021 census , Grafton had a population of 19,255. The city
387-788: Is a parish and town on the Northern Tablelands , in the New England region of New South Wales , Australia. It is the centre of the Glen Innes Severn Shire Council . The town is located at the intersection of the New England Highway and the Gwydir Highway . At the 2016 census , Glen Innes had a population of 6,155. The original owners of Glen Innes and surrounding areas are the Ngarabal people. The Ngarabal name of
430-475: Is affected by heatwaves in the summer months. On 12 February 2017 Grafton recorded a maximum temperature of 46.3 °C (115.3 °F), the city's highest recorded temperature since records began in 1966. Winter has a relatively high diurnal range . Grafton is known and promoted as the Jacaranda City, in reference to its tree-lined streets and to the annual Jacaranda Festival. Inaugurated in 1935, Jacaranda
473-506: Is also observed for the Grafton Cup horse race, held each year on the second Thursday in July. It is the high point of the city's annual Racing Carnival—Australia's largest and richest non-metropolitan Carnival—which takes place over a fortnight in that month. Grafton is the birthplace of several renowned country music players. Local artist Troy Cassar-Daley received four Golden Guitar awards at
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#1732868665486516-546: Is believed to be bestowed by Mosman in honour of Innes. Glen Innes was gazetted as a town in 1852 and the first lots were sold in 1854. The post office was established in August 1854 and the court in 1858 when they replaced the Wellingrove offices. In 1866 the population was about 350, with a telegraph station, lands office, police barracks, courthouse, post office and two hotels. There was still no coach service at this time, but in
559-457: Is held each October/November. A half-day public holiday is observed locally on the first Thursday of November, the Festival's major focal day. During the 1963 festival, inventor John W. Dickenson demonstrated on the Clarence River the first hang glider that was controlled by weight shifts of the pilot from a swinging control frame – the birth of modern hang gliding . A half-day public holiday
602-488: Is officially classed as a temperate oceanic climate ( Köppen : Cfb ). The area records some of Australia's coldest minimum temperatures outside the Snowy Mountains and Tasmania , with mild to warm summers and cold, windy winters with regular frosts and occasional snowfalls, though many snowfalls do not settle. Glen Innes's highest recorded temperature was 37.3 °C (99.1 °F) on 22 December 2019, and its coldest
645-562: Is the largest settlement and, with Maclean , the shared administrative centre of the Clarence Valley Council local government area , which is home to over 50,000 people in all. Before European settlement, the Clarence River marked the border between the Bundjalung and Gumbaynggirr peoples, and so descendants of the speakers of both language-groups can now be found in the Grafton region. Grafton, like many other settlements in
688-442: Is the operator for local routes, as well as out-of-town routes to Junction Hill, Jackadgery/ Cangai , Copmanhurst , and Maclean and Yamba . Lawrence Bus Service operates a shopper service, as well as school service on school days, to and from Lawrence . Northern Rivers Buslines operates a weekday service to Lismore via Maclean, Evans Head and Coraki . NSW TrainLink operates a coach service to Byron Bay , connecting off
731-525: The Wayback Machine The town also has a thriving arts and crafts community, with a public art gallery, the Glen Innes Art Gallery that hold regular and changing exhibitions each year. The most popular sport in Glen Innes is rugby league. The town's team, the Glen Innes Magpies, play in the Group 19 Rugby League A-Grade competition. However due to non interest and a lack of numbers to make
774-402: The 1870s a road was constructed to Grafton . Tin was first discovered at Emmaville in 1872 and Glen Innes became the centre of a mining bonanza during the late 19th century. In 1875, the population had swelled to about 1,500 and the town had a two-teacher school , three churches, five hotels, two weekly newspapers, seven stores and a variety of societies and associations. On 19 August 1884
817-665: The 2006 Tamworth Country Music Awards —the largest and most prestigious country music awards in Australia. At the same event Samantha McClymont , the 2005/2006 Grafton Jacaranda Queen and sister of Brooke McClymont , also received an award for her country music talent. A vision of Grafton with its numerous brilliantly-flowered trees in bloom is immortalised in Australian popular music in Cold Chisel 's song Flame Trees , written by band member Don Walker , who had lived in Grafton during his formative years. The most popular sport in Grafton
860-668: The Eliza in charge of 170 convicts. He held a number of New England properties including Glen Innes Station and Dundee station . Glen Innes has a number of street signs in Scottish Gaelic (though no residents speak the language). There is also a " Crofter "'s cottage. The Australian Standing Stones are based on the Ring of Brodgar in Orkney (a non-Gaelic speaking area) or Calanais in Lewis . Pitlochry
903-495: The Gaden, Rodgers, Williams, Cameron, Donnelly, McIntyre, Williamson and Newsome families. The district has produced several sportsmen and women who have represented Australia. These include two Olympians ( Debbie Wells and David Cooper ), Rugby League players Reg O'Keefe and John Ferguson , pistol shooters Bruce Favell and Robert Landers, masters athletics world champion Neville McIntyre and Andrew McIntyre (Tentpegging). Two of
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#1732868665486946-608: The Grafton brewery provided Grafton Bitter to the North Coast. The nearby Harwood Mill is the oldest working sugar mill in New South Wales. The daily online-only newspaper of Grafton is The Daily Examiner , owned by News Corp Australia . Pay television services are provided by Foxtel . Of the three main networks, NBN produces an evening news bulletin containing regional, national and international news, screening every night at 6:00pm on Channel 9 . Seven News produces
989-556: The National Estate . The town boasts a railway station that was once part of the Main North Line . Today, the line is closed so the station is not in use and the buildings have been repurposed. Glen Innes has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: According to the 2021 census of Population, there were 6,219 people in Glen Innes. The Glen Innes district has been a producer of wool , sheep and beef cattle since it
1032-465: The annual Jacaranda Festival came to blows and a gun was produced. Grafton has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: At the 2021 census , Grafton had a population of 19,255. According to the Census: Grafton has a humid subtropical climate ( Köppen : Cfa , Trewartha : Cfal ) with significantly more rainfall in summer than in winter. Rainfall is lower than in stations directly on
1075-402: The area, was first opened up to European settlement by the cedar-getters . An escaped convict, Richard Craig , explored the district in 1831. With the wealth of "red gold" cedar just waiting for exploitation, he was given a pardon and one hundred pounds to bring a party of cedar-getters on the cutter Prince George to the region. Word of such wealth to be had did not take long to spread. One of
1118-549: The arrivals on the Susan in 1838, pioneer John Small, first occupied land on Woodford Island . 'The Settlement' (as the embryonic Grafton was then imaginatively named) was established shortly after. In 1851 Governor FitzRoy officially named the town Grafton, after his grandfather, the Duke of Grafton , who had served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1768 to 1770. Grafton
1161-560: The best runs in the area to become known as the Land of the Beardies or Beardie Plains. Furracabad Station was suggested by John James Galloway as an alternative to Wellingrove for a new town. However Furracabad Station was sold in the 1840s depression and passed to Major Archibald Clunes Innes , then to the Bank of Australasia , then to John Major, who sold it to Archibald Mosman . The name Glen Innes
1204-493: The coast, but monthly rain totals can often surpass 300 millimetres (12 in). The wettest month since records began was March 1974 when Cyclone Zoe produced a monthly total of 549.0 millimetres (21.61 in), whilst during periods of anticyclonic control and strong westerly winds monthly rainfall can be very low; for instance in August 2017 only 0.2 millimetres (0.01 in) fell. Grafton gets around 115.2 clear days on an annual basis. Grafton like many NSW regional centres,
1247-588: The combined road and rail bascule bridge in 1932, Grafton had a train ferry to connect the two railways. Clarence Valley Regional Airport is the airport that services Grafton. Until bypassed in May 2020, the Pacific Highway , the main North–South road route through Eastern Australia, passed through Grafton and linked it to the Gwydir Highway , one of the primary east–west routes through Eastern Australia. Busways
1290-734: The extensive Land of the Beardies History Museum with its collection of biographical and historical records, the town parks, fishing , fossicking areas, Gibraltar Range National Park , several waterfalls , the Australian Standing Stones, which are large monoliths and the World Heritage listed Washpool National Park . There are several Christian churches, including the Cameron Memorial Uniting Church and St Andrews Presbyterian Church, which hail from
1333-548: The more highly decorated armed servicemen that still have family in the district were Peter Turnbull and Charles Curnow Scherf . Another major contributor to the wars from Glen Innes was Edward (Ted) Kinsella who was a soldier and army official who was stationed in Greece, Gallipoli and France. Archibald Clunes Innes , from Thrumster, Caithness was a captain in the Third Regiment (Buffs), when he arrived in Australia in 1822 on
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1376-512: The new Main North railway from Sydney opened. The arrival of the rail service and the expansion of mining contributed a new prosperity in the town, which is reflected in some of the beautiful buildings there. The centre of the town retains some of its federation buildings and the owners have painted these buildings in the traditional colours. Many of these buildings have been placed on the Register of
1419-479: The same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Glen_Innes&oldid=946467207 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Glen Innes, New South Wales Glen Innes
1462-718: The town's Scottish roots; as well as the Holy Trinity Anglican and St Patrick's Catholic Churches, Baptist, Assembly of God, Seventh Day Adventist and other smaller congregations. Annual events include: Minerama, a gem and fossicking festival; the Australian Celtic Festival, Land of the Beardies Festival, Pastoral and Agricultural Show and also horse racing, the Glen Innes Cup. The Glen Innes Arts Council produces their own theatrical productions throughout
1505-576: The township of Glen Innes is Gindaaydjin, meaning "plenty of big round stones on clear plains". The arrival of European settlers saw the significant disruption of the life of Ngarabal people. Many Ngarabal people continue to live in the Glen Innes area, still practising many aspects of their traditional culture and way of life. In about 1838 Archibald Boyd registered the first run in the Glen Innes district. Two stockmen known as "the Beardies" because of their long beards took Boyd to this area to establish his run. The Beardies later introduced other squatters to
1548-573: The train from Sydney. It also offers a coach service to Moree via Glen Innes , connecting from the train from Brisbane . From 1904 to 1917 the Grafton Copper Mining Company operated a copper mine , smelter and tramway at Cangai , more than 100 km from Grafton via the Clarence and Mann rivers, today about 70 km over the Gwydir Highway . From 1952 to 1997, first as an independent company, then owned by Tooheys since 1961,
1591-436: The year and presents travelling productions and film screenings. It is the longest continuously running arts council in Australia, housed in their venue, The Chapel Theatre. The chapel is equipped with a state-of-the-art, 3D Digital Cinema system with Dolby 7.1 Sound. Information on Glen Innes Arts Council productions and screenings can be found at their website - http://www.gleninnesartscouncil.com Archived 3 January 2014 at
1634-542: Was consecrated in 1884 and is the seat of the Anglican Diocese of Grafton . Schaeffer House is a historic 1900 Federation house and contains the collection of the Clarence River Historical Society, which was formed in 1931. The Murwillumbah railway line was extended to Grafton in 1905; The North Coast Line reached South Grafton's railway station from Sydney in 1915. Pending the opening of
1677-427: Was first settled. Sapphires are mined in the creek valleys immediately west of town, and while tin is no longer commercially mined, mineral exploration is ongoing. The town holds regular livestock sales in the local sale-yards. The town contains all of the regular service industries required by the community. Notable individual businesses include a photographic processing facility, an exporter of waste material balers,
1720-418: Was proclaimed a city in 1885. Local industries include logging, beef cattle, fishing/prawning, sugar, manufacturing and tourism. The Grafton Bridge , connecting the main townsite with South Grafton , opened in 1932. It completed the standard-gauge rail connection between Sydney and Brisbane , also forming a vital link for the Pacific Highway . Previously the only way to travel from Grafton to South Grafton
1763-626: Was the birthplace of writer D'Arcy Niland , High Court judge Edward McTiernan and architects Colin Madigan and Nancy Allen . Notable Former Residents: Bishop Thomas Absolem McCabe [ de ] , the first bishop of Wollongong whose grave is in St Francis Xavier Cathedral grounds, Wollongong, Margaret Fulton , Australia's first and most famous real-food cookbook author and Garry McDonald of "Norman Gunston" and "Mother and Son" fame. Other prominent families in this district include
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1806-459: Was via ferry. As a result, South Grafton developed quite a separate identity, and in fact had its own municipal government from 1896 to 1956. The introduction of fluoride to the town water supply in 1964 was accompanied by protest which became physical. The fluoride plant was blown up the night before commencement, the dentist supporting fluoridation received bomb threats against his family and later pro- and anti-fluoridation float participants at
1849-416: Was −12.8 °C (9.0 °F) on 8 July 2002. Rainfall is heaviest in late spring, owing to the effects of the surrounding mountains, causing uplift which in turn causes frequent, heavy storms during this period. At 6:33 AM on 19 July 2019, the town registered a temperature of −12.3 °C (9.9 °F), making it the coldest place in Australia in that year. Among the many attractions of this area are
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