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14-589: Glenreagh is a small town in the Clarence Valley in the Northern Rivers region of north-eastern New South Wales , Australia . At the 2021 census , Glenreagh had a population of 562 people. It is on the North Coast railway line , completed to Glenreagh in 1915. A picturesque branch was opened from Glenreagh to Dorrigo in 1924, but was difficult to maintain due to the steep terrain and high rainfall and it
28-489: Is "any person from whom one is descended. In law, the person from whom an estate has been inherited ." Two individuals have a genetic relationship if one is the ancestor of the other or if they share a common ancestor. In evolutionary theory, species which share an evolutionary ancestor are said to be of common descent . However, this concept of ancestry does not apply to some bacteria and other organisms capable of horizontal gene transfer . Some research suggests that
42-534: Is Peter Johnstone. Towns and localities in the Clarence Valley Council are: The Clarence Valley Council has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: At the 2011 census , there were 49,665 people in the Clarence Valley local government area, of these 49.4 per cent were male and 50.6 per cent were female. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 5.7 per cent of the population which
56-596: Is a local government area in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales , Australia . The council services an area of 10,441 square kilometres (4,031 sq mi) and draws its name from the Clarence River , which flows through most of the council area. The area under management is adjacent to the Pacific Highway , the Gwydir Highway and the North Coast railway line . The Clarence Valley region includes
70-544: Is clear that most ancestors of humans (and any other species) are multiply related (see pedigree collapse ). Consider n = 40: the human species is more than 40 generations old, yet the number 2 , approximately 10 or one trillion, dwarfs the number of humans who have ever lived . Some cultures confer reverence to ancestors, both living and dead; in contrast, some more youth-oriented cultural contexts display less veneration of elders. In other cultural contexts, ancestor worship or, more accurately, ancestor veneration
84-476: Is more than double the national and state averages of 2.5 per cent. The median age of people in the Clarence Valley Council area was 46 years; some 10 years higher than the national median. Children aged 0 – 14 years made up 18.6 per cent of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 21.3 per cent of the population. Of people in the area aged 15 years and over, 49.3 per cen% were married and 14.6% were either divorced or separated. Population growth in
98-400: The Clarence Valley Council area between the 2006 census and the 2011 Census was 3.15 per cent. When compared with total population growth of Australia for the same period, being 8.32 per cent, population growth in the Clarence Valley local government area was lower than the national average. The median weekly income for residents within the Clarence Valley Council area was significantly below
112-458: The Clarence Valley Council area nominated a religious affiliation with Christianity at the 2011 Census, which was above the national average of 50.2 per cent. Meanwhile, as at the Census date, compared to the national average, households in the Clarence Valley local government area had a significantly lower than average proportion (3.1 per cent) where two or more languages are spoken (national average
126-432: The average person has twice as many female ancestors as male ancestors. This might have been due to the past prevalence of polygynous relations and female hypergamy . Assuming that all of an individual's ancestors are otherwise unrelated to each other, that individual has 2 ancestors in the n th generation before them and a total of 2 − 2 ancestors in the g generations before them. In practice, however, it
140-643: The coastal plain and lower valleys of the Clarence and Nymboida river . Most of the valley is agricultural; however, the oceanside towns of Yamba and Iluka are popular holiday resorts. The council was formed in February 2004 by the merger of the City of Grafton and Maclean Shire, and parts of Copmanhurst , Pristine Waters and Richmond Valley local government areas, and the activities of North Coast Water and Clarence River County Council. The mayor of Clarence Valley Council
154-405: The national average, being one of the factors that place the Clarence Valley Council area in an area of social disadvantage . At the 2011 Census, the proportion of residents in the Clarence Valley local government area who stated their ancestry as Australian or Anglo-Celtic exceeded 82 per cent of all residents (national average was 65.2 per cent). In excess of 64 per cent of all residents in
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#1733084569058168-427: Was 20.4 per cent); and a significantly higher proportion (94.0 per cent) where English only was spoken at home (national average was 76.8 per cent). Clarence Valley Council is composed of nine councillors elected proportionally as one entire ward . All councillors are elected for a fixed four-year term of office. The mayor is elected by the councillors at the first meeting of the council. The most recent election
182-630: Was closed in 1972 after a washaway. The Glenreagh to Ulong section is proposed for reopening as a heritage tourist railway by the Glenreagh Mountain Railway . Glenreagh Public School Archived 2 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine was established in 1887. It is a small school with fewer than 100 pupils (as at 2023). This Northern Rivers geography article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Clarence Valley, New South Wales Clarence Valley Council
196-402: Was held on 4 December 2021, and the makeup of the council is as follows: The current Council, elected in 2021, in order of election, is: Ancestor An ancestor , also known as a forefather , fore-elder , or a forebear , is a parent or ( recursively ) the parent of an antecedent (i.e., a grandparent , great-grandparent , great-great-grandparent and so forth). Ancestor
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