| 词条 | Clarence Town, New South Wales |
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| type = suburb | name = Clarence Town | state = nsw | image = Postoffice ct.JPG | caption = Clarence Town Post office | coordinates = {{coord|32|35|6.1|S|151|46|39.9|E|display=inline,title}} | pushpin_label_position = left | pop = ~2100 (locality) | pop_year = {{CensusAU|2006}} | pop_footnotes = [1]{{ref|population|Note1}} | pop2 = 794 (township) | pop2_year = 2006 | pop2_footnotes = [2] | density = | density_footnotes = | est = | postcode = 2321 | area = | area_footnotes = | timezone = AEST | utc = +10 | timezone-dst = AEDT | utc-dst = +11 | dist1 = 193 | dir1 = N | location1 = Sydney | dist2 = 54 | dir2 = NNW | location2 = Newcastle | dist3 = 34 | dir3 = NE | location3 = Maitland | dist4 = 28 | dir4 = N | location4 = Raymond Terrace | lga = Dungog Shire | region = Hunter | county = Durham | parish = Uffington | stategov = Upper Hunter | fedgov = Lyne | near-n = Glen Martin | near-ne = Limeburners Creek | near-e = Limeburners Creek, Twelve Mile Creek | near-se = Twelve Mile Creek | near-s = Glen Oak, East Seaham, Balickera | near-sw = Glen Oak | near-w = Martins Creek, Glen Oak | near-nw = }} Clarence Town is both a primarily rural locality and a township in the Dungog Shire local government area in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia. It is {{convert|193|km|mi|0}} north of Sydney, {{convert|54|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} north-north-west of Newcastle, and {{convert|28|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} from the Pacific Highway at Raymond Terrace. The locality is bisected by the Williams River. The township sits just to the west of the river about {{convert|32|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} upstream from where it flows into the Hunter River at Raymond Terrace. HistoryThe area was originally inhabited by the Wanaruah Aboriginal people who called it Erringhi.[1] The township is most famous for building and launching the William IV paddle steamer in 1831, although the town was still called Erringhi at this time. It was later renamed in 1832 after the Duke of Clarence, who became King William IV in 1830.[1][2] In 1886 the town was described as: The land on the river-banks, consisting chiefly of alluvial flats, is remarkably fertile. This is largely due to the floods of past ages. wheat, maize, barley, oats and potatoes are produced in abundance. Tobacco is now grown and the grape and orange are cultivated with success. The population is 370.[3] There is a hotel in the main street of Clarence Town built in 1913 called The Erringhi Hotel. Heritage listingsClarence Town has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:
DemographicsIn the {{CensusAU|2006}} the locality had a population of approximately 2,100 while the township, which is the largest population centre in the area, had a population of 794.[6][7] TownshipClarence Town has its own post office (built about 1880), Medical Centre (Clarence Town Medical Centre),a Pharmacy, a supermarket (IGA), a primary school, several churches, a school of arts hall (which hosts many local events), a soccer club (home of the Clarencetown Cobras), a football field come cricket pitch, a fire station, police station, club, pub, hardware store and restaurant,a vet, a caravan park on the river and a swimming pool (home of the Clarencetown Comets swimming team). There are also several picnic spots and old houses and buildings to see. Just out of town a little way is the Good Samaritan Donkey Sanctuary, which cares for mistreated donkeys. Visitors are welcomed; however appointments are required, except on advertised open days.[8] Disasters{{main|June 2007 Hunter Region and Central Coast storms}}In 2007 devastating floodwaters caused havoc in the Hunter Valley and claimed the lives of two people on a bridge into Clarence Town from Seaham, New South Wales.[9] Notes{{refbegin}}
References1. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/new-south-wales/clarence-town/2005/02/17/1108500193304.html|title=Clarence Town|publisher=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=2008-02-08|accessdate=2008-05-13}} 2. ^{{NSW GNR|id=JPqwoesEJP|title=Clarence Town|accessdate=2008-05-13}} 3. ^[https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-231049774/view The New atlas of Australia],(Sydney, J. Sands, [1886]) 4. ^{{cite NSW SHR|5045711|Courthouse and site (former)|hr=00558|fn=S91/01459 & DHC 872009,|accessdate=18 May 2018}} 5. ^{{cite NSW SHR|5051362|Clarence Town Bridge over Williams River|hr=01462|fn=S91/01630|accessdate=18 May 2018}} 6. ^1 {{Census 2006 AUS|id=SSC16719|name=Clarence Town (State Suburb)||accessdate=2008-05-12|quick=on}} 7. ^1 {{Census 2006 AUS|id=UCL118800|name=Clarence Town (Urban Centre/Locality)|accessdate=2008-05-12|quick=on}} 8. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.donkeysanctuary.org.au/cgi-bin/engine.pl?Page=page.html&Rec=26 |title=Visiting the Sanctuary |publisher=Good Samaritan Donkey Sanctuary |accessdate=2008-05-12 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070829061723/http://donkeysanctuary.org.au/cgi-bin/engine.pl?Page=page.html&Rec=26 |archivedate=August 29, 2007 }} 9. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/flood-claims-retired-couple/2007/06/09/1181089386342.html|title=Flood claims retired couple|author=Hannah Edwards|author2=Laura Parker|publisher=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=2007-06-10|accessdate=2008-05-13}} 10. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/ImageServer?id=map,Census,2006,SSC16719|title=Image map of Clarence Town|accessdate=2008-05-12}} 11. ^{{DoL suburb image|name=Clarence Town|codename=clarence%20town|accessdate=2008-05-14}}
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