Coutts Crossing, New South Wales
| Coutts Crossing New South Wales |
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 A church at Coutts Crossing. |
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 Coutts Crossing
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| Population: | 1,353 |
| Postcode: | 2460 |
| Elevation: | 40 m (131 ft) |
| Location: | 18 km (11 mi) from Grafton |
| LGA: | Clarence Valley |
| State electorate: | Clarence |
| Federal Division: | Page |
Coutts Crossing (population 1,353[1]) is a rural village located in the Clarence Valley region and Clarence Valley Council of New South Wales, Australia. The village is about 18 kilometres south-west of Grafton on the banks of the Orara River along the Armidale–Grafton Road. The village is named after Thomas Coutts, a settler who established the nearby Kangaroo Creek pastoral station in 1840.
The village was established as a service centre for the local farming community in the 1860s. However, today the village is a dormitory suburb with majority of residents commuting into Grafton. Despite this, the village boasts a tavern, general store, community hall and church. The local primary school was established in 1913 and as of 2009[update] has 99[2] pupils enrolled.
In the last twenty-five years, a number of sporting and community services have been established, including tennis and squash courts as well as soccer and croquet grounds, a nine hole golf course, a pre-school, a heritage centre and a combined Rural Fire Service and State Emergency Service centre, established in 1997.
[edit] See also
- Clan Farquharson - the surname Coutts is a sept of this Scottish clan
- Thomas Coutts - This particular Thomas Coutts was founder of Coutts bank
[edit] References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Coutts Crossing (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/LocationSearch?collection=Census&period=2006&areacode=SSC16851&producttype=QuickStats&breadcrumb=PL&action=401. Retrieved 2007-08-12.
- ^ "School Locator". New South Wales Department of Education. http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/schoolfind/locator/?section=showRecord&code=1666. Retrieved 2009-03-14.
