Huntley, New South Wales (Wollongong)
| Huntley Wollongong, New South Wales | |||||||||||||||
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  Huntley | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°29′50″S 150°44′07″E / 34.49722°S 150.73528°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 50 (2016 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 2530 | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | City of Wollongong | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Shellharbour | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Whitlam | ||||||||||||||
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Huntley is a suburb of the City of Wollongong to the west of Dapto. At the 2016 census, it had a population of 50.[1]
The Geographical Names Board of New South Wales assigned the name of Huntley to the suburb on 5 August 2005.[2] It had previously been called West Dapto or considered to be part of Avondale. It was named after a coal mine located within its boundary. The mine's name "Huntley" came from Huntly, a coal mining town in the North Island of New Zealand, which originally had this spelling. The original owners of the Huntley colliery, Illawarra Coal, had associations with the New Zealand mine.[3]
References
- ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Huntley (Wollongong - NSW)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
- ^ "Huntley". Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. New South Wales Government. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
- ^ "Suburb Profiles: Huntley". Wollongong City Libraries. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
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