Kendall, New South Wales

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Kendall
New South Wales
Kendall Statue.jpg
Henry Kendall statue in a town park
Kendall is located in New South Wales
Kendall
Coordinates 31°38′S 152°42′E / 31.633°S 152.700°E / -31.633; 152.700Coordinates: 31°38′S 152°42′E / 31.633°S 152.700°E / -31.633; 152.700
Population 756[1]
Postcode(s) 2439
Location 36 km (22 mi) from Port Macquarie
LGA(s) Port Macquarie-Hastings Council
State/territory electorate(s) Oxley
Federal Division(s) Lyne

Kendall is a town on the Mid North Coast of New South Wales, Australia. Kendall was originally named Camden Heads, as it is located on the Camden Haven River.[2] In was renamed Kendall, in 1891, after the Australian poet Henry Kendall, and not, as some tourists suspect, after the similarly-spelled ancient town of Kendal in the County of Cumbria in England. Henry Kendall lived in the area from 1875 to 1881 when he was the first Forest Inspector for New South Wales.

The original residents of the Kendall area were the Birpai people.

Kendall is located 3 kilometres from Kew and 36 kilometres southwest of Port Macquarie via the Pacific Highway. It's one of seven villages that make up the Camden Haven region of the Port Macquarie/Hastings Local Government Area.

Kendall is served by three XPT services daily from Sydney on North Coast railway line.

Kendall Station
  • Middle Brother State Forest, located on the slopes of Middle Brother Mountain which was named by Captain James Cook
  • Poet's Walk


Preceding station   NSW Main lines   Following station
towards Border Loop
North Coast Line
towards Maitland
Preceding station   CountryLink Services   Following station
towards Grafton, Casino or Brisbane
CountryLink North Coast
towards Sydney

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References [edit]

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Kendall (L) (Urban Centre/Locality)". 2006 Census QuickStats. 
  2. ^ "Kendall". smh.com.au. 2004-02-08. Retrieved 2009-10-02.