| Abernethy City of Cessnock, New South Wales | |||||||||||||||
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 Remains of old Aberdare South Colliery | |||||||||||||||
  Abernethy | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 32°52′12″S 151°24′00″E / 32.87000°S 151.40000°E[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 317 (SAL 2021)[2] | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1913[3] | ||||||||||||||
| Gazetted | 14 July 1915 (village)[4] 5 September 1975 (village)[5] 23 October 2015 (locality)[6] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 2325[7] | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 90 m (295 ft)[8] | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 8.4025 km2 (3.2 sq mi)[9] | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | AEST[10] (UTC+10) | ||||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | AEDT[11] (UTC+11) | ||||||||||||||
| Location | |||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Cessnock[12] | ||||||||||||||
| Region | Hunter | ||||||||||||||
| County | Northumberland[12] | ||||||||||||||
| Parish | Cessnock[12] | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Cessnock[13] | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Hunter[14] | ||||||||||||||
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Abernethy is a small town in the City of Cessnock, in the Hunter Region in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Abernethy is located 8 kilometres south-east of the town of Cessnock, NSW and is adjacent to Werakata National Park and the Aberdare State Forest. The town was founded near a coal mine and some of the historic buildings remain (including the Abernethy Hotel which now operates as a guest house). In 2016 348 lived there with the median age being 32 and 74.8% being born in Australia.[16]
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- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Abernethy (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ "Cessnock Shire Council". The Maitland Daily Mercury. No. 13, 203. New South Wales, Australia. 10 July 1913. p. 4. Retrieved 4 January 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Village of Abernethy". Government Gazette Of The State Of New South Wales. No. 127. New South Wales, Australia. 14 July 1915. p. 4156. Retrieved 4 January 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Geographical Names Act, 1966". Government Gazette Of The State Of New South Wales. No. 114. New South Wales, Australia. 5 September 1975. p. 3623. Retrieved 29 December 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Geographical Names Act, 1966" (PDF). Government Gazette Of The State Of New South Wales. No. 91. New South Wales, Australia. 23 October 2015. p. 3403. Retrieved 3 January 2018 – via NSW Legislation.
- ^ "Abernethy Postcode, NSW - Australia Post". Australia Post. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
- ^ "Map of Aberdare in New South Wales". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (13 September 2016). Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS): Volume 3 - Non ABS Structures, July 2016, 'State Suburbs ASGS Edition 2016 in .csv Format', data cube: Excel Spreadsheet, cat. no. 1270.0.55.003 (Report). Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
- ^ Standard Time Act 1987 (NSW) s 3
- ^ Standard Time Act 1987 (NSW) s 4
- ^ a b c "Abernethy (locality)". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
- ^ "Cessnock". NSW Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 4 January 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
- ^ "Localities". Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 3 January 2018.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b c "Cessnock Airport AWS". Climate statistics for Australian locations. Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
- ^ "2016 Census QuickStats: Abernethy". quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
