Aberdeen, New South Wales
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Aberdeen is a small town in the upper Hunter Valley
region of New South Wales
, Australia
, in Upper Hunter Shire. It is located about 12 kilometres north of Muswellbrook on the New England Highway
. Aberdeen is named after Aberdeen, Scotland. At the 2006 census
, Aberdeen had a population of 1,791.
Aberdeen has two churches - St Thomas Catholic Church, and St Marks Anglican Church. It once had a third church, St Pauls Uniting Church, which has now been turned into an art gallery called the Artemis Gallery.
Next to St Thomas Catholic Church, is located St Joseph's Aberdeen High School.
The town has a local rugby league team, the Aberdeen Tigers.
Aberdeen is on the Main North railway line, and is serviced by a daily CountryLink Xplorer
service from Sydney
, and several daily Cityrail
services from Newcastle
.
For travellers, there are two main areas for accommodation in the town: the Aberdeen Motel, which is on the southern edge of the town; and the Segenhoe Inn, which is situated towards the northern end of town. The Commercial Hotel is also available for budget accommodation.
operations. One factor in closing down what was once a very important abbatoir for Conagra, was that the financial cost of upgrading the Aberdeen Abattoir was deemed too high, thus the abattoir - which was the largest single employer in Aberdeen - was closed in 1999. Hundreds of people were left without work, and despite promises from both the New South Wales and Federal governments to encourage new businesses to open up in the area, nothing of note eventuated.
Hunter Valley
The Hunter Region, more commonly known as the Hunter Valley, is a region of New South Wales, Australia, extending from approximately to north of Sydney with an approximate population of 645,395 people. Most of the population of the Hunter Region lives within of the coast, with 55% of the entire...
region of New South Wales
New South Wales
New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...
, Australia
Australia
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, in Upper Hunter Shire. It is located about 12 kilometres north of Muswellbrook on the New England Highway
New England Highway
The New England Highway is a highway in Australia running from Hexham near Newcastle at its southern end to Yarraman near Toowoomba at its northern end. At its southern end it connects to the Pacific Highway and at its northern end it connects to the D'Aguilar Highway. It traverses the Hunter...
. Aberdeen is named after Aberdeen, Scotland. At the 2006 census
Census in Australia
The Australian census is administered once every five years by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The most recent census was conducted on 9 August 2011; the next will be conducted in 2016. Prior to the introduction of regular censuses in 1961, they had also been run in 1901, 1911, 1921, 1933,...
, Aberdeen had a population of 1,791.
Today
Aberdeen has its own pre-school, which was founded in 1977. The town contains two schools: the Aberdeen Public School, catering from kindergarten to Grade 6; and St. Joseph's High School, a Catholic co-educational high school catering for Grades 7 through to 12.Aberdeen has two churches - St Thomas Catholic Church, and St Marks Anglican Church. It once had a third church, St Pauls Uniting Church, which has now been turned into an art gallery called the Artemis Gallery.
Next to St Thomas Catholic Church, is located St Joseph's Aberdeen High School.
The town has a local rugby league team, the Aberdeen Tigers.
Aberdeen is on the Main North railway line, and is serviced by a daily CountryLink Xplorer
CountryLink Xplorer
The Xplorer is a Diesel Multiple Unit train used on country passenger rail services in New South Wales, Australia. It is one of two types of passenger rollingstock used by CountryLink, the government owned operator of country trains . The Xplorer trains entered service in 1993, and are externally...
service from Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
, and several daily Cityrail
CityRail
CityRail is an operating brand of RailCorp, a corporation owned by the state government of New South Wales, Australia. It is responsible for providing commuter rail services, and some coach services, in and around Sydney, Newcastle and Wollongong, the three largest cities of New South Wales. It is...
services from Newcastle
Newcastle, New South Wales
The Newcastle metropolitan area is the second most populated area in the Australian state of New South Wales and includes most of the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie Local Government Areas...
.
For travellers, there are two main areas for accommodation in the town: the Aberdeen Motel, which is on the southern edge of the town; and the Segenhoe Inn, which is situated towards the northern end of town. The Commercial Hotel is also available for budget accommodation.
Abbatoirs
Aberdeen is possibly best-known for the former abbatoirs in the town centre, which operated for well over 100 years, before the most recent owners - an American company called Conagra - decided to close down their New South Wales abbatoirs and concentrate on their QueenslandQueensland
Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...
operations. One factor in closing down what was once a very important abbatoir for Conagra, was that the financial cost of upgrading the Aberdeen Abattoir was deemed too high, thus the abattoir - which was the largest single employer in Aberdeen - was closed in 1999. Hundreds of people were left without work, and despite promises from both the New South Wales and Federal governments to encourage new businesses to open up in the area, nothing of note eventuated.