Cumnock, New South Wales
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Cumnock is a small town in New South Wales
, Australia
. It is located on the now closed cross-country railway line from Molong to Dubbo. The town is located in Cabonne Shire
. At the 2006 census
, Cumnock had a population of 288 people. Cumnock is named after the Scottish town in Ayrshire, the home of an early settler named Straborn.
The Cumnock community pioneered a farmhouse rental
program designed to attract new families to the area by making farmhouses available for rent for $1. This program has since spread to a number of other rural communities.
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
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. It is located on the now closed cross-country railway line from Molong to Dubbo. The town is located in Cabonne Shire
Cabonne Shire, New South Wales
The Cabonne Shire is a Local Government Area in the Central West of New South Wales. It is on the Mitchell Highway and the Broken Hill railway line.The council seat resides within one of the two largest villages in the Shire, Molong...
. 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,...
, Cumnock had a population of 288 people. Cumnock is named after the Scottish town in Ayrshire, the home of an early settler named Straborn.
The Cumnock community pioneered a farmhouse rental
Farmhouse rental
Farmhouse rental programs are a common method used by many rural Australian towns to attract new residents to live in their communities. The programs generally involve offering abandoned and often semi-derelict farmhouses for rent at a nominal price, often $1 per week. The towns that offer such...
program designed to attract new families to the area by making farmhouses available for rent for $1. This program has since spread to a number of other rural communities.
Notable residents
- Chris McKivatChris McKivatChristopher Hobart McKivat was an Australian rugby union and rugby league player – a dual-code rugby international. He represented the Wallabies in over 20 Tests and tour matches from 1907 to 1909 and the Kangaroos in 5 Tests from 1910 to 1912...
, Olympian and dual rugby code international. - Tim Gavin, Australian Rugby International.
- Susan Cullen-WardSusan Cullen-WardSusan, Crown Princess of Albania was the Australian-born wife of Leka, Crown Prince of Albania....
, later married to Leka, Crown Prince of AlbaniaLeka, Crown Prince of AlbaniaLeka, Crown Prince of Albania was the only son of King Zog of Albania and his queen, Géraldine Apponyi de Nagyappony. He was called Crown Prince Skander at birth...
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