Invergowrie is a locality in the Uralla Shire Local Government Area on the Northern Tablelands of New South Wales

New South Wales

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, Australia

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. It is located about 16 km west of Armidale

Armidale, New South Wales

Armidale is a city in the Northern Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia. Armidale Dumaresq Shire had a population of 19,485 people according to the 2006 census. It is the administrative centre for the Northern Tablelands region...

, about half-way between Sydney

Sydney

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 and Brisbane

Brisbane

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 and approximately 200 km inland from Coffs Harbour

Coffs Harbour, New South Wales

-History:By the early 1900s, the Coffs Harbour area had become an important timber production centre. Before the opening of the North Coast Railway Line, the only way to transport large items of heavy but low value, such as timber, was by coastal shipping. This meant sawmillers on the North Coast...

 on the Pacific coast. Invergowrie is a popular rural neighbourhood for staff of the University of New England

University of New England, Australia

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. At the 2006 census

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, Invergowrie and the surrounding area had a population of 624. It has a little store, a fuel station, a Rural Fire Service station and a child care centre.

Invergowrie was named after the village Invergowrie

Invergowrie

Invergowrie is a village on the north bank of the River Tay to the west of Dundee. Although formerly incorporated as part of Dundee, it is located in Perth and Kinross....

 in Scotland. The name is apparently derived from Gaelic

Scottish Gaelic language

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words which mean "meeting place of goats".