Urunga, New South Wales
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Geography
There are two main streets, and both a bowling club and a golf club. A weekly 6-a-side soccer competition is held on Thursdays at the Oval on Morgo Street, colloquially known as the Cabbage Patch or simply 'The Patch'.[citation needed]
History
Urunga is a fishing ground, with bream being the main sport fish.[citation needed] The Urunga boardwalk, leading over the tidal Urunga Lagoon then out to the beach, was rebuilt in 1988 and extended in 1991. The full boardwalk was completed in 2007. In November 2010, a further section of boardwalk was completed. This extension finishes at the mouth of the river and has taken the length of the boardwalk to almost one kilometre (0.62 mi). Hungry Head, four kilometres (2.5 mi) to the south is the only patrolled beach in Urunga.[4]
On 8 December 2017, the Federal Court of Australia determined that the Gumbaynggirr People have native title rights and interests over an area of land and waters at Wenonah Head, near Urunga. This determination resolved the oldest native title claim in New South Wales.[5]
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| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1966 | 924 | — |
| 1976 | 1,207 | +30.6% |
| 1976 | 1,609 | +33.3% |
| 1981 | 2,045 | +27.1% |
| 1986 | 2,336 | +14.2% |
| 1991 | 2,666 | +14.1% |
| 1996 | 2,716 | +1.9% |
| 2001 | 2,706 | −0.4% |
| 2006 | 2,687 | −0.7% |
| 2011 | 2,523 | −6.1% |
| 2016 | 2,599 | +3.0% |
| 2021 | 2,731 | +5.1% |
| Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics data.[6][7] | ||
Culture
Urunga celebrates Father's Day with a "Picnic in the Park" in September and a Flathead fishing comp in November.
Education
Transport
Urunga railway station opened on the North Coast line in 1923 and continues to be served by country passenger trains.[8]
Urunga Wetlands
In May 2017 the Urunga Wetlands were opened to the public. It features a wheelchair accessible 150-metre boardwalk and a 450-metre walking track surrounding the park.[9] In the late 1960s and early 1970s the area was the site of a processing plant used for extracting the heavy metal antimony from its ore, stibnite. Antimony and other heavy metals leached into the surrounding melaleuca wetlands creating what was claimed to be "one of the most polluted natural environments in New South Wales."[10] In 2015 a $10 million reclamation project began that involved treating over 36,000 tonnes of contaminated soils at the site and its storage in an onsite containment cell. Water quality of the wetlands has returned to acceptable levels and birds and other wildlife have started to return since completion of the project.[11]
Gallery
References
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- ^ Eades, D. 'Gumbayngir' Handbook of Australian Languages Volume 1, 1979
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Urunga". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 August 2013.Script error: No such module "EditAtWikidata".
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Hungry Head - Beach in Urunga Bellingen NSW". SLS Beachsafe. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Gumbaynggirr-People-native-title-determination-fact-sheet" (PDF).
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Statistics by Catalogue Number". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Search Census data". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
- ^ Urunga station. NSWrail.net, accessed 26 August 2009.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Department of Industry, NSW Government (2017). "Fact sheet: Urunga Wetlands" (PDF). Retrieved 19 October 2019.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Cornish, Ruby (2 May 2017). "Poisoned wetlands transformed into eco-friendly attraction in northern NSW". Australia: ABC News. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Bellingen Shire Council (8 May 2017). "Urunga Wetlands Walk Now Open". bellingen.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
External links
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