Lue
New South Wales
Lue is located in New South Wales
Lue
Lue
Coordinates32°40′0″S 149°51′0″E / 32.66667°S 149.85000°E / -32.66667; 149.85000
Population815 (2006 census)[1]
Postcode(s)2850
Location
LGA(s)Mid-Western Regional Council
State electorate(s)Bathurst, Orange, Upper Hunter
Federal division(s)Parkes

Lue is a small village in New South Wales, Australia. At the 2006 census, Lue and the surrounding rural area had a population of 815.[1]

Lue is located on the now-closed Gwabegar railway line between the larger towns of Rylstone and Mudgee, about 20 kilometres (12 mi) south-east of Mudgee. It is not on the main road, but the NSW TrainLink bus services from Gulgong detours several times a week to service Lue.

Lue was prosperous after the opening of the railway to Mudgee in 1884, but declined from the 1930s.[2] In 1921, leases taken up at the locality of Barigan and plans made to erect oil share retorts there; the oil that would have been produced was planned to be pumped through a pipeline to Lue railway station.[3][4][5]

Lue Hotel and Lue Pottery are businesses still in operation. The Lue railway station still exists and is heritage listed.[6]

A few kilometres from Lue on the Mudgee Road lies the historic Havilah homestead with its adjoining Havilah Memorial Church.

School

Churches

Heritage listings

Lue has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

References

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  1. 1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Lue (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 2 May 2012.
  2. ↑ W. Potts, Lue: 1823-1984 (Winifred Potts, Mudgee, 1984).
  3. ↑ "The Barigan Shale". Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative. 19 December 1921. p. 10. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
  4. ↑ "As Precious as Gold". Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative. 15 May 1922. p. 10. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
  5. ↑ "COMPANY NEWS". Daily Commercial News and Shipping List. 26 May 1922. p. 2. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
  6. 1 2 "Lue Railway Station group". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Department of Planning & Environment. H01183. Retrieved 18 May 2018. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC-BY 4.0 licence.


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