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'''Antiene''' (also spelled ''Antienne''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gnb.nsw.gov.au/name_search/extract?id=Malpjz|title=Geographical Names Register Extract: Antienne|work=Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW|publisher=[[Geographical Names Board of New South Wales]]|accessdate=4 September 2009}}</ref>) is a rural locality of the [[Upper Hunter Shire]] [[Local Government Areas of Australia|Local Government Area]] in the [[Hunter Region]] of [[New South Wales]], [[Australia]].<ref name=lga/><ref name=gnbsuburb/><ref name=DoLimage>{{DoL suburb image|name=Antiene|codename=Antiene|accessdate=4 September 2009}}</ref> Named after [[County Antrim]] in [[Northern Ireland]], the locality was registered as "Antiene" because the request was made in illegible handwriting.
The [[Main North railway line, New South Wales|Main North railway line]] passes through the locality and is the site of a coal unloader, used to unload coal destined for the [[Bayswater Power Station|Bayswater]] and [[Liddell Power Station|Liddell]] power stations.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ghd.com/global/projects/antiene-coal-unloader|title=Antiene Coal Unloader|publisher=GHD Australia|accessdate=4 September 2009}};<br>{{Cite web|url=http://www.pacetoday.com.au/Article/pacetoday/173326.aspx|title=Zenith Awards 2008|publisher=PACE|accessdate=4 September 2009}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> Until 2007, it was the site where the Main North railway became single track, the line has now been duplicated through to [[Muswellbrook, New South Wales|Muswellbrook]] to the north. A railway station opened at the site in 1890 and closed in 1975, no trace of this remains today.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nswrail.net/locations/show.php?name=NSW:Antiene&line=NSW:main_north:0|title=Antiene Station|publisher=NSWrail.net|accessdate=4 September 2009}}</ref>
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