Antiene (also spelled Antienne[5]) is a rural locality of the Upper Hunter Shire Council Local Government Area in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia.[1][2][6] Named after County Antrim in Northern Ireland, the locality was registered as "Antiene" because the request was made in illegible handwriting.[2]
Antiene New South Wales | |
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Coordinates | 32°19′54″S 150°59′04″E / 32.33167°S 150.98444°E |
Postcode(s) | 2333 |
Elevation | 180 m (591 ft)Note1 |
Time zone | AEST (UTC+10) |
• Summer (DST) | AEDT (UTC+11) |
Standort |
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LGA(s) | Upper Hunter Shire Council[1] |
Region | Hunter[1] |
County | Durham[2] |
Parish | Savoy[2] |
State electorate(s) | Upper Hunter[3] |
Federal division(s) | Hunter[4] |
The Main North railway line passes through the locality and is the site of a coal unloader, used to unload coal destined for the Bayswater and Liddell power stations.[7] Until 2007, it was the site where the Main North railway became single track, the line has now beeen duplicated through to Muswellbrook to the north. A railway station opened at the site in 1890 and closed in 1975, no trace of this remains today.[8]
Notes
- ^ Average elevation as shown on 1:100000 map 9033 MUSWELLBROOK.
References
- ^ a b c "Suburb Search - Local Council Boundaries - Hunter (HT) - Upper Hunter Shire Council". New South Wales Department of Local Government. Retrieved 4 September 2009.
- ^ a b c d "Geographical Names Register Extract: Antiene". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 September 2009.
- ^ "Upper Hunter". New South Wales Electoral Commission. 4 April 2008. Retrieved 4 September 2009.
- ^ "Hunter". Australian Electoral Commission. 19 October 2007. Retrieved 4 September 2009.
- ^ "Geographical Names Register Extract: Antienne". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 September 2009.
- ^ "Antiene". Land and Property Management Authority - Spatial Information eXchange. New South Wales Land and Property Information. Retrieved 4 September 2009.
- ^ "Antiene Coal Unloader". GHD Australia. Retrieved 4 September 2009.;
"Zenith Awards 2008". PACE. Retrieved 4 September 2009. - ^ "Antiene Station". NSWrail.net. Retrieved 4 September 2009.