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Cooranbong, New South Wales
Cooranbong (/kɔːrənbɒŋ/ KOR-ən-BONG) is a town in a suburb of the City of Lake Macquarie, Greater Newcastle in New South Wales, Australia, west of the town of Morisset off the M1 Pacific Motorway. Cooranbong is surrounded by the Watagans National Park.
The town's name is derived from the Aboriginal word "Kour-an-bong", meaning "rocky bottom creek" or "water over rocks".
There is a particularly large Seventh-day Adventist presence in Cooranbong. As of the 2021 census, 23.5% of the suburb is Seventh-day Adventist, which is higher than every other religious denomination besides "no religion".
The Aboriginal people, in this area, the Awabakal, were the first people of this land.
Prior to settlement and development of the area now known as Cooranbong, lived people who identify as part of the Awabakal group.[citation needed] It is unknown as to how long the people lived collectively as a single group and the nature of their interactions through peace and conflict with other people not of their own kin.[citation needed]
The first modern settler was Lieutenant Percy Simpson, who received a 2,000-acre (809 ha) land grant from the government and was assigned six convicts who cleared the land, grazed cattle and built a homestead near Dora Creek.[citation needed] Although Simpson only stayed there for two years, one of his convicts, Moses Carroll, became a stockman in the area, eventually becoming the area's police constable. The Robertson Land Act of 1861 allowed the town to grow, encouraging the construction of a Catholic church and later, a school,[citation needed] police station and courthouse (1873), a post office (1881) and an Anglican church. Timber cutting was the primary economic activity, during the 1880s the population reached 700.
When the railway was built from Sydney to Newcastle in the 1880s, the line passed around 5 km east of the town centre.[citation needed] The station and associated settlement were originally labelled as Cooranbong but later became known as Morisset. This was devastating to the local economy in conjunction with the significant economic depression occurring in the colony. Consequently, the population declined to 206 people by 1891. This economic depression continued until the Seventh-day Adventist Church bought 1,500 acres (607 ha) on the northern bank of Dora Creek where they built Avondale School for Christian Workers (1897) and Sanitarium Health Food Company (1909).[citation needed]
Cooranbong, located at the foothills of the Watagan Mountains, has seen rapid growth, particularly due to the development of the Watagan Park estate. This master-planned community, developed by the Johnson Property Group, has attracted over 1,000 families to the area, with another 2,000 expected to move in over the next 7-8 years. Watagan Park’s appeal lies in its proximity to nature, recreational activities, and educational facilities like Avondale School and Avondale University.
Cooranbong, New South Wales
Cooranbong (/kɔːrənbɒŋ/ KOR-ən-BONG) is a town in a suburb of the City of Lake Macquarie, Greater Newcastle in New South Wales, Australia, west of the town of Morisset off the M1 Pacific Motorway. Cooranbong is surrounded by the Watagans National Park.
The town's name is derived from the Aboriginal word "Kour-an-bong", meaning "rocky bottom creek" or "water over rocks".
There is a particularly large Seventh-day Adventist presence in Cooranbong. As of the 2021 census, 23.5% of the suburb is Seventh-day Adventist, which is higher than every other religious denomination besides "no religion".
The Aboriginal people, in this area, the Awabakal, were the first people of this land.
Prior to settlement and development of the area now known as Cooranbong, lived people who identify as part of the Awabakal group.[citation needed] It is unknown as to how long the people lived collectively as a single group and the nature of their interactions through peace and conflict with other people not of their own kin.[citation needed]
The first modern settler was Lieutenant Percy Simpson, who received a 2,000-acre (809 ha) land grant from the government and was assigned six convicts who cleared the land, grazed cattle and built a homestead near Dora Creek.[citation needed] Although Simpson only stayed there for two years, one of his convicts, Moses Carroll, became a stockman in the area, eventually becoming the area's police constable. The Robertson Land Act of 1861 allowed the town to grow, encouraging the construction of a Catholic church and later, a school,[citation needed] police station and courthouse (1873), a post office (1881) and an Anglican church. Timber cutting was the primary economic activity, during the 1880s the population reached 700.
When the railway was built from Sydney to Newcastle in the 1880s, the line passed around 5 km east of the town centre.[citation needed] The station and associated settlement were originally labelled as Cooranbong but later became known as Morisset. This was devastating to the local economy in conjunction with the significant economic depression occurring in the colony. Consequently, the population declined to 206 people by 1891. This economic depression continued until the Seventh-day Adventist Church bought 1,500 acres (607 ha) on the northern bank of Dora Creek where they built Avondale School for Christian Workers (1897) and Sanitarium Health Food Company (1909).[citation needed]
Cooranbong, located at the foothills of the Watagan Mountains, has seen rapid growth, particularly due to the development of the Watagan Park estate. This master-planned community, developed by the Johnson Property Group, has attracted over 1,000 families to the area, with another 2,000 expected to move in over the next 7-8 years. Watagan Park’s appeal lies in its proximity to nature, recreational activities, and educational facilities like Avondale School and Avondale University.