Boambee is a suburb in the city of Coffs Harbour

Coffs Harbour, New South Wales

-History:By the early 1900s, the Coffs Harbour area had become an important timber production centre. Before the opening of the North Coast Railway Line, the only way to transport large items of heavy but low value, such as timber, was by coastal shipping. This meant sawmillers on the North Coast...

 on the Mid North Coast

Mid North Coast, New South Wales

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 of New South Wales

New South Wales

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, Australia

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. Boambee is west of Sawtell

Sawtell, New South Wales

Sawtell is a coastal suburb of Coffs Harbour in northern New South Wales, Australia.- History :The original inhabitants of the land were Aborigines of the Gumbaynggirr clan. The Aboriginal name for the land where the town now stands was Bongil Bongil....

 on the Pacific Highway

Pacific Highway (Australia)

The Pacific Highway is a major transport route along part of the east coast of Australia and is part of Australia's national route 1.It is 960 km long and links Sydney, the capital of New South Wales, to Brisbane, the capital of Queensland, along the coast, via Gosford, Newcastle, Taree, Port...

. It is divided into two sections: semi-rural Boambee (2450)
and the more suburban Boambee East (2452). These suburbs are divided by the Pacific Highway. In 2006, Boambee had a population of 1,719 people, while Boambee East had a population of 5,330 people.

Industry

1882 saw the establishment of the first sugar mill in Boambee by James Newport, who was the first to grow sugar cane in the region. August Schneider opened another mill in 1883.

Railway

Boambee railway station was opened in August 1917, closing in 1946. In the years prior to 1917 the area had been served by a sliding.

Schools

Boambee Half-Time School opened in February 1902 and continued as such until closing in April 1906. The closure was short-lived,being re-opened as Boambee Provisional School in May 1906. This was converted to a Public School in July 1907 suggesting that the school population had increased to the twenty required then for the creation of a public school.