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The Hunter Region, more commonly known as the Hunter Valley, is a region of New South Wales
New South Wales

New South Wales is Australia's oldest and most populous States and territories of Australia, located in the south-east of the country, north of Victoria and south of Queensland....
, extending from approximately to north of Sydney
Sydney

Sydney is the List of cities in Australia by population in Australia, with a metropolitan area population of approximately 4.34 million . It is the List of Australian capital cities of New South Wales, and was the site of the first British Empire colony in Australia....
, Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
 with an approximate population of 590,000 people. More than half of the population live in the coastal cities of Newcastle
Newcastle, New South Wales

The Newcastle metropolitan area is the second most populated area in the state of New South Wales and includes most of the City of Newcastle and City of Lake Macquarie Local Government Areas of Australia....
 and Lake Macquarie. There are also numerous other towns and villages scattered across the valley in the eleven Local Government Areas that occupy the region.






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The Hunter Region, more commonly known as the Hunter Valley, is a region of New South Wales
New South Wales

New South Wales is Australia's oldest and most populous States and territories of Australia, located in the south-east of the country, north of Victoria and south of Queensland....
, extending from approximately to north of Sydney
Sydney

Sydney is the List of cities in Australia by population in Australia, with a metropolitan area population of approximately 4.34 million . It is the List of Australian capital cities of New South Wales, and was the site of the first British Empire colony in Australia....
, Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
 with an approximate population of 590,000 people. More than half of the population live in the coastal cities of Newcastle
Newcastle, New South Wales

The Newcastle metropolitan area is the second most populated area in the state of New South Wales and includes most of the City of Newcastle and City of Lake Macquarie Local Government Areas of Australia....
 and Lake Macquarie. There are also numerous other towns and villages scattered across the valley in the eleven Local Government Areas that occupy the region. These eleven LGAs are:

  • Cessnock City Council
  • Dungog Shire Council
  • Gloucester Shire Council
  • Great Lakes Council
  • Lake Macquarie City Council
  • Maitland City Council
  • Muswellbrook Shire Council
    Muswellbrook Shire Council

    Muswellbrook Shire is a Local Government Areas in Australia in New South Wales, Australia. It is on the New England Highway and CityRail's Hunter railway line, New South Wales....
  • Newcastle City Council
    City of Newcastle

    Newcastle City Council is a Local Government Areas in Australia in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia....
  • Port Stephens Council
  • Singleton Shire Council
    Singleton Shire Council

    Singleton Shire is a Local Government Areas in Australia in New South Wales, Australia. It is on the New England Highway and CityRail's Hunter railway line, New South Wales....
  • Upper Hunter Shire Council


The Hunter Region contains the Hunter River and its tributaries with highland areas to the north and south. The Hunter Valley is one of the largest river valleys on the NSW coast, and is most commonly known for its wineries and coal industry.

Industries

The Hunter Region is one of Australia's most famous wine
Wine

Wine is an alcoholic beverage often made of fermentation grape juice. The natural chemical balance of grapes is such that they can ferment without the addition of sugars, acids, enzymes or other nutrients....
-growing regions, known for both its red and white wine varieties. The most important economic activity in the valley is coal
Coal

Coal is a readily combustion black or brownish-black sedimentary rock. The harder forms, such as anthracite, can be regarded as metamorphic rock because of later exposure to elevated temperature and pressure....
 mining
Mining

Mining is the extraction of value minerals or other geology materials from the earth, usually from an ore body, vein or seam. Materials recovered by mining include base metals, precious metals, iron, uranium, coal, diamonds, limestone, oil shale, Sodium chloride and potash....
 (through businesses such as CSR
CSR

CSR may refer to:In business:* CSR Limited, a major Australian industrial company, formerly known as Colonial Sugar Refining Company* CSR plc, or Cambridge Silicon Radio, a British silicon chip designer and software company...
 & BHP
BHP Billiton

BHP Billiton is the world's largest mining company. It was created in 2001 by the merger of Australia's Broken Hill Proprietary Company and the United Kingdom's Billiton, which had a Dutch and South African background....
), mostly for export
Export

Export goods or services are provided to foreign consumers by domestic Production theory basics. It is a good that is sent to another country for sale....
. Other major industries include power generation
Electricity generation

Electricity generation is the process of converting non-electrical energy to electricity. For electric utility, it is the first process in the delivery of electricity to consumers....
 at the Eraring
Eraring Power Station, New South Wales

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, Bayswater
Bayswater Power Station, New South Wales

Bayswater Power Station is located 16km from Muswellbrook, New South Wales, and 28km from Singleton, New South Wales in the Hunter Valley, New South Wales, Australia....
, Liddell
Liddell Power Station, New South Wales

Liddell Power Station is located at Lake Liddell near Muswellbrook, New South Wales, in the Hunter Valley, New South Wales, Australia. It is coal powered, with four 500 MW General Electric Company plc steam driven turbo alternators for a combined capacity of 2,000 MW....
, Munmorah
Munmorah Power Station, New South Wales

Munmorah Power Station is a coal fired power station on the shores of Lake Munmorah. It has two steam turbines that Electricity generation a total capacity of 600 Megawatt of electricity....
, Redbank
Redbank Power Station, New South Wales

Redbank Power Station is located near Singleton, New South Wales, in the Hunter Valley, New South Wales, Australia. It is coal powered with one steam driven turbo Electrical generator with a capacity of 151MW of electricity....
 and Vales Point
Vales Point Power Station, New South Wales

Vales Point Power Station is one of two coal fired power stations on the shores of Lake Macquarie . Vales Point is located on the southern shore of the lake, near the township of Mannering Park, New South Wales....
 coal fired power stations, dairy
Dairy

A dairy is a facility for the extraction and processing of animal milk—mostly from goat or cattle, but also from bovine, sheep, horses or camels —for human consumption....
 farming and beef cattle farming. The port at Newcastle
Newcastle, New South Wales

The Newcastle metropolitan area is the second most populated area in the state of New South Wales and includes most of the City of Newcastle and City of Lake Macquarie Local Government Areas of Australia....
 is the world's largest export facility for coal, most of which is brought to the port via railway.

Tourism

The Hunter Valley is a major tourist destination in New South Wales
New South Wales

New South Wales is Australia's oldest and most populous States and territories of Australia, located in the south-east of the country, north of Victoria and south of Queensland....
 and is the 6th most visited place in Australia attracting more than 2.5 million people annually. The Pokolbin
Pokolbin, New South Wales

Pokolbin is the centre of the famous Hunter Region wine region in New South Wales, Australia. It is a rural locality rather than a town or village....
 area has a large number of vineyard
Vineyard

A vineyard is a plantation of grape-bearing vines, grown mainly for winemaking, but also raisins, table grapes and non-alcoholic grape juice. The science, practice and study of vineyard production is known as viticulture....
s, restaurants, shops, golf courses and country guesthouses. Other parts of the valley are also well known for wine
Wine

Wine is an alcoholic beverage often made of fermentation grape juice. The natural chemical balance of grapes is such that they can ferment without the addition of sugars, acids, enzymes or other nutrients....
. The Upper Hunter area around Scone
Scone, New South Wales

Scone is a town in the Upper Hunter Shire Council in the Hunter Valley region of New South Wales, Australia. At the 2006 Census in Australia, Scone had a population of 4,625....
 is one of the largest horse breeding areas in the world.

There are regular events held in the Hunter for visitors, including the Hunter Valley Steam Trains running the first three Sundays of each month and regular scenic cruises on the Hunter River and Lake Macquarie.

Towns and cities

Newcastle
Newcastle, New South Wales

The Newcastle metropolitan area is the second most populated area in the state of New South Wales and includes most of the City of Newcastle and City of Lake Macquarie Local Government Areas of Australia....
, situated at the mouth of the Hunter River, is the largest city in the region. Its immediate metropolitan area includes Lake Macquarie, though its statistical division also includes the Maitland
City of Maitland

The City of Maitland is a Local Government Areas in Australia in the Lower Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia. It is on the New England Highway and CityRail's Hunter railway line, New South Wales....
, Cessnock
City of Cessnock

Cessnock City Council is a Local Government Areas in Australia in New South Wales, Australia in the Hunter Valley....
 and Port Stephens areas. Other major centres of the Hunter Region are Dungog
Dungog, New South Wales

Dungog is a small country town in the Upper Hunter Region in New South Wales, Australia. It is the centre of the Dungog Shire Local Government Areas of Australia and at the 2006 census it had a population of 2,100....
, Forster
Forster, New South Wales

Forster is a large coastal town in the Mid North Coast, New South Wales region of New South Wales, Australia, in the Great Lakes Council Local Government Areas of Australia, about north-north-east of Sydney....
/Tuncurry
Tuncurry, New South Wales

Tuncurry is a coastal town in the Mid North Coast, New South Wales region of New South Wales, Australia, in the Great Lakes Council Local Government Areas of Australia, about north north east of Sydney....
, Gloucester
Gloucester, New South Wales

Gloucester is a town in the dairy and beef cattle country of the Manning district on the Mid North Coast of the state of New South Wales, Australia in the Gloucester Shire....
, Kurri Kurri
Kurri Kurri, New South Wales

Kurri Kurri is a small town in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia, in the City of Cessnock Local Government Areas of Australia. At the 2006 census its population was 5,644....
, Muswellbrook
Muswellbrook, New South Wales

Muswellbrook, originally known as 'Muswell Creek', is a town and Local Government Areas in Australia in New South Wales, Australia. The original spelling and etymology of the town's name is a matter of some debate....
, Scone
Scone, New South Wales

Scone is a town in the Upper Hunter Shire Council in the Hunter Valley region of New South Wales, Australia. At the 2006 Census in Australia, Scone had a population of 4,625....
 and Singleton
Singleton, New South Wales

Singleton is a town on the banks of the Hunter River in New South Wales, Australia. Singleton lies approximately 2.5 hours northwest of Sydney, and around an hour northwest of Newcastle, New South Wales....
.

Growth

The Hunter Region is growing both economically and culturally. New residential areas are being developed throughout the region to accommodate people attracted to the area by employment opportunities, the family-friendly environment and affordable housing prices. The state government is working with local government to plan for further growth which is expected to continue for several decades. There is even a proposal for a new town of 50,000 to be built near Branxton
Branxton, New South Wales

Branxton is a town in the Hunter Valley region of New South Wales, Australia. It is mostly in City of Cessnock, but part of it is in Singleton Shire Council....
.

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See also

  • Australian wine
    Australian wine

    The Australian wine industry is the fourth-largest exporter in the world, exporting over 400 million litres a year to a large international export market that includes "old world" wine-producing countries such as France, Italy and Spain....
  • Hunter Valley wine country
    Hunter Valley wine country

    Hunter Region wine country is an Australian wine and food destinations that attracts visitors all year round....
  • New South Wales wine
    New South Wales wine

    New South Wales wine is Australian wine produced in the state of New South Wales, Australia. New South Wales is Australia's most populous state and its wine consumption far out paces the region's wine production....
  • Hunter Valley cannabis infestation
    Hunter valley cannabis infestation

    The Hunter Valley Cannabis Infestation was an infestation of the marijuana plant, Cannabis sativa in a valley in New South Wales. At its peak, the infestation covered about thirty square kilometres....
  • Hunter Valley Coal Chain
    Hunter Valley Coal Chain

    The Hunter Valley Coal Chain is the chain of coal delivery in New South Wales, Australia from coal mines in the Hunter Valley to the Port of Newcastle, New South Wales and to domestic coal-fired power stations in the Hunter Valley....


External links

  • at the New South Wales Department of Local Government - Local Council Boundaries