Nevertire, New South Wales
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Nevertire is a rural village in New South Wales
, Australia
. It is located at the junction of the Mitchell Highway
and the Oxley Highway
, in Warren Shire. Nevertire is about 525 kilometres northwest of Sydney
, 68 km north-west of Narromine
and about 90 km from Dubbo. It is about 20 km south-west of Warren
on the western end of the Oxley Highway. At the 2006 census
, Nevertire had a population of 331 people.
reached Nevertire in 1882 and the local pub was already trading before the town was surveyed in 1883. The town was devastated by a cyclone on 28 December 1896. The town once had a railway station, operated by the State Rail Authority of New South Wales but with the demise of country rail travel in the 1980s, the passenger services were replaced by a coach service run by CountryLink.
to Warren. The village is now served by three CountryLink Coach services: one to Warren, one to Bourke and one to Cobar/Broken Hill.
There is a large grain handling facility on the railway line. The main building in Nevertire is the Nevertire hotel. This hotel serves as a bar, hotel, motel, post office and restaurant. There also was a General Store (building present, condition unusable) and a cafe, formerly the Nevertire Cafe.
The village is the subject of Betty Casey’s poem Nevertire and Henry Lawson once described it as the edge of the Great Grey Plain.
New South Wales
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, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. It is located at the junction of the Mitchell Highway
Mitchell Highway
The Mitchell Highway is a major rural highway in Australia, travelling through central and northern New South Wales and south central Queensland. The highway starts from its northern end in Queensland with the Landsborough Highway near Augathella and continues south to Charleville and Cunnamulla...
and the Oxley Highway
Oxley Highway
The Oxley Highway is a rural highway in New South Wales, Australia. It starts at Nevertire where it joins the Mitchell Highway. It links Warren, Gilgandra, Coonabarabran, Gunnedah, Carroll, Tamworth, Bendemeer, Walcha, Yarrowitch, Ellenborough, Long Flat, Wauchope and ends at Port Macquarie on the...
, in Warren Shire. Nevertire is about 525 kilometres northwest of Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
, 68 km north-west of Narromine
Narromine, New South Wales
Narromine is a town located about 40 kilometres west of Dubbo in the Orana region of New South Wales, Australia. It is the centre of Narromine Shire. At the 2006 census, Narromine had a population of 3,599 people...
and about 90 km from Dubbo. It is about 20 km south-west of Warren
Warren, New South Wales
Warren is a town and the seat of a local government area, Warren Shire, on the Macquarie River in central New South Wales, Australia. The town is located on the Oxley Highway 120 kilometres north west of Dubbo. It was laid out in the 1860s and incorporated as a municipality in 1895. The railway...
on the western end of the Oxley Highway. At the 2006 census
Census in Australia
The Australian census is administered once every five years by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The most recent census was conducted on 9 August 2011; the next will be conducted in 2016. Prior to the introduction of regular censuses in 1961, they had also been run in 1901, 1911, 1921, 1933,...
, Nevertire had a population of 331 people.
History
Originally the village was known as Warren Pond. The Main West railway lineMain Western railway line, New South Wales
The Main Western Railway is a major railway in New South Wales, Australia. It runs through the Blue Mountains, Central West, North West Slopes and the Far West regions.- Description of route :...
reached Nevertire in 1882 and the local pub was already trading before the town was surveyed in 1883. The town was devastated by a cyclone on 28 December 1896. The town once had a railway station, operated by the State Rail Authority of New South Wales but with the demise of country rail travel in the 1980s, the passenger services were replaced by a coach service run by CountryLink.
Services in Nevertire
Nevertire is at the junction of the Main Western railway line to Nyngan and the branch lineWarren railway line, New South Wales
The Warren railway line is an operational railway line in New South Wales, Australia. It is a short branch from the Main West line at the town of Nevertire and heads in a northerly direction to the town of Warren. The line opened in 1898 and is used for grain haulage.-Current state:The line is...
to Warren. The village is now served by three CountryLink Coach services: one to Warren, one to Bourke and one to Cobar/Broken Hill.
There is a large grain handling facility on the railway line. The main building in Nevertire is the Nevertire hotel. This hotel serves as a bar, hotel, motel, post office and restaurant. There also was a General Store (building present, condition unusable) and a cafe, formerly the Nevertire Cafe.
Education
Nevertire Public school closed at the conclusion of the 2002 academic year, due to a lack of enrolments. Children in Nevertire now go to Warren Central School or St Mary's in Warren.The village is the subject of Betty Casey’s poem Nevertire and Henry Lawson once described it as the edge of the Great Grey Plain.