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| Junee New South Wales | |||||||||
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  Junee | |||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°52′0″S147°34′0″E / 34.86667°S 147.56667°E /-34.86667; 147.56667 | ||||||||
| Population | 4,882 (UCL2021)[1] | ||||||||
| Established | Late 1870s | ||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 2663 | ||||||||
| Elevation | 280 m (919 ft) | ||||||||
| Time zone | AEST (UTC+10) | ||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | AEDT (UTC+11) | ||||||||
| Location |
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| LGA(s) | Junee Shire | ||||||||
| County | Clarendon | ||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Cootamundra | ||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Riverina | ||||||||
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Junee (/dʒuːˈniː/)[2] is a medium-sized town in theRiverina region ofNew South Wales, Australia. The town's prosperity and mixed services economy is based on a combination of agriculture, rail transport, light industry and government services, and in particular correctional services. In 2021 Junee's urban population was 4,882.[3]
One theory is that wordJunee which originates from theAboriginal word 'Junee' means "speak to me".[4]Another theory is that it is an Aboriginal word "Choo-nee" meaning "frog".[5]
TheWiradjuri people are thetraditional owners of the local area prior to European settlement.Leopold de Salis (1816–1898), pastoralist and later politician was one of the first squatters to open up the Riverina region to grazing.[6] He established the 'Junee' pastoral run in 1845. Leopold held the licence for this run for a total of three years. Other run licencees followed until Thomas Hammond and Richard Gwynne bought the licence in 1857. The Junee run progressively reduced in area as selectors took up land but Hammond lived on it until his death in 1899, the remaining property having been named "Wyoming" in 1887. A post office opened in 1862 and a village called 'Junee' was gazetted in 1863 on the wool road to Sydney. That same year,Ben Hall and his bushranging gang raided the village.[7]
In 1866 Junee's population was recorded as twelve but the discovery of reef and alluvial gold during the 1860s triggered a gold rush. The main sites- Junee Reefs (to the north), was mined on and off until afterWorld War 1, as well as Wantiool and Eurongilly (to the east) until the 1880s.
By 1878 with the southward expansion of theMain South line in New South Wales, the main railway line between Sydney andMelbourne passed 8 kilometres east of the village. Junee's Post Office was renamed Old Junee in 1885 (Junee railway station).[8][better source needed] Loftus was the original name of the locality being farm land and as the settlers moved in for the rail line it was renamed. Junee Railway Station Post Office opened on 6 July 1878, was renamed Junee Junction in 1881 and later still, Junee in 1893.[8]
The Main South line between Sydney and Melbourne runs through Junee, as does theOlympic Highway, named for the route of the1956 Summer OlympicsTorch Relay.The advent of rail transport in 1878 provided the impetus for an economic boom providing local agricultural producers with affordable direct access to markets in Sydney. In 1952 the largest wheat terminal in the Southern Hemisphere was constructed at Junee, adjacent to the South West Railway, providing both rail and road transport.[7]
Rail transport makes an important contribution to the local economy withRegional Rail Logistics[needs update] operating a containerised freight service that delivers various goods from Junee to Sydney,[9] with interstate freight trains also passing through the town.
On 1 January 1981, Junee Municipal Council amalgamated with the surrounding "Illabo Shire Council', creating Junee Shire Council.
Junee has as a rather dryhumid subtropical climate (KöppenCfa), lying about 75 millimetres or 3 inches abovesemi-arid classification. It features hot and dry summers and cool, moderately cloudy winters. The highest temperature recorded at Junee was 46.1 °C or 115.0 °F on 31 January 1968; the lowest recorded was −5.0 °C or 23.0 °F on 1 July 1971 and 6 August 1974. The average annual rainfall is 530.6 millimetres or 20.89 inches spread across 88 days (with the majority in winter). It can snow on rare occasions, with the last snowfall in August 2019.
| Climate data for Junee Treatment Works (1907–1975, rainfall 1891–2022); 280 metres (919 ft) AMSL; 34.85° S, 147.57° E | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 46.1 (115.0) | 44.4 (111.9) | 40.6 (105.1) | 32.8 (91.0) | 25.6 (78.1) | 21.6 (70.9) | 23.0 (73.4) | 26.1 (79.0) | 33.3 (91.9) | 35.0 (95.0) | 38.3 (100.9) | 40.6 (105.1) | 46.1 (115.0) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 32.4 (90.3) | 31.6 (88.9) | 28.4 (83.1) | 22.8 (73.0) | 17.9 (64.2) | 13.9 (57.0) | 13.2 (55.8) | 15.1 (59.2) | 18.9 (66.0) | 22.7 (72.9) | 27.0 (80.6) | 30.8 (87.4) | 22.9 (73.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 15.5 (59.9) | 15.6 (60.1) | 12.9 (55.2) | 8.6 (47.5) | 5.5 (41.9) | 3.3 (37.9) | 2.3 (36.1) | 3.2 (37.8) | 5.0 (41.0) | 7.4 (45.3) | 10.2 (50.4) | 13.5 (56.3) | 8.6 (47.4) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 5.6 (42.1) | 7.0 (44.6) | 3.9 (39.0) | 0.6 (33.1) | −2.8 (27.0) | −4.0 (24.8) | −5.0 (23.0) | −5.0 (23.0) | −3.3 (26.1) | −2.8 (27.0) | 1.7 (35.1) | 3.8 (38.8) | −5.0 (23.0) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 40.8 (1.61) | 37.2 (1.46) | 40.9 (1.61) | 40.6 (1.60) | 42.9 (1.69) | 49.8 (1.96) | 47.0 (1.85) | 46.8 (1.84) | 44.2 (1.74) | 50.9 (2.00) | 44.7 (1.76) | 41.4 (1.63) | 530.6 (20.89) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.2 mm) | 4.9 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 5.5 | 7.8 | 9.5 | 11.2 | 11.0 | 8.8 | 8.2 | 6.3 | 5.4 | 87.7 |
| Source:Bureau of Meteorology (1891–2022)[10] | |||||||||||||
Junee has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:
According to the2021 census, there were 4,882 people in Junee.
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 1921 | 3,560 | — |
| 1933 | 4,213 | +18.3% |
| 1947 | 4,010 | −4.8% |
| 1954 | 4,064 | +1.3% |
| 1961 | 3,980 | −2.1% |
| 1966 | 3,906 | −1.9% |
| 1971 | 3,772 | −3.4% |
| 1976 | 4,005 | +6.2% |
| 1981 | 3,993 | −0.3% |
| 1986 | 3,720 | −6.8% |
| 1991 | 3,673 | −1.3% |
| 1996 | 3,681 | +0.2% |
| 2001 | 3,589 | −2.5% |
| 2006 | 3,744 | +4.3% |
| 2011 | 4,400 | +17.5% |
| 2016 | 4,762 | +8.2% |
| 2021 | 4,882 | +2.5% |
| Source:Australian Bureau of Statistics data.[15][3][16][17][18][19] | ||
The most popular sport in Junee isrugby league. The town's team, theJunee Diesels, compete in theGroup 9 Rugby League competition, in which they have won two premierships. The club is notable for having producedNew South Wales andAustralian captainLaurie Daley.
The town had now defunct Australian rules and rugby union teams, known as the Bulldogs and Rams.[20]
Junee is served by:
Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) underCC BY 4.0licence. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) underCC BY 4.0licence. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) underCC BY 4.0licence.His strong instincts for a fair go for everyone come from his upbringing in the southern NSW town of Junee, where his father was an unskilled worker and sometimes unemployed.
Born: 3.3.1943, Junee, Australia
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