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Woolgoolga is a town on the Mid North Coast of New South Wales, Australia. It is on the Pacific Highway , approximately 550 km north of Sydney and 365 km south of Brisbane . The closest city to Woolgoolga is Coffs Harbour , which lies 24.8 km to the south.
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It purchased in October 1906 a sawmill, which had been set-up in 1903 by George W. Nichols. The deal included machinery and equipment, as well as 2.2 hectares (5.5 acres) of land in Woolgoolga and three log harvesting contracts of 3,500 pounds plus two more sawmills in Woolgoolga and south of it.
In the 1950s and 1960s the Sikhs worked hard and started to purchase land and start their own banana farms. With steady work and income, the Sikh men started to bring their wives from Punjab to Australia. In 1961 there were six Sikh women in Woolgoolga, creating Sikh households and Sikh children born in Australia.
It took in the coastal strip south from near One Tree Point, Woolgoolga and Nambucca Heads. [15] The thin coastal zone from Coffs Harbour to Evans Head was Yaygir territory. [16] To their north were the twenty groups speaking various dialects of the Bandjalang. The Jukambal were to their west and the Nganyaywana/Anēwan in the environs of .
Woolgoolga High School is located 2 kilometres (1 mi) north of the township of Woolgoolga. While the school does not have its own sporting facilities, it is within two hundred metres of Woolgoolga Sports Ground and Tennis Courts. The agricultural facilities are located off campus within the township of Woolgoolga.
Group 2 Rugby League on facebook Group 2 is a rugby league competition on the north coast of New South Wales Since 1966, run under the auspices of the Country Rugby League . The Group 2 area runs from Grafton in the north to Macksville in the south.
Crescent Head is a town on the Mid North Coast, 340 km north-northeast of Sydney, in The Kempsey Shire local government area of New South Wales, Australia.At the 2021 census, Crescent Head had a population of 978 people. [1]