Coutts Crossing, New South Wales
| Coutts Crossing New South Wales | |
|---|---|
 A church at Coutts Crossing. | |
  Coutts Crossing | |
| Coordinates | 29°49′S 152°53′E / 29.817°S 152.883°ECoordinates: 29°49′S 152°53′E / 29.817°S 152.883°E |
| Population | 1,353 (2006 census)[1] |
| Postcode(s) | 2460 |
| Elevation | 40 m (131 ft) |
| Location | 18 km (11 mi) from Grafton |
| LGA(s) | Clarence Valley |
| State electorate(s) | Clarence |
| Federal Division(s) | Page |
Coutts Crossing (population 1,353[1]) is a rural village located in the Clarence Valley region and Clarence Valley Council of New South Wales, Australia. The village is about 18 kilometres south-west of Grafton on the banks of the Orara River along the Armidale–Grafton Road. The village is named after Thomas Coutts, a settler who established the nearby Kangaroo Creek pastoral station in 1840.
The village was established as a service centre for the local farming community in the 1860s. However, today the village is a dormitory suburb with majority of residents commuting into Grafton. Despite this, the village boasts a tavern, general store, community hall and church. Coutts Crossing Public School was established in 1913 and as of 2009 has 99[2] pupils enrolled.
In the last twenty-five years, a number of sporting and community services have been established, including tennis and squash courts as well as football and croquet grounds, a nine-hole golf course, a pre-school, a heritage centre and a combined New South Wales Rural Fire Service and State Emergency Service centre, established in 1997.
See also
- Clan Farquharson - the surname Coutts is a sept of this Scottish clan
- Thomas Coutts - This particular Thomas Coutts was founder of Coutts bank
References
- 1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Coutts Crossing (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 2007-08-12.
- ↑ "School Locator". New South Wales Department of Education. Retrieved 2009-03-14.