Dunoon, New South Wales

Dunoon is a small village within the City of Lismore LGA in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, Australia. At the 2006 census, Dunoon had a population of 372 people.[2] In the 2011 census the population was 824.[3] It is self-proclaimed as the Macadamia capital of Australia.

Dunoon
New South Wales
Dunoon
Coordinates28°41′S 153°19′E
Population
LGA(s)City of Lismore
RegionNorthern Rivers
State electorate(s)Lismore
Federal Division(s)Page

The village's local newspaper is The Dunoon and District Gazette, with past copies available at the Lismore Library and the Richmond River Historical Society.

Services

Like the other small villages dotted along the ridges in the hills heading north out of Lismore, it is a quiet town, but the community and sports facilities available give it a strong community spirit. There is a post office, primary school, mechanic, herbalist and general store/ bottle shop. Dunoon has a community hall with a variety of activities including the Dunoon Film Club, exercise classes, social events and church services. Many community gatherings occur at the Sports Club. The popular sports are cricket and football, although there are other sports such as Little Athletics and tennis. The Dunoon sports club also has a restaurant, a playground, a tennis court and football fields with lights.

Dunoon also has two actively used church buildings; one Catholic and the other Anglican. The Anglican church building was destroyed during the 2007 tornado and has since been rebuilt. The other two former church buildings have been / are being converted to residential use, with both retaining many of the original features.

Development

Dunoon is currently predominantly a unilinear development, but a major land release has expanded off the main ridge. Community concerns over the social impact on the town of a second development were allayed in February 2009 when developers withdrew their application to develop a new subdivision from Lismore City Council.[4]

Rous County Council, which is the authority responsible for the water supply for most of the Ballina, Byron, Lismore and Richmond Valley council areas, published its draft water strategy in June 2020, which includes a 50-gigalitre (1.8×109 cu ft) dam at Dunoon. The council has been aware of Indigenous concerns since the matter was first considered in the 1990s, and was committed to working with local communities to mitigate concerns. An impact assessment of the site had identified various artefacts and burial sites in the area.[5]

2007 Tornado

On 26 October 2007, a tornado struck Dunoon (mainly the southern part of the village), and it was captured on video as it struck a direct hit on an electrical transformer station.[6] The tornado also completely destroyed one house, severely damaged a church and two classrooms at a school, with other houses in the village also having roofs torn off and windows smashed.[7] The rebuilding of the school classrooms and church has been an opportunity to modernise and revitalise.

References
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Dunoon (State Suburb)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
  2. Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Dunoon (L) (Urban Centre/Locality)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 21 July 2009.
  3. Dunoon census statistics
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2 March 2009. Retrieved 18 September 2009.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. MacKenzie, Bruce (19 June 2020). "Indigenous heritage sites could be underwater if new dam is built on New South Wales north coast". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
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  7. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 25 January 2010. Retrieved 18 September 2009.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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