Bonville is a small town located on the Mid North Coast of New South Wales

New South Wales

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, Australia

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, 11 kilometres south of Coffs Harbour

Coffs Harbour, New South Wales

-History:By the early 1900s, the Coffs Harbour area had become an important timber production centre. Before the opening of the North Coast Railway Line, the only way to transport large items of heavy but low value, such as timber, was by coastal shipping. This meant sawmillers on the North Coast...

. It has a population of 1,891. The town's name supposedly derives from "Bongol Bongol/Bongil Bongil" which means a place where one stays a long time.

The town is best known for Bonville International Golf Course. It also contains a local primary school and a Christian high school. The town has now been bypassed by the Pacific Highway

Pacific Highway (Australia)

The Pacific Highway is a major transport route along part of the east coast of Australia and is part of Australia's national route 1.It is 960 km long and links Sydney, the capital of New South Wales, to Brisbane, the capital of Queensland, along the coast, via Gosford, Newcastle, Taree, Port...

 A railway station on the North Coast line

North Coast railway line, New South Wales

The North Coast Line is the primary rail route in the Mid North Coast and Northern Rivers regions of New South Wales, and forms a major part of the Sydney-Brisbane rail corridor....

was open between 1915 and 1974, it was subsequently demolished and no trace remains.