Dunoon, New South Wales
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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. It is the Macadamia
nut capital of Australia.
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. The tornado also destroyed two houses, severely damaged a church and two demountables at a school, with other houses in the village also damaged.
a mechanic, a small food store and a second-hand/handmade toys store. Whilst Dunoon has a community hall, most community gatherings occur at the pub. The popular sports are cricket
and soccer, although little athletics occurs every Friday. The Dunoon sports club also has a restaurant, a playground and a tennis court.
Dunoon also has two actively used church buildings one Catholic
and the other the Anglican church building that was destroyed during the 2007 tornado that has since been rebuilt.
Rous Water has plans to construct a new dam between Dunoon and The Channon to provide drinking water to the region to meet future projected demands.
City of Lismore
The City of Lismore is a local government area in New South Wales, Australia. Its primary city, Lismore is a major regional centre in the Northern Rivers region of the state.-Demographics:...
LGA in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales
New South Wales
New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...
, Australia
Australia
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. At the 2006 census
Census in Australia
The Australian census is administered once every five years by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The most recent census was conducted on 9 August 2011; the next will be conducted in 2016. Prior to the introduction of regular censuses in 1961, they had also been run in 1901, 1911, 1921, 1933,...
, Dunoon had a population of 372 people. It is the Macadamia
Macadamia
Macadamia is a genus of nine species of flowering plants in the family Proteaceae, with a disjunct distribution native to eastern Australia , New Caledonia and Sulawesi in Indonesia ....
nut capital of Australia.
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. The tornado also destroyed two houses, severely damaged a church and two demountables at a school, with other houses in the village also damaged.
Services
Like the other small villages dotted along the ridges in the hills heading north out of Lismore, it is a quiet town. There is a post office, a primary school,a mechanic, a small food store and a second-hand/handmade toys store. Whilst Dunoon has a community hall, most community gatherings occur at the pub. The popular sports are cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
and soccer, although little athletics occurs every Friday. The Dunoon sports club also has a restaurant, a playground and a tennis court.
Dunoon also has two actively used church buildings one Catholic
Catholic
The word catholic comes from the Greek phrase , meaning "on the whole," "according to the whole" or "in general", and is a combination of the Greek words meaning "about" and meaning "whole"...
and the other the Anglican church building that was destroyed during the 2007 tornado that has since been rebuilt.
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.Rous Water has plans to construct a new dam between Dunoon and The Channon to provide drinking water to the region to meet future projected demands.