Drake New South Wales
Coordinates	28°56′S152°24′E / 28.933°S 152.400°ECoordinates: 28°56′S152°24′E / 28.933°S 152.400°E
Population	345 (2016 census)^[1]
Established	1860s
Postcode(s)	2470
Elevation	500 m (1,640 ft)
Location	800 km (497 mi) N of Sydney 44 km (27 mi) E of Tenterfield
LGA(s)	Tenterfield Shire
County	Drake County
State electorate(s)	Lismore
Federal Division(s)	New England

Casino Lawn Cemetery. 126 Reynolds Road Casino, New South Wales Opening hours. Open 24 hours. Coraki is a small town that sits on the confluence of the Richmond and Wilson Rivers in northern New South Wales, Australia in Richmond Valley Shire. At the 2016 census, Coraki had a population of 1,277 people. The name Coraki is derived from the Bundjalung word gurigay, meaning the meeting of the waters. Coraki is positioned centrally to the hub of the Summerland Way Casino (30 kilometres. Casino is about 20 miles by road south-west of Lismore and 500 miles north-east of Sydney on the Sydney Brisbane Railway. The cemetery is situated in West Street which is a mile west of the Casino post office. It contains 15 war graves. NEARBY CWGC CEMETERIES & Memorials. New South Wales (A to D) Abercrombie River Cemetery The Family History Group of Bathurst Inc. Black Springs New Cemetery Campbells River Road Black Springs. Australian Cemeteries Index Online Data. Casino Cemetery West Street Casino Further Information: Casino Lawn Cemetery. Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park is a cemetery and crematorium at Matraville, New South Wales, in the eastern suburbs district of Sydney, Australia. Long Bay Gaol The Long Bay Correctional Complex, officially known as Her Majesty's Australian Prison Long Bay Matraville Sports High School.

Drake is a parish and small rural community on the Bruxner Highway approximately 44 km east of Tenterfield, New South Wales and about 800 km north of Sydney, New South Wales. It is in the Tenterfield Shirelocal government area, which is part of the New England region. At the 2016 census, Drake had a population of 345 people.^[1]

History[edit]

In 1858 gold was discovered near Newmans Pinch, a hill on the western side of Fairfield (now Drake) and Timbarra^[2] and quite a few years later copper was also mined in the vicinity.

The Timbarra Post Office opened on 1 November 1858, was renamed Drake in 1867 and closed in 1871. The later Drake office opened on 1 April 1879 and closed in 1985.^[3]

During the 1860s the first sale of Drake allotments took place with 16 of the 40 lots being sold. The Public School opened in November 1887.

The Australian Antimony Co. began mining here in 1872, with Drake as their community centre.^[4] Between 1872 and 1890 Drake was a thriving mining and timber town with 14 hotels, a town band, and many private dwellings, plus a number of businesses including a blacksmith, post office and stores. A weekly coach run was established to run from Tenterfield to Casino in 1885.^[4] The town also served as a stopping point for bullock teams, drovers and settlers passing between inland and coastal regions.

The original police station and house is near the cemetery, but is privately owned. There is a new Rural Transaction & Resource Centre. St Peter the Apostle Anglican Church (former) has been placed on the Register of the National Estate.

The community is agricultural, timber and tourist based providing hiking, fishing and fossicking etc.

Population[edit]

In the 2016 Census, there were 345 people in Drake. 70.8% of people were born in Australia and 81.7% of people spoke only English at home. The most common response for religion in Drake was No Religion at 46.5%.ref name='ABS'/>

References[edit]

^ ^a^bAustralian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). 'Drake (State Suburb)'. 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 September 2019. Material was copied from this source, which is available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
^'Drake'. Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 5 August 2013.
^Premier Postal History. 'Post Office List'. Premier Postal Auctions. Archived from the original on 19 August 2008. Retrieved 26 May 2011.
^ ^a^bDonald, J. Kay, Exploring the North Coast and New England, Kangaroo Press, Kenthurst, 1987

Call of the Highlands (The Tenterfield Story) 1828-1988, Ken Halliday, Southern Cross Printery, Toowoomba, c. 1988

Lake Wales Cemetery

External links[edit]

Retrieved from 'https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Drake,_New_South_Wales&oldid=918361648'

Coraki New South Wales
The Coraki Hotel on Richmond Terrace, Coraki's main street
Coordinates	28°59′0″S153°18′0″E / 28.98333°S 153.30000°ECoordinates: 28°59′0″S153°18′0″E / 28.98333°S 153.30000°E
Population	1,277 (2016 census)^[1]
Established	1849
Postcode(s)	2471
LGA(s)	Richmond Valley Council
State electorate(s)	Clarence
Federal Division(s)	Page

Coraki is a small town that sits on the confluence of the Richmond and Wilson Rivers in northern New South Wales, Australia in Richmond Valley Shire. At the 2016 census, Coraki had a population of 1,277 people.^[1] The name Coraki is derived from the Bundjalung word gurigay, meaning the meeting of the waters.^[2]

Coraki is positioned centrally to the hub of the Summerland Way Casino (30 kilometres west), the regional city of Lismore (25 kilometres north) and the popular tourist beachside location of Evans Head (25 kilometres east). Like many other towns in the area, it is a hub for the local agricultural industries such as cattle, sugar cane and tea tree oil.

Coraki is the home of the annual Coraki Art Prize (formerly the Coraki Tea Tree Art Prize), an art competition and exhibition open to all artists and including painting, drawing, photography, sculpture and printmaking, held late October. Each year, a major fundraising event for the Art Prize, the Coraki Trivia Night is held July/August at the Coraki Golf Club and MC'd by Senator John Faulkner.

In 2010, the first Dylanfest celebrated the music, art and poetry of Bob Dylan in October at the Coraki Hotel.

Annually in November, the Tweed Water Skiing Club converges on the Richmond River to contest the 'Coraki Assault' race.

Coraki is a small village with many community facilities: Coraki Fire Station, Coraki Public School, St Joseph's Primary School, St Joseph's Church, Coraki Uniting Church, Coraki Anglican Church, Coraki Community Hall, the Rural Transaction Centre, Mid-Richmond Museum, Coraki Library, post office, Mid-Richmond Retirement Village, cemetery, hockey fields, tennis courts, skate park,

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