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Leeville, New South Wales

Coordinates: 28°57′S 153°00′E / 28.950°S 153.000°E / -28.950; 153.000
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Leeville is a locality south of the town of Casino in northern New South Wales, Australia. In the 2016 Census, there were 247 people in Leeville.[1]

Place name

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Leeville is named after Charles Alfred Lee (1842-1927), M.L.A., Minister for Public Works in New South Wales from 1904-1910.[2][3]

Transport

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The Summerland Way and North Coast railway pass through, and a railway station was provided between 1905 and 1974.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Leeville (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 25 April 2020. Edit this at Wikidata Material was copied from this source, which is available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
  2. ^ "Leeville". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 August 2013. Edit this at Wikidata
  3. ^ "PLACE NAMES". The Australian Women's Weekly. National Library of Australia. 13 May 1964. p. 61. Retrieved 22 February 2011.
  4. ^ Leeville station. NSWrail.net, accessed 1 September 2009.
Preceding station Former services Following station
Casino
towards Brisbane
North Coast Line Amarina
towards Maitland

28°57′S 153°00′E / 28.950°S 153.000°E / -28.950; 153.000