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Herons Creek, New South Wales
Herons Creek is a small township on the North Coast of New South Wales, Australia co-ordinates 31°35′S 152°44′E. The population of Herons Creek is 312 (2011).〔() QPZM local stats. Accessed 5 November 2013〕 The township is about 291 kilometers (181 miles) north of Sydney.〔() QPZM local stats. Accessed 5 November 2013〕 The North Coast railway line passes through, and a station existed at the site between 1917 and 1974.〔(Herons Creek station ). NSWrail.net. Accessed 3 October 2009.〕 Film director Baz Luhrmann was raised in the town.
== Economy ==
The largest employer in Herons Creek is the timber mill owned and operated by Boral. The mill in its current form was opened by Alf Noone in 1915.〔() Fenning, Charles. '' Echoes of the Axe '' Taree, 1997. page 6.〕 It was sold to Zinc Co. of Broken Hill in 1947, later passing to Duncans Holdings and then Boral.〔() Fenning, Charles. '' Echoes of the Axe '' Taree, 1997. pp 40-43.〕 The train station was closed 30 June 1974 causing the local economy to decline.〔() Isaac, Wendy H., Mitchell, Jan, and Mitchell, Kevin. '' Footprints and Foundations: The early dwellings and residents, 1860 - 1960 : Kew, Ross Glen, Herons Creek '' published by Kendall Heritage Society Inc.〕
In the 1800s there was a tramway known as "The Turpentine Line" that ran from Herons Creek to Kew (Federal mill) where there was also a factory extracting eucalyptus oil.〔() '' Timber stories : splinters of a rich heritage : objects, people and places. '' Published by Port Macquarie Hastings Council (local government) 2010.〕
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