Jennings, New South Wales

Infobox Australian Place | type = town
name = Jennings
state = nsw


caption = Hotel and NSW Agiculture warning, Jennings, NSW
lga = Tenterfield Shire Council
postcode = 2372
est = 1888
pop = 130
elevation= 875
maxtemp = 20.8
mintemp = 8.6
rainfall = 773.7
stategov = Northern Tablelands
fedgov = New England
dist1 = 718
dir1 = N
location1= Sydney
dist2 = 256
dir2 = SW
location2= Brisbane
dist3 = 99
dir3 = S
location3= Warwick (QLD)
dist4 = 19
dir4 = NW
location4= Tenterfield
dist5 = 2
dir5 = S
location5= Wallangarra (QLD)Location map|New South Wales
label =
position =
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lat_deg = 28
lat_min = 54
lat_sec = 14
lat_dir = S
lon_deg = 151
lon_min = 55
lon_sec = 29
lon_dir = E
lat = 28.9
long = 151.916667
mark = Red_pog.svg
caption = Location of Jennings in New South Wales
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width = 200
border = none

Jennings is a town in the New England region of New South Wales, Australia. The town is located in the Tenterfield Shire Local Government Area, convert|718|km|mi|0|lk=on from the state capital, Sydney and convert|256|km|mi|0|lk=on from Brisbane. It is separated by the state border from its neighbouring town of Wallangarra in Queensland. At the 2006 census, Jennings had a population of 130.Census 2006 AUS
id=SSC17589
name=Jennings (State Suburb)
accessdate=2007-08-25
quick=on] The New England Highway and the Main North railway line cross the state border at Jennings. The town was named for Sir Patrick Jennings, the first Roman Catholic Premier of New South Wales.cite web
url = http://tenterfield.local-e.nsw.gov.au/about/2401/2406.html
title = Jennings
publisher = Tenterfield Shire Council
accessdate = 2007-08-25] The rail line from Brisbane reached Wallangarra in 1887, a year before the Main North railway line reached Jennings from Sydney in 1888. A break-of-gauge station was established on the border with the north platform part of the Queensland rail network and the southern platform maintained by New South Wales.cite web
url = http://www.epa.qld.gov.au/projects/heritage/index.cgi?place=601242&back=1
title = Wallangarra Railway Station and Complex
work = Queensland Heritage Register
publisher = Environmental Protection Agency (Queensland)
accessdate = 2007-08-25] After several changes of name between the two towns, in 1904, the name of the station was confirmed as Wallangarra.cite web
url = http://www.nswrail.net/locations/show.php?name=NSW:Wallangarra&line=NSW:main_north:0
title = Wallangarra Railway Station
publisher = NSWRail.net
accessdate = 2007-08-25] Passenger rail services to Brisbane ceased in 1972 and the New South Wales line was closed north of Tenterfield to rail traffic in 1989. The station, refurbished in 2001, is now listed on the Queensland Heritage Register.

The Jennings Public School, still in operation and sited virtually opposite the Wallangarra School in Queensland, was established in 1889 following representations from the Officer in Charge of Customs for New South Wales at Wallangarra.cite web
url = http://www.jennings-p.schools.nsw.edu.au/html/history.html
title = Our School History
publisher = Jennings Public School
accessdate = 2007-08-25] During World War II, an ammunition dump was established at Jennings due to the break-of-gauge at Wallangarra railway station. The dump along with a general army store in Wallangarra still exist today.cite web
last = Dunn
first = Peter
url = http://www.sandgate.net/~dunn/ausarmy/3aod&1aad.htm
title = Advanced Ordnance Depot (3 AOD) Wallangarra Logistics Support Area, QLD and 1 Advanced Ammunition Depot (1 AAD)Jennings, NSW, during WW2
work = Australia at War
accessdate = 2007-08-25]

A modern survey of the Queensland/New South Wales border, conducted as a Centenary of Federation project in 2001, found an error of convert|200|m|ft|-2|lk=on in the original border survey, conducted between 1863-66, near Jennings. This indicates that if the border was placed where originally intended, Jennings would be located in Queensland rather than New South Wales.cite web
url = http://www.ga.gov.au/education/facts/dimensions/borders.htm#
title = State and Territory Borders
publisher = Geoscience Australia
accessdate = 2007-08-25]

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