Coutts Crossing, New South Wales

Coutts Crossing New South Wales
A church at Coutts Crossing.
Coutts Crossing
Population:	1,353
Postcode:	2460
Elevation:	40 m (131 ft)
Location:	18 km (11 mi) from Grafton
LGA:	Clarence Valley
State District:	Clarence
Federal Division:	Page

Coutts Crossing (population 1,353^[1]) is a rural village located in the Clarence Valley region and Clarence Valley Council of New South Wales, Australia. The village is about 18 kilometres south-west of Grafton on the banks of the Orara River along the Armidale–Grafton Road. The village is named after Thomas Coutts, a settler who established the nearby Kangaroo Creek pastoral station in 1840.

The village was established as a service centre for the local farming community in the 1860s. However, today the village is a dormitory suburb with majority of residents commuting into Grafton. Despite this, the village boasts a tavern, general store, community hall and church. The local primary school was established in 1913 and as of 2009^[update] has 99^[2] pupils enrolled.

In the last twenty-five years, a number of sporting and community services have been established, including tennis and squash courts as well as soccer and croquet grounds, a nine hole golf course, a pre-school, a heritage centre and a combined Rural Fire Service and State Emergency Service centre, established in 1997.

See also

• Clan Farquharson - the surname Coutts is a sept of this Scottish clan
• Thomas Coutts - This particular Thomas Coutts was founder of Coutts bank

References

1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Coutts Crossing (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/LocationSearch?collection=Census&period=2006&areacode=SSC16851&producttype=QuickStats&breadcrumb=PL&action=401. Retrieved 2007-08-12. 
2. ^ "School Locator". New South Wales Department of Education. http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/schoolfind/locator/?section=showRecord&code=1666. Retrieved 2009-03-14. 

Coordinates: 29°49′S 152°53′E / 29.817°S 152.883°E / -29.817; 152.883