Junee

Junee
New South Wales

Lorne Street

Junee

Coordinates

34°52′0″S 147°34′0″E / 34.86667°S 147.56667°ECoordinates: 34°52′0″S 147°34′0″E / 34.86667°S 147.56667°E

Population

6,230 (2015 census)

Established

Late 1870's

Postcode(s)

2663

Elevation

280 m (919 ft)

Time zone

AEST (UTC+10)

• Summer (DST)

AEDT (UTC+11)

Location

40 km (25 mi) from Wagga Wagga
220 km (137 mi) from Canberra
470 km (292 mi) from Sydney

Mean max temp	Mean min temp	Annual rainfall
22.9 °C ^{73 °F}	5.0 °C ^{41 °F}	522.2 mm ^{20.6 in}

Junee /dʒuːˈni/ is a medium-sized town in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia. The town's prosperity and mixed services economy is based on a combination of agriculture, rail transport, light industry and government services, and in particular correctional services. In 2015 Junee's urban population was 6,230.

One theory is that word Junee which originates from the Aboriginal word 'Jewnee' means "speak to me". Another theory is that it is an Aboriginal word "Choo-nee" meaning "frog".

The Wiradjuri people are the traditional owners of the local area prior to European settlement. Leopold de Salis (1816-1898), pastoralist and later politician was one of the first squatters to open up the Riverina region to grazing. He established the 'Jewnee' pastoral run in 1845. Leopold held the licence for this run for a total of three years. Other run licencees followed until Thomas Hammond and Richard Gwynne bought the licence in 1857. The Jewnee run progressively reduced in area as selectors took up land but Hammond lived on it until his death in 1899, the remaining property having been named "Wyoming" in 1887. A post office opened in 1862 and a village called 'Jewnee' was gazetted in 1863 on the wool road to Sydney. That same year, Ben Hall and his bushranging gang raided the village.

In 1866 Jewnee's population was recorded as twelve but the discovery of reef and alluvial gold during the 1860s triggered a gold rush. The main sites- Junee Reefs (to the north), was mined on and off until after World War 1, as well as Wantiool and Eurongilly (to the east) until the 1880's.

By 1878 with the southward expansion of the Main South line in New South Wales, the main railway line between Sydney and Melbourne passed 8 kilometres east of the Village. Junee Post Office was renamed Old Junee in 1885 (Junee railway station). Junee Railway Station Post Office opened on 6 July 1878, was renamed Junee Junction in 1881 and later still, Junee in 1893.

...
Wikipedia