Type: | suburb |
Coolongolook | |
State: | nsw |
Coordinates: | -32.2167°N 171°W |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Pop: | 392 |
Postcode: | 2423 |
Dist1: | 267 |
Location1: | Sydney |
Dist2: | 128 |
Location2: | Newcastle |
Dist3: | 47 |
Location3: | Taree |
Lga: | Mid-Coast Council |
Stategov: | Myall Lakes |
Fedgov: | Lyne |
Coolongolook is a small village in the Mid North Coast region, located within the Mid-Coast Council local government area of New South Wales, Australia. It is situated approximately 267km (166miles) north of Sydney, on the Pacific Highway.
In the 19th-Century gold was mined in the area.[1]
At the 2016 census, the town reported a resident population of 392. The median age is 51 and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people account for 11.3% of the population.
Coolongolook Public School is located on Lombard Street in the town.[2]
In 1994, the Roads & Traffic Authority considered the environmental impact statement of a proposal for a toll road between Coolongolook and Possum Brush.[3] [4] The proposal was from Snowy Mountains Engineering Corporation and Travers Morgan Pty Ltd.