Mount Russell, New South Wales Explained

Type:town
Mount Russell
State:nsw
Coordinates:-29.6778°N 150.9306°W
Pop:237
Postcode:2360
Elevation:246
Dist1:618
Dir1:N
Location1:Sydney
Dist2:457
Dir2:SW
Location2:Brisbane
Dist3:25
Dir3:NW
Location3:Inverell
Lga:Inverell Shire
Stategov:Northern Tablelands
Fedgov:New England

Mount Russell is a village in Inverell Shire of New South Wales in Australia. In the the village and surrounding area had a population of 237. The village is approximately 25km (16miles) north-west of Inverell, New South Wales and is approximately 618km (384miles) by road from the state capital Sydney.

A railway station on the Inverell branch opened on 10 March 1902, and was served by railmotors between Moree and Inverell. This section of the line was closed in 1987 and little trace remains of the station or platform, although some sidings are still intact.[1] The sidings at Mount Russell also served a silo site constructed in 1934 with a storage capacity of 4100t with an additional 28500t storage added in 1955. The silo owned by GrainCorp was no longer in use as of 2007.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mount Russell Station. Bozier, R. NSWrail.net website. 5 August 2012.
  2. Web site: Mount Russell. NSW Silos website. 5 August 2012.