Young, New South Wales
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Young is a town and Local Government Area in New South Wales, Australia.
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GeographyArea: 2694 Square Kilometres (Young Shire Council)Elevation: 439 Metres (1443 Feet) History
The indigenous people of the district were members the Burrowmunditory tribe, part of the Wiradjuri people. James White was the first European settler in the district and established Burrangong Station in 1826 with a squatting claim of 100 square miles.
Gold was found in the district in 1860. Until that time the area was called Lambing Flat, a reference to the grazing of sheep that was the main industry until mining. The town was gazetted in 1861. The goldfields produced 470,000 ounces of gold sent by escort from the fields. Up to 20,000 miners worked the fields including about 2,000 Chinese miners. From November 1860 through to June 1861 anti-Chinese miners attacked Chinese gold miners in the area, now known as the infamous Lambing Flat riots. As gold became scarce, European miners began to resent what they saw as the greater success of the more industrious Chinese, and hence many Chinese miners were attacked, robbed and killed. The anti-Chinese rebels rallied in numbers of up to 3,000. Eventually the rioters were controlled, Chinese miners had their claims restored to them, but the New South Wales Parliament passed the Chinese Immigration Bill which restricted the number of Chinese that could be brought in to New South Wales on any ship and imposed a tax per head on entry. In 1889 Young was the first town in Australia other than the capital cities to install electricity into the streets and homes of the township. DemographicsOn census night, 7 August 2001, there were 11300 people (5593 males and 5707 females) counted in Young. This represents an increase of 254 people (2.3%) since the 1996 Census, and an increase of 613 people (5.7%) since the 1991 Census.There were 238 people (2.1%) (127 males and 111 females) who identified as being of Indigenous origin in the 2001 Census. The median age of people in the 2001 Census was 36 years. AncestryThe number of people born overseas in the 2001 Census was 650 (5.8%) compared with 589 (5.3%) in the 1996 Census and 549 (5.1%) in the 1991 Census. Of those born overseas, the three main countries of birth in the 2001 Census were:United Kingdom: 253 (2.2%) New Zealand: 74 (0.7%) and; Netherlands: 34 (0.3%). In the 2001 Census, the three most common ancestries identified with were: Australian: 5741 people (50.9%) English: 4022 people (35.7%) and; Irish: 1309 people (11.6%). LanguagesEnglish was stated as the only language spoken at home by 10547 people (93.6%) in the 2001 Census. The three most common languages spoken at home other than English in the 2001 Census were:Arabic (including Lebanese): 94 (0.8%) Netherlandic: 24 (0.2%) and; Chinese languages: 20 (0.2%). EducationIn the week preceding the 2001 Census, 3333 people (29.6%) had used a personal computer at home.407 (4.8%) people (154 males and 253 females) held a bachelor degree. 6140 (72.1%) people (2775 males and 3365 females) did not have a qualification. Employment349 people (194 males and 155 females) were unemployed, representing 7.1% of the labour force.The median weekly individual income for people aged 15 years and over in the 2001 Census was $300-$399. HousingIn the 2001 Census, there were 3847 separate houses (89.0%), 141 semi detached, row or terrace houses and townhouses (3.3%), 227 flats, units or apartments (5.3%) and 97 other dwellings (2.2%).In the 2001 Census, there were 1378 couple families with children (which comprised 45.6% of all families in occupied private dwellings), 1149 couple families without children (38.1%), 445 one parent families (14.7%) and 47 other families (1.6%). Sport
Local governmentThe current mayor of the Young Shire Council is Cr Gerry BaileyExternal linksNewspapersBurrangong Argus 1864-1914 (became the Young Witness) Burrangong Chronicle 1873-1902 (became the Young Chronicle) Burrangong Courier 1962 (ceased publication) The Lambing Flat Miner 1961-1862 (ceased publication) Young Chronicle 1902-1947 (incorporated in The Young Witness) The Young Witness 1914-Radio Stations2LF 1350 AM (commercial) Star FM 93.9 (commercial) SBS FM 98.7 (retransmission) JJJ 90.7 Radio National 89.1/97.1 ABC Riverina 89.9/96.3 Classic FM 88.3
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