Editing Junee

{{This|the town|the local government area|Junee Shire}}
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{{Infobox Australian place| type = town
| name     = Junee
| state    = nsw
| image    = Lorne Street - Junee.jpg
| caption  = Lorne Street
| lga      = [[Junee Shire]]
| coordinates = {{coord|34|52|0|S|147|34|0|E|display=inline,title}}
| postcode = 2663
| est      = Late 1870s
| pop      = <!--Leave blank to gather the latest available information from WikiData-->
| pop_year = <!--Leave blank to gather the latest available information from WikiData-->
| pop_footnotes= <!--Leave blank to gather the latest available information from WikiData-->
| elevation= 280
| maxtemp  = 22.9
| mintemp  = 8.6
| rainfall = 530.6
| county = [[Clarendon County, New South Wales|Clarendon]]
| stategov = [[Electoral district of Cootamundra|Cootamundra]]
| fedgov = [[Division of Riverina|Riverina]]
| timezone = [[Australian Eastern Standard Time|AEST]]
| utc      = +10
| timezone-dst= [[Australian Eastern Daylight Time|AEDT]]
| utc-dst  = +11
| dist1    = 40
| location1= [[Wagga Wagga]]
| dist2    = 220
| location2= [[Canberra]]
| dist3    = 470
| location3= [[Sydney]]}}

'''Junee''' ({{IPAc-en|dʒ|uː|ˈ|n|iː}})<ref>''[[Macquarie Dictionary|Macquarie Dictionary, Fourth Edition]]'' (2005). Melbourne, The Macquarie Library Pty Ltd. {{ISBN|1-876429-14-3}}</ref> 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 2021 Junee's urban population was {{formatnum:4882}}.<ref name="ABSStats">{{Census 2021 AUS |id=UCL115089 |name=Junee |access-date=21 August 2024 |quick=on}}</ref>

==Place name==
One theory is that word ''Junee'' which originates from the [[Australian Aborigine|Aboriginal]] word 'Junee' means "speak to me".<ref>{{NSW GNR|id = MaYbjzsyTR|title = Junee|access-date = 3 August 2013}}</ref>
Another theory is that it is an Aboriginal word "Choo-nee" meaning "frog".<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article55185386 |title=PLACE NAMES. |newspaper=[[The Australian Women's Weekly]]|date=13 May 1964 |access-date=22 February 2011 |page=61 |volume=31 |issue=50 |location=Australia |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

==History==
The [[Wiradjuri]] people are the [[traditional owners]] of the local area prior to European settlement. [[Cuppacumbalong Homestead|Leopold de Salis (1816–1898)]], pastoralist and later politician was one of the first squatters to open up the Riverina region to grazing.<ref>Sutherland J (1999), ''A Short History of the Riverina Wheat Industry'', New South Wales Heritage Office</ref> He established the 'Junee' 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 Junee 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 'Junee' was gazetted in 1863 on the wool road to Sydney. That same year, [[Ben Hall (bushranger)|Ben Hall]] and his bushranging gang raided the village.<ref name="Cultureand">{{cite news |url=http://www.smh.com.au/travel/travel-factsheet/junee--culture-and-history-20081121-6d7u.html  |title=Junee - Culture and History |date=21 November 2008 |work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |archive-date=30 December 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121230181151/http://www.smh.com.au/travel/travel-factsheet/junee--culture-and-history-20081121-6d7u.html}}</ref>

[[File:CountryLink XPT 2018 at Junee 01.jpg|thumb|left|[[Junee railway station]] with a [[CountryLink]] [[New South Wales XPT|XPT]] at the platform in 2009]]
In 1866 Junee'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 I|World War 1]], as well as Wantiool and Eurongilly (to the east) until the 1880s.

By 1878 with the southward expansion of the [[Main Southern railway line, New South Wales|Main South line]] in New South Wales, the main railway line between Sydney and [[Melbourne]] passed 8 kilometres east of the village. Junee's Post Office was renamed Old Junee in 1885 ([[Junee railway station]]).<ref name = "PostOffice">{{Cite web | work = Premier Postal History | title = Post Office List |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304123418/https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=NSW&country= |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead | url =https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=NSW&country= | access-date = 2009-06-11}}</ref>{{better source needed|date=August 2024|reason=Generic URL provided, not to specific Junee entry.}} Loftus was the original name of the locality being farm land and as the settlers moved in for the rail line it was renamed. Junee Railway Station Post Office opened on 6 July 1878, was renamed Junee Junction in 1881 and later still, Junee in 1893.<ref name = "PostOffice"/>

===Rail and road===
The Main South line between Sydney and Melbourne runs through Junee, as does the [[Olympic Highway]], named for the route of the [[1956 Summer Olympics]] [[1956 Summer Olympics#Olympic torch relay|Torch Relay]].
The advent of rail transport in 1878 provided the impetus for an economic boom providing local agricultural producers with affordable direct access to markets in Sydney. In 1952 the largest wheat terminal in the Southern Hemisphere was constructed at Junee, adjacent to the South West Railway, providing both rail and road transport.<ref name="Cultureand" />

Rail transport makes an important contribution to the local economy with [[Regional Rail Logistics]]{{update inline|date=April 2021|reason=RRL disappeared a long time ago; current operator is Qube}} operating a containerised freight service that delivers various goods from Junee to Sydney,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailyadvertiser.com.au/news/local/news/general/new-rail-service-a-boost-for-riverina/1383756.aspx|title=New rail service a boost for Riverina |work=The Daily Advertiser |date=7 November 2012 |orig-date=10 December 2008 |publisher=dailyadvertiser.com.au |access-date=2009-01-08 |archive-date=21 August 2024 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240821113059/https://www.dailyadvertiser.com.au/story/726275/new-rail-service-a-boost-for-riverina/ |url-status=live |url-access=subscription}}</ref> with interstate freight trains also passing through the town.

===Local Government===
On 1 January 1981, Junee Municipal Council amalgamated with the surrounding "Illabo Shire Council', creating Junee Shire Council.

==Climate==
Junee has as a rather dry [[humid subtropical climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]] ''Cfa''), lying about {{convert|75|mm|in|0|disp=or}} above [[semi-arid climate|semi-arid]] classification. It features hot and dry summers and cool, moderately cloudy winters. The highest temperature recorded at Junee was {{convert|46.1|°C|°F|1|disp=or}} on 31 January 1968; the lowest recorded was {{convert|&minus;5.0|°C|°F|disp=or}} on 1 July 1971 and 6 August 1974. The average annual rainfall is {{convert|530.6|mm|in|2|disp=or}} spread across 88 days (with the majority in winter). It can snow on rare occasions, with the last snowfall in August 2019.
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|location = Junee Treatment Works (1907–1975, rainfall 1891–2022); {{convert|280|m|ft|0|}} AMSL; 34.85° S, 147.57° E
|metric first = Yes
|single line = Yes
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|Jan record high C= 46.1
|Feb record high C= 44.4
|Mar record high C= 40.6
|Apr record high C= 32.8
|May record high C= 25.6
|Jun record high C= 21.6
|Jul record high C= 23.0
|Aug record high C= 26.1
|Sep record high C= 33.3
|Oct record high C= 35.0
|Nov record high C= 38.3
|Dec record high C= 40.6
|Jan high C= 32.4
|Feb high C= 31.6
|Mar high C= 28.4
|Apr high C= 22.8
|May high C= 17.9
|Jun high C= 13.9
|Jul high C= 13.2
|Aug high C= 15.1
|Sep high C= 18.9
|Oct high C= 22.7
|Nov high C= 27.0
|Dec high C= 30.8
|Jan low C = 15.5
|Feb low C = 15.6
|Mar low C = 12.9
|Apr low C = 8.6
|May low C = 5.5
|Jun low C = 3.3
|Jul low C = 2.3
|Aug low C = 3.2
|Sep low C = 5.0
|Oct low C = 7.4
|Nov low C = 10.2
|Dec low C = 13.5
|Jan record low C= 5.6
|Feb record low C= 7.0
|Mar record low C= 3.9
|Apr record low C= 0.6
|May record low C= -2.8
|Jun record low C= -4.0
|Jul record low C= -5.0
|Aug record low C= -5.0
|Sep record low C= -3.3
|Oct record low C= -2.8
|Nov record low C= 1.7
|Dec record low C= 3.8
|Jan precipitation mm= 40.8
|Feb precipitation mm= 37.2
|Mar precipitation mm= 40.9
|Apr precipitation mm= 40.6
|May precipitation mm= 42.9
|Jun precipitation mm= 49.8
|Jul precipitation mm= 47.0
|Aug precipitation mm= 46.8
|Sep precipitation mm= 44.2
|Oct precipitation mm= 50.9
|Nov precipitation mm= 44.7
|Dec precipitation mm= 41.4
|year precipitation mm = 530.6
|precipitation colour= green
|Jan precipitation days= 4.9
|Feb precipitation days= 4.6
|Mar precipitation days= 4.5
|Apr precipitation days= 5.5
|May precipitation days= 7.8
|Jun precipitation days= 9.5
|Jul precipitation days= 11.2
|Aug precipitation days= 11.0
|Sep precipitation days= 8.8
|Oct precipitation days= 8.2
|Nov precipitation days= 6.3
|Dec precipitation days= 5.4
|unit precipitation days= 0.2 mm
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|source 1=  [[Bureau of Meteorology]] (1891–2022)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_073019_All.shtml |title= Junee, NSW Climate (1891–2022) |publisher= [[Australian Bureau of Meteorology]] |access-date=1 May 2022 }}</ref>
}}

==Heritage listings==
[[File:Junee Post Office on Lorne Street in Junee.jpg|alt=Photograph of Junee Post Office from across street|thumb|Junee Post Office, Lorne Street]]
Junee has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:
* 119 Lorne Street: [[Junee Post Office]]<ref name=nswshr-1425>{{cite NSW SHR|5051271|Junee Post Office|hr=01425|fn=H00/00204|access-date=18 May 2018}}</ref>
* Main Southern railway: [[Junee railway station]]<ref name=nswshr-1173>{{cite NSW SHR|5012059|Junee Railway Station, yard, locomotive depot|hr=01173|access-date=18 May 2018}}</ref>
* The Broadway: [[Athenium Theatre]]<ref name=nswshr-1687>{{cite NSW SHR|5053909|Athenium Theatre|hr=01687|access-date=18 May 2018}}</ref>

==Other attractions==
*Statue of rugby league commentator [[Ray Warren]] at Dobbyn Park, erected 6 August 2011<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://monumentaustralia.org.au/themes/people/sport/display/95386-ray-warren|title=Ray Warren |publisher=Monument Australia|website=monumentaustralia.org.au|access-date=2020-02-01|archive-date=21 August 2024|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240821112427/https://www.monumentaustralia.org.au/themes/people/sport/display/95386-ray-warren|location=Olympic Highway, Dobbyn Park, Junee}}</ref>
*[[Monte Cristo Homestead]], for many years owned by the Ryan family, who did much restoration work.
*[[Junee Licorice Factory]] and restaurant, confectionery manufacturer and tourism drawcard.

==Demographics==
According to the {{CensusAU|2021}}, there were {{formatnum:4882}} people in Junee.
* [[Indigenous Australians|Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people]] made up 9.4% of the population. 
* 81.5% of people were born in Australia; the next most common countries of birth included [[China]] (excluding [[Special administrative regions of China|Special Administrative Regions (SARs)]] and [[Taiwan]]) 1.9%, [[England]] 1.3%, [[New Zealand]] 1.0%, [[Fiji]] 0.8%, and [[Malaysia]] 0.8%. 70.9% of people spoke only [[English language|English]] at home; the next most common languages spoken at home included [[Mandarin Chinese|Mandarin]] 2.1%, [[Fijian language|Fijian]] 0.7%, [[Malay language|Malay]] 0.6%, [[Chinese language|Chinese]], not further defined 0.3%, and [[Cantonese]] 0.2%.
* 25.2% of respondents in this area identified a religious connection with [[Catholic Church in Australia|Catholicism]], followed by [[Irreligion in Australia|No Religion]] at 23.8%, [[Anglican Church of Australia|Anglican]] at 17.4%, and [[Presbyterianism|Prebysterian and Reformed]] 2.6%; a further 22.3% of respondents for this area elected not to disclose their religious status.<ref name="ABSStats"/>

{{Historical populations
|type= Australia
|1921|3560
|1933|4213
|1947|4010
|1954|4064
|1961|3980
|1966|3906
|1971|3772
|1976|4005
|1981|3993
|1986|3720
|1991|3673
|1996|3681
|2001|3589
|2006|3744
|2011|4400
|2016|4762
|2021|4882
|source=[[Australian Bureau of Statistics]] data.<ref name="ABS Census data">{{cite web |title=21. Historical Censuses (Pre 1996) |archive-date=21 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240821111437/https://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/ViewContent?readform&view=ProductsbyCatalogue&Action=Expand&Num=2.2 |url-status=live |publisher=Australian Bureau of Statistics |url=https://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/ViewContent?readform&view=ProductsbyCatalogue&Action=Expand&Num=2.2 |access-date=10 May 2024}}</ref><ref name="ABSStats" /><ref name="Census2016">{{Census 2016 AUS |id=UCL115084 |name=Junee |quick=on}}</ref><ref name="Census2011">{{Census 2011 AUS |id=UCL115089 |name=Junee |quick=on}}</ref><ref name="Census2006">{{Census 2006 AUS |id=UCL142000 |name=Junee |quick=on}}</ref><ref name="Census2001">{{Census 2001 AUS |id=UCL142000 |name=Junee |quick=on}}</ref>
}}

== Sport ==
The most popular sport in Junee is [[rugby league]]. The town's team, the [[Junee Diesels]], compete in the [[Group 9 Rugby League]] competition, in which they have won two premierships. The club is notable for having produced [[New South Wales rugby league team|New South Wales]] and [[Australia national rugby league team|Australian]] captain [[Laurie Daley]].

The town had now defunct Australian rules and rugby union teams, known as the Bulldogs and Rams.<ref>{{cite web |date=9 June 1911 |title=Football. |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/143072428 |access-date=4 February 2023 |publisher=[[The Daily Advertiser (Wagga Wagga)|Daily Advertiser]] |location=Wagga Wagga, NSW |page=3}}</ref>

==Notable people==
* [[Laurie Daley]], [[rugby league]] footballer and [[New South Wales rugby league team|New South Wales]] and [[Australia national rugby league team|Australian]] captain<ref name="Daley">{{cite web | url = http://rl1908.com/rugby-league/Laurie-Daley.htm | title = Laurie Daley – His Debut Season | publisher = RL1908.com | access-date = 2007-02-09}}</ref>
* [[Bernie Fraser (economist)|Bernie Fraser]], former governor of the [[Reserve Bank of Australia]]<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.smh.com.au/business/profile-bernie-fraser-20080319-gds5om.html |access-date=21 August 2024 |archive-date=21 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240821094723/https://www.smh.com.au/business/profile-bernie-fraser-20080319-gds5om.html |url-status=live |date=19 March 2008 |title=Profile Bernie Fraser |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |first=Lucinda |last=Schmidt |quote=His strong instincts for a fair go for everyone come from his upbringing in the southern NSW town of Junee, where his father was an unskilled worker and sometimes unemployed.}}</ref>
* [[Bill Heffernan]], former [[Australian Senator|Senator]] for New South Wales, representing the [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal Party]]<ref>{{cite web | title = Biography for HEFFERNAN, the Hon. William (Bill) Daniel | publisher = [[Australian Government]] | work = [[Parliament of Australia]] | url = http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=(Id:handbook/allmps/c16);rec=0; |quote=Born: 3.3.1943, Junee, Australia |archive-date=21 August 2024 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240821094241/https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=(Id:handbook/allmps/c16);rec=0; | access-date = 2009-07-05}}</ref>
* [[Lawrence Legend]], motorcycle stuntman{{citation needed|date=August 2024}}
* [[Ray Warren]], sports commentator{{citation needed|date=August 2024}}
* [[James Harrison (blood donor)|James Harrison]], blood donor

==Communications==
Junee is served by:
* Junee Independent newspaper
* [[Radio 1RPH]] transmitter (99.5FM)

==See also==
* [[Jail Break Inn Fire]]

==Gallery==
<Gallery>
File:Ray Warren.jpg|Ray Warren statue
File:Junee Roundhouse Museum.jpg|Roundhouse
File:Junee Liquorice Factory.JPG|Licorice Factory
File:Monte Cristo Homestead.jpg|Monte Cristo
</Gallery>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.junee.nsw.gov.au/ Junee Shire Council]
* [http://www.visitnsw.com/destinations/country-nsw/wagga-wagga-area/junee Junee -VisitNSW.com]

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