Dungowan, New South Wales

{{Infobox Australian place| type = Town

| name = Dungowan

| state = NSW

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| lga = Tamworth Regional Council

| postcode = 2340

| est =

| pop = 366

| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2021}}

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| stategov = Tamworth

| fedgov = New England

| dist1 = 411

| dir1 = N

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| dist2 = 23

| dir2 = SE

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Dungowan is a village in the New England region of New South Wales, Australia. It is located {{cvt|23|km|abbr=on}} southeast of Tamworth. At the 2021 census, Dungowan had a population of 366.{{Census 2021 AUS|id=SAL11324|name=Dungowan (Suburb and Locality)|accessdate=3 July 2023|quick=on}}

History

Dungowan was first gazetted on 10 May 1974.{{cite web|url = https://proposals.gnb.nsw.gov.au/public/geonames/3c771683-5bf0-4f7e-8dc8-9ec09f3e46c1|title = Dungowan|website = Geographical Names Board of New South Wales|publisher = New South Wales Government|access-date = 3 July 2017}}

Notable people

Politician Peter Draper has resided in Dungowan since 1984.{{cite web |title=About Peter |website=PeterDraper.com |url=http://www.peterdraper.com.au/about.html |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060819013120/http://www.peterdraper.com.au/about.html |archivedate=19 August 2006}}{{cite NSW Parliament |title=Mr Peter Ross Draper (1958- ) |id=2177 |former=Yes |accessdate=21 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401031448/https://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/members/formermembers/Pages/former-member-details.aspx?pk=2177|archive-date=1 April 2019|url-status=live}}

Jack Todd, a current NRL player for the Canterbury Bulldogs

References

Category:Towns in New South Wales

Category:Tamworth Regional Council