Kew, New South Wales

Kew (/kjuː/) is a small town in the Mid North Coast region of New South Wales, Australia in the Port Macquarie-Hastings Council local government area. Kew is one of the communities that make up the Camden Haven district of Port Macquarie-Hastings.

Kew Camden Haven, New South Wales
The Big Axe and iKew Visitor Information Centre, 2013
Kew
Coordinates	31°38′S 152°43′E
Population	1,761 (2021 census)[1]
• Density	96.76/km2 (250.6/sq mi)
Postcode(s)	2439
Area	18.2 km2 (7.0 sq mi)
Location	351 km (218 mi) N of Sydney 48 km (30 mi) N of Taree 33 km (21 mi) S of Port Macquarie City Centre
LGA(s)	Port Macquarie-Hastings Council
County	Macquarie County
State electorate(s)	Port Macquarie
Federal division(s)	Lyne

Kew is located at the intersection of Nancy Bird Walton Drive (the former Pacific Highway) and Ocean Drive, the road to the larger town of Laurieton. Kew has a visitor information centre, a pub, a post office, a motel, a roadhouse, and a general store. Traffic congestion along this stretch of the highway led to the construction of a new dual carriageway bypass of Kew to the east of the township as part of a highway upgrade from Coopernook to Herons Creek. Construction commenced in November 2007^[2] and was completed in December 2009.^[3]

The largest school in the district, Camden Haven High School, is located 2 km east of Kew on Ocean Drive.

Kew is home to the Big Axe.

Kew Country Club is both a bowling and golf club and is located 200 metres west of the roundabout where Nancy Bird Walton Drive and Ocean Drive intersect. The club has a lawn bowling green and two synthetic bowling greens. The golf course is eighteen holes with bent grass greens. Kew is served by several daily coaches along the Pacific Highway, and three NSW TrainLink XPT services at Kendall railway station on the North Coast Line 2 km to the west.

Population

In the 2016 Census, there were 1,089 people in Kew. 77.9% of people were born in Australia and 87.1% of people spoke only English at home. The most common responses for religion were Anglican 29.3%, No Religion 23.2% and Catholic 19.4%.^[1]

Notable people

• Nancy Bird Walton (1915 – 2009), world-famous aviator^[4]

References

1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Kew (NSW)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
2. "Stages of work". Coopernook to Herons Creek. Archived from the original on 12 July 2009. Retrieved 8 July 2008.
3. Dwyer, Kate (22 December 2009). "Kew bypassed". Camden Haven Courier. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
4. Veitch, Harriet; Brown, Malcolm (14 January 2009). "A Little Bird who achieved big things". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 5 February 2017.

See also

• Kew (New South Wales) travel guide from Wikivoyage
• Media related to Kew, New South Wales at Wikimedia Commons