Lochinvar, New South Wales

Lochinvar is a village in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia, eleven kilometres west of the regional centre of Maitland. Lochinvar is within the boundaries of the City of Maitland local government area and is named after Lochinvar, a loch in southern Scotland.

A historic home and property called 'Windermere' (1827) is located near the town. There is also a locally famous country department store called 'Aird's of Lochinvar' on the Maitland side.

Education

On the highway through the town is a large Catholic convent housing the Sisters of St Joseph (1883). There is a secondary college on the grounds, which is a campus of All Saints College, Maitland. It was once also a boarding school for girls. It is also the site of Lochinvar Public School. As well as St. Patricks Lochinvar, the local catholic school.

Transport

The town is mostly built up along the busy New England Highway between the major centres of Maitland and Singleton and is 165 kilometres north of Sydney. Most people in the area work in nearby Maitland or Singleton. Lochinvar railway station is some two kilometres south of the village.

Coordinates: 32°42′S 151°27′E / 32.700°S 151.450°E / -32.700; 151.450

Towns, suburbs and localities of the City of Maitland, Hunter Region, New South Wales

Towns, suburbs and localities	Aberglasslyn Allandale Anambah Ashtonfield Berry Park Bishops Bridge Bolwarra Bolwarra Heights Buchanan Chisholm Dalwood Duckenfield East Maitland Farley Gillieston Heights Gosforth Greenhills Greta Harpers Hill Hillsborough Horseshoe Bend Lambs Valley Largs Lochinvar Lorn Louth Park Luskintyre Maitland Maitland North Maitland Vale Melville Metford Millers Forest Mindaribba Morpeth Mount Dee Oakhampton Oakhampton Heights Oswald Phoenix Park Pitnacree Raworth Rosebrook Rutherford South Maitland Telarah Tenambit Thornton Tocal Windella Windermere Woodberry Woodville

Other places and points of interest	Hunter River Maitland Gaol Paterson River Walka Water Works

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