Clunes, New South Wales
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Clunes is a small village in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, Australia, in Lismore City Council It is approximately 20 km northeast of Lismore. It had a population of 417 in 2001, including 6 indigenous people (1.4%) and 39 foreign born people (9.4%).
It is situated in attractive hilly country, and the volcanic soils provided by nearby Mount Warning allow for macadamia and coffee growing.
Also nick-named "the Holy City" because of the number of fine early Australian churches in this village, Clunes has good local services including a general store, petrol, and an antiques and crafts shop. With lots of attractive North Coast federation houses in the district, the area is popular with people working in nearby Lismore. Named after Robert Mortimer Clunes, an early engineer in the dairying industry, Clunes is also appropriately Gaelic for 'pleasant place.'
Clunes most notable feature is its permanent speed camera which has had the lens painted over, been set on fire and blasted with a shotgun.
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