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    Chrofi with McGregor Coxall

    Jan 28, 2019 4 minutes
    Review by Kerry Clare and SueAnne Ware

    Location

    Maitland, NSW

    Local Government Area

    Maitland

    Region type

    Regional city

    Aboriginal nation

    Yuin nation, Awabakal-Wonnarua dialects. Traditional owners: Wonnarua

    Distance to nearest state/territory capital

    130 km (Sydney, NSW)

    Population

    2016 census 78,015

    2011 census 67,132

    growth 2011–16* +16.2%+

    *national average +8.8%

    + Maitland boundary has changed between censuses

    Top employment sectors (2016 census)

    5.9% Coalmining

    3.5% Hospitals

    3% Takeaway food services

    Regional towns, like cities, are systems, and changes to systems often have palpable knock-on effects that can enhance or disrupt, cause regeneration or decline. The growth of big-box supermarkets, the dominance of cars and the neglect or loss of landscape and heritage all have the ability to disrupt the workings of a town. The regional city of Maitland in New South Wales has

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