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{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}
{{Use Australian English|date=November 2011}}
{{Infobox Australian place
| type                   = suburb
| name                   = Woodville
| city                   =
| state                  = nsw
| image                  = WoodvilleStoreWideshot.jpg
| caption                = The historic timber general store at Woodville.
| coordinates            = {{coord|32|40|33|S|151|36|34.7|E|display=inline,title}}
| pushpin_label_position = left
| pop                    = 604
| pop_year               = {{CensusAU|2011}}
| pop_footnotes          = <ref name=abs2011pop>{{Census 2011 AUS|id=GL_NSW4429|name=Woodville (State Suburb)|access-date=24 October 2012|quick=on}}</ref><ref group=Note>ABS QuickStats data for "Woodville" includes residents from the adjacent suburb of [[Butterwick, New South Wales|Butterwick]], while excluding that part of Woodville that lies in the Maitland LGA.</ref>
| density                = 25.6
| density_footnotes      =
| est                    =
| postcode               = 2321
| elevation              = 6
| elevation_footnotes    = <ref group=Note>Average elevation of the suburb as shown on 1:100000 map 9232 NEWCASTLE.</ref>
| area                   = 21.5
| area_footnotes         = <ref group=Note>Area calculation is based on 1:100000 map 9232 NEWCASTLE.</ref>
| timezone               = [[Australian Eastern Standard Time|AEST]]
| utc                    = +10
| timezone-dst           = [[Australian Eastern Daylight Time|AEDT]]
| utc-dst                = +11
| dist1                  = 174
| dir1                   = N
| location1              = Sydney
| dist2                  = 42
| dir2                   = NW
| location2              = [[Newcastle, New South Wales|Newcastle]]
| dist3                  = 19
| dir3                   = WNW
| location3              = Raymond Terrace
| dist4                  = 11.5
| dir4                   = NNE
| location4              = [[Maitland, New South Wales|Maitland]]
| lga                    = [[Port Stephens Council]]<ref name=lga>{{cite web|url=http://www.dlg.nsw.gov.au/dlg/dlghome/dlg_Regions.asp?regiontype=2&slacode=6400&region=HT|title=Suburb Search – Local Council Boundaries – Hunter (HT) – Port Stephens|publisher=[[New South Wales Division of Local Government]]|access-date=17 June 2008}}</ref>
| lga2                   = [[Maitland City Council]]<ref name=lga2>{{cite web|url=http://www.dlg.nsw.gov.au/dlg/dlghome/dlg_Regions.asp?regiontype=2&slacode=5050&region=HT|title=Suburb Search – Local Council Boundaries – Hunter (HT) – Maitland City Council|publisher=[[New South Wales Division of Local Government]]|access-date=17 June 2008}}</ref>
| region                 = [[Hunter Region|Hunter]]<ref name=lga/>
| county                 = [[Durham County, New South Wales|Durham]]<ref name=gnbsuburb>{{NSW GNR|id=SXlpvqsyJP|title=Woodville|access-date=17 June 2008}}</ref>
| parish                 = Butterwick<ref name=gnbsuburb/>
| stategov               = [[Electoral district of Port Stephens|Port Stephens]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.elections.nsw.gov.au/District-profiles/Port-Stephens|title=Port Stephens|publisher=[[New South Wales Electoral Commission]] |access-date=23 November 2019}}</ref>
| fedgov                 = [[Division of Paterson|Paterson]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://apps.aec.gov.au/esearch/LocalitySearchResults.aspx?filter=Paterson&filterby=Electorate|title=Paterson |publisher=[[Australian Electoral Commission]]|date=19 October 2007|access-date=17 June 2008}}</ref>
| maxtemp                = 29.6
| maxtemp_footnotes      = <ref name=metdata>{{BoM Aust stats|site_ref=cw_061250|site_name=Paterson (Tocal AWS)|access-date=17 June 2008}}</ref>
| mintemp                = 6.1
| mintemp_footnotes      = <ref name=metdata/>
| rainfall               = 925.2
| rainfall_footnotes     = <ref name=metdata/>
| near-n                 = [[Duns Creek, New South Wales|Duns Creek]], [[Butterwick, New South Wales|Butterwick]]
| near-ne                = [[Seaham, New South Wales|Seaham]]
| near-e                 = [[Seaham, New South Wales|Seaham]]
| near-se                = [[Seaham, New South Wales|Seaham]]
| near-s                 = [[Wallalong, New South Wales|Wallalong]]
| near-sw                = [[Bolwarra Heights, New South Wales|Bolwarra Heights]]
| near-w                 = [[Mindaribba, New South Wales|Mindaribba]]
| near-nw                = [[Tocal, New South Wales|Tocal]]
| local_map = yes
| zoom     = 12
}}
'''Woodville''' is a rural suburb in the [[Hunter Region]] of [[New South Wales]], [[Australia]] that is shared between the [[Port Stephens Council|Port Stephens]] and [[Maitland City Council|Maitland]] [[Local government in Australia|local government areas]] (LGA).<ref name=lga/><ref name=lga2/> Most of the suburb lies to the east of the [[Paterson River]] in the Port Stephens LGA while a small area of approximately {{Convert|1.3|km2|sqmi|1}}, to the west of the Paterson, is within the boundaries of the Maitland LGA.<ref>{{DoL suburb image|name=Woodville|access-date=17 June 2008}}</ref>
==Land use==
Woodville's primary land use is agricultural, although housing and small-acre rural residential lots are increasingly significant. Its agriculture consists mainly of broad-acre hay production, along with beef cattle grazing, turf-farming, poultry and olive production. It sits on the floodplains of the lower [[Hunter River (New South Wales)|Hunter River]] and is subject to periodic flooding.
==Township==
The suburb's centre consists of only a few buildings: an old timber shop, a few houses of mixed age and design and the All Saints sandstone gothic style church. The church is now privately owned and although no longer used for religious services, the heritage listed chapel is non-denominational and available for weddings both civil and religious while the timber hall associated with the church is now a function centre.
==History==
The Woodville region was occupied originally by [[Aboriginal Australians|Aboriginal people]], most likely the [[Worimi]]. It offered abundant natural resources, with rivers, extensive wetlands, lakes, open woodland and rainforest.  In the early 19th century, the first Europeans known to enter the region were timber-getters seeking to exploit the extensive red cedar trees that grew on and near the banks of the Paterson and Hunter rivers.  Felled trees were floated down-river to timber mills in Newcastle.
Woodville has some significant historical buildings, such as Dunmore House, the Woodville shop/general store is Australia's oldest continually running business still carrying on the same services it was licensed for in 1844. The homestead of the historical property Stradbroke, which is listed in the Australian Heritage Database.<ref>{{cite AHD|1326|Stradbroke House and Outbuildings, Paterson Rd, Woodville, NSW, Australia|date=21 March 1978|access-date=17 June 2008}}</ref> Increasingly, traditional farms are being subdivided for semi-rural small holdings.
The Woodville School of Arts dates to 1877. The [[Gothic Revival architecture|Gothic Revival]] All Saints Church is heritage listed and was officially opened in 1864, it features impressive arched and leadlight windows following its restoration work in 1922, the Hall associated with the church was constructed in the 1890s and is of architectural interest. Iona School dates to 1918.
Weddings and receptions are regularly held on the site which is unique in the region.
Woodville was also the name of a suburb in Sydney, causing confusion until the name of Woodville in Sydney was transposed to the new name of [[Villawood, New South Wales|Villawood]].
== Transport ==
[[Hunter Valley Buses]] operates one bus route through Woodville:
* 185: Maitland to Gresford via Bolwarra, Largs and Paterson<ref>{{Cite web |title={{!}} transportnsw.info |url=https://transportnsw.info/routes/details/Hunter-valley-buses/185/46185 |access-date=2024-03-01 |website=transportnsw.info}}</ref>
===Dunmore Bridge===
The heritage-listed [[Dunmore Bridge]] over the Paterson River is a wooden Allan truss lift-span bridge that was built in 1899.<ref name=nswshr-1467>{{cite NSW SHR|5051369|Dunmore Bridge over the Paterson River|hr=01467|fn=H00/00322|access-date=18 May 2018}}</ref> The lift-span is intact although now inoperative. The bridge is located on Clarence Town Road, the main road between {{NSWcity|Maitland}} and {{NSWcity|Paterson}}, {{NSWcity|Seaham}}, {{NSWcity|Clarence Town}} and {{NSWcity|Dungog}}.
==Image gallery==
<gallery>
File:WoodvilleChurchAnd_Hall.jpg|All Saints Church and hall
File:IonaSchoolOfArts.JPG|Iona School of Arts, a community hall
File:WoodvilleHayWagon-1.jpg|Hay wagon at Woodville
File:WoodvilleAbandonedHouse.jpg|An old abandoned timber and brick house at Iona, Woodville
</gallery>
==Notes==
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==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* {{cite web|url=http://artswoodville.webs.com|title=Woodville School of Arts website|access-date=24 April 2012}}
{{Suburbs of Port Stephens}}
{{Suburbs of City of Maitland}}
[[Category:Suburbs of Maitland, New South Wales]]
[[Category:Suburbs of Port Stephens Council]]