New England/Northwest

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New England/Northwest is a subregion of the larger North Eastern NSW training region.

New England / Northwest subregion

The New England/Northwest subregion stretches from the Queensland/NSW border in the north, to Quirindi in the south. With more than 30 training facilities and 80 GP supervisors across the subregion, there are many training opportunities, including five Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services offering Aboriginal health training posts.

The subregion is known for its great rural lifestyle. It is a key area for agriculture, producing gourmet food and fine wine. It has a number of small close-knit communities within reach of the regional towns of Tamworth and Armidale, which offer extensive shopping, dining, and cultural opportunities. There is a network of airports across the subregion making travel to Sydney and other destinations relatively easy.

Rural pathway opportunities are available in this subregion. For more information about training in the New England/Northwest, request a GP Synergy Applicant Pack.

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Armidale

Classification: MMM3

A beautiful city in the New England high country, Armidale is a cosmopolitan university city with an active arts and cultural community.

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Barraba

Classification: MMM5

Located in the New England region and on the Manilla River, the charming town of Barraba is a great base for outdoor activities including bushwalking, photography, camping and 4WDing.

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Bingara

Classification: MMM5

Once Australia’s largest diamond producer, the small New England town of Bingara, is still popular for gold, gem and crystal fossicking.

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Glen Innes

Classification: MMM4

Glen Innes is known as Celtic Country, because of its Scottish pioneers, having one of Australia's coldest climates and its green countryside suggestive of the Scottish highlands.

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Gunnedah

Classification: MMM4

Gunnedah is situated on the Liverpool Plains in North West NSW, the rich agricultural area inspired one of Australia’s favourite poets, Dorothea Mackellar who wrote ‘My Country’.

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Guyra

Classification: MMM5

As the highest town in the New England high country, Guyra is surrounded by natural attractions.

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Inverell

Classification: MMM4

Inverell, located in an attractive valley beside the Macintyre River, is known as the Sapphire City because of the sapphires found throughout the local area.

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Manilla

Classification: MMM5

Located at the junction of the Namoi and Manilla Rivers, the town of Manilla has been a camping ground for Aboriginal people, a base for bullock wagons and now a rural service centre for the surrounding agricultural areas.

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Moree

Classification: MMM4

Located in the heart of the northern NSW wheat belt, Moree is famous for its Artesian Aquatic Centre with its naturally hot mineral-rich waters.

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Narrabri

Classification: MMM4

Narrabri is set in the in the Namoi Valley and is known for rich agriculture, world-leading astronomy, spectacular wilderness and outdoor adventure.

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Quirindi

Classification: MMM5

Located on the productive Liverpool Plains, fields of sunflowers, sorghum, canola, corn, lucerne and wheat make Quirindi and surrounds a picturesque rural landscape.

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Tamworth

Classification: MMM3

As the Country Music Capital of Australia, the city of Tamworth pays homage to country music in many ways including being home to the Australian Country Music Hall of Fame and the Big Golden Guitar.

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Warialda

Classification: MMM5

Located on the Fossickers Way touring route, Warialda is a great place for fossicking of sapphires, gold and other gems.

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Wee Waa

Classification: MMM5

Wee Waa is Australia's Cotton Capital, the modern cotton growing industry was introduced to the town in 1960 and rapidly expanded.

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New England / Northwest practices

Practice Name	Suburb	Accreditation	Group(s)	MMM
Armajun Health Service Aboriginal Corporation	INVERELL	Joint RACGP/ACRRM	X A	MMM4
Armajun Health Service Aboriginal Corporation – Armidale	ARMIDALE	RACGP	X B	MMM3
Armidale Medical Centre	ARMIDALE	RACGP	B	MMM3
Associate Medical Practice - Moree	MOREE	Joint RACGP/ACRRM	A	MMM4
Barber Street Practice	GUNNEDAH	Joint RACGP/ACRRM	A	MMM4
Barton Lane Practice	TAMWORTH	Joint RACGP/ACRRM	B	MMM3
Bridge Medical Centre	NARRABRI	Joint RACGP/ACRRM	A	MMM4
East Avenue Medical Centre	GLEN INNES	RACGP	A	MMM4
Faulkner Street Medical Practice	ARMIDALE	RACGP	B	MMM3
Guyra Medical Centre	GUYRA	Joint RACGP/ACRRM	A	MMM5
Integral Health	ARMIDALE	Joint RACGP/ACRRM	B	MMM3
Inverell Medical Centre	INVERELL	Joint RACGP/ACRRM	A	MMM4
My GP Tamworth	TAMWORTH	Joint RACGP/ACRRM	B	MMM3
Narrabri Medical Centre	NARRABRI	Joint RACGP/ACRRM	A	MMM4
Northwest Family Medical - Gunnedah	GUNNEDAH	Joint RACGP/ACRRM	A	MMM4
NorthWest Health - East Tamworth Medical Centre	TAMWORTH	Joint RACGP/ACRRM	B	MMM3
Peel Health Care	TAMWORTH	Joint RACGP/ACRRM	B	MMM3
Pius X AMS	MOREE	RACGP	X	MMM4
Rural Medical Clinic	MANILLA	Joint RACGP/ACRRM	A	MMM5
Rusden Street Medical Practice	ARMIDALE	Joint RACGP/ACRRM	B	MMM3
Smith Street Practice	TAMWORTH	RACGP	B	MMM3
Tamworth Aboriginal Medical Service (TAMS)	TAMWORTH	RACGP	X B	MMM3
Walhallow Aboriginal Corporation	QUIRINDI	RACGP	X B	MMM5
Warialda Medical Centre	WARIALDA	Joint RACGP/ACRRM	A	MMM5
Wee Waa Medical Centre	WEE WAA	Joint RACGP/ACRRM	A	MMM5
West Armidale Medical Centre	ARMIDALE	Joint RACGP/ACRRM	B	MMM3

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