Lochinvar, New South Wales

Village in New South Wales, Australia

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" (1821) is located near the town which underpins the history of Lochinvar. See Windermere House, NSW. There are other historic houses in the Hunter region and Lochinvar being one of the oldest towns in Australia has a rich cultural and historic culture. Visit various government and tourist websites for more information. VisitNSW EnvironmentNSW has information about the Lochinvar Coach House and other historic houses on the NSW Heritage register

Tourist information discusses the Lochinvar hotel being rebuilt 1913./

There is also a locally famous country department store called "Aird's of Lochinvar" on the Maitland side. At the , it had a population of 784 people.

The town was very important for the History of agriculture in the area. It is one of the oldest towns in the Hunter Region. The Windermere homestead (built around 1821 1823) by the Winder family (“Tom” i. e. Thomas White Melville Winder). It is the oldest homestead in the Hunter Region and likely built up by convicts and emancipated previously convict workers. See Windermere House, NSW. The Lochinvar house was built in 1841 and is also recognised as an important historic building in the area. It was operating as a guest house (bed and breakfast as at April 2024. There is some information about convicts that are connected with this house and 1870, also between 1864 and 1870.

According to Maitland Council development study pg.21 the soil on the slopes includes topsoil with clay underneath.

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, St Joseph's College a coeducational college which caters for students from Years 7–12. It was once also a boarding school for girls. It is also the site of Lochinvar Public School, as well as St Patrick's Lochinvar, the local Catholic primary school.