a collection of mineral specimens and photographs of the town's history. Fossicking is a local tourist activity. This neat and tidy village has a post office, general store, two craft shops, a swimming pool, a caravan site and two hotels. Emmaville also has a pre-school and a central public school with 60 primary and 28 secondary pupils. Since 2004 Emmaville School has catered for stage 6 students in year 11 and 12 although all of their studies except English and Maths are supplied by Dubbo school of Distance Education. The Vegetable Creek Hospital in Emmaville has 13 residential beds, 4 acute beds and 2 accident and emergency beds a total of 19 beds and is part of the Hunter New England Local Health District. Media Emmaville is served by community radio station 2CBD FM. As well as broadcasting on two local FM frequencies 91.1 Deepwater and 105.9 Glen Innes, it has a live 24/7 feed via the internet. The station is the only radio station with studios in Glen Innes and is run by volunteers and presents local information and a diverse mix of music. Heritage listings Emmaville has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: 8 km north-east: Ottery Mine on the New South Wales State Heritage Register Notable people Notable people from or having lived in Emmaville include: Richard 'Dick' Ashley Atkinson (1913-1944) was born on 21 May 1931 at Emmaville. He was an air force officer, part of the British defence force and a mining engineer. Frank James Coughlan (1904-1979), jazz musician Pearl Duncan, retired teacher, anthropologist, academic and Aboriginal elder. Clifford Kwan-Gett, an engineer, physician, and artificial heart pioneer. Thomas James Richards (1882-1935), army officer, Olympian, rugby union coach and player and sports writer Arthur H. P. Moline (1877-1965) managed the Cock's Pioneer Tin operation from 1909 to 1913; his three sons were all born in the cottage hospital in Emmaville; he was a Mining Engineer who knew Dick Atkinson, and he went on to have a noted career, including managing Mt Lyell in Tasmania, and being heavily involved in the uranium industry in the 1950s and 1960s. Charles Curnow Scherf (1917-1949), airforce officer, grazier and soldier Debbie Wells (born 1961), former sprinter who competed in the 1976, 1980, and 1984 Summer Olympics. References External links Emmaville Mining Museum Emmaville on Walkabout site Emmaville community website Mining towns in New South Wales Towns in New England (New