Creek Magpies won the Clayton Cup for being the best performed, premiership-winning first grade team, in country New South Wales. The town has a large grain silo and a recently opened (2005) coal mine. The main employer in the town is Pacific National rail company. A high percentage of the working population are also employed in nearby Tamworth. Werris Creek is a four-hour drive from Sydney and is situated midway between the famous wine growing area of the Hunter Region and the cooler climate vineyards of the Northern Tablelands. Werris Creek is also located within three hours of beaches in Newcastle and four hours of Australia's coastal resorts of Forster, Port Macquarie and Coffs Harbour. Railway station A railway station opened at Werris Creek in 1878, and was moved to its present location in 1880. The heritage listed Werris Creek station building, built in the late 1880s, was designed by the famed NSW railway engineer John Whitton. The Australian Railway Monument was recently opened near the station and part of the station building has been opened as a railway museum. A historic display depicts the history of Werris Creek as the first railway town in Australia from the age of steam through to the modern day diesel. It is still served by the daily NSW TrainLink Xplorer service to and from Sydney Central which amalgamates/divides at the station, half the train to and from Armidale, the other half to and from Moree. The train to Armidale/Moree divides at 3:34pm and the train to Sydney amalgamates at 11:29am. In popular culture Country musician, Marie Hodson lives in Werris Creek. Tokyo 2020 Australian rhythmic gymnast Scott Suckling began his career in Werris Creek. American singer/songwriter and Country/Rockabilly recording artist Jason Lee Wilson memorialized the town in the song "Werris Creek" which was included on his 2007 debut solo album entitled "High Country". Bobby Rivers played by musician and Australian Rock Legend, Jon English, reminisces about growing up in Werris Creek in the 1960s during an episode of the final series of his TV sitcom All Together Now (1991 Australian TV series), an actual yearbook from Werris Creek school 1967 was used as a prop in the episode. Filming of Angelina Jolie's "Unbroken" In 2013, different historic locations in Werris Creek including the train station, alleyways and streets were filmed for Angelina Jolie's "Unbroken" (2014). During the filming, Angelina visited Werris Creek and