North Star is a small village in the Gwydir Shire, located in northern New South Wales near the Queensland border.

[2] European settlement of North Star began in around 1888, when five brothers of the Sutton family took up land holdings in the area.

A post office was established in 1916, and the opening of the Boggabilla railway line in 1932 brought new services and opportunities for the town.

Following a study commissioned by the Australian Government in March 2008, the preferred route for a proposed Inland Railway corridor between Melbourne and Brisbane will see rail traffic restored north of North Star, along a new alignment in the direction of Toowoomba.

It was a community run and built website featuring a calendar of events, Speakers Corner (a page for discussing community issues and achievements), as well as information on the local P & C and CWA fundraisers and events.