Newcastle (New South Wales)

Newcastle
Center Newcastle (2007)
State :  Australia State : New South Wales Founded : 1804
Coordinates : 32 ° 55 ′  S , 151 ° 45 ′  E Coordinates: 32 ° 55 ′  S , 151 ° 45 ′  E Height : 9  m Area : 261.8  km²
Residents : 322,278 (2016) Population density : 1231 inhabitants per km²
Time zone : AEST (UTC + 10) Postal code : 2300-2308
LGA : City of Newcastle Lake Macquarie City Cessnock City Maitland City Port Stephens Council Website : www.ncc.nsw.gov.au
Newcastle

Newcastle is an Australian port city in the state of New South Wales . It is located about 160 km north of Sydney , at the mouth of the Hunter River . The city has about 320,000 inhabitants.

The first attempt by the British to settle in what is now the urban area in 1798 failed. However, a port was needed to export the coal , which was mined in large quantities in the region. In 1804, the area was therefore repopulated under the name King's Town , but later renamed Newcastle.

On June 8, 1942, a Japanese submarine fired some grenades at Newcastle, but no people were harmed and only minor property damage occurred.

Newcastle has a large freight port where the products of the steel industry in the region are shipped. Newcastle also has a small airport and a railway line on the main Sydney - Brisbane route . Furthermore, Newcastle is connected to Sydney via a four-lane motorway.

The city of Newcastle is spread over several local administrative areas : Newcastle City , which has its administrative headquarters in Newcastle city center, Lake Macquarie City , Cessnock City , Maitland City and Port Stephens Council .

A tram has been running in Newcastle since February 2019 , connecting the station, which has been moved to the outside, with the city center.

sons and daughters of the town

• William Dobell (1899–1970), painter and sculptor
• John Tresidder (* 1932), track cyclist
• David Hill (born 1946), television producer
• Phillip Avalon (* 1955), screenwriter, producer and director
• Jane Comerford (* 1959), music teacher and lead singer of the German country band Texas Lightning
• Brian Mascord (* 1959), Roman Catholic clergyman, Bishop of Wollongong
• David Graham (born 1962), tennis player
• Peter Doohan (1961-2017), tennis player
• Sophie Lee (* 1968), actress
• Nicki Parrott (* 1970), jazz singer and composer
• Lee Priest (born 1972), bodybuilder
• Sarah Wynter (* 1973), actress
• Robert "Robbie" Middleby (* 1975), soccer player
• Clayton Zane (born 1977), football player
• Ben Gillies (* 1979), drummer in the grunge band Silverchair
• Daniel Johns (* 1979), singer of Silverchair and The Dissociatives
• Oenone Wood (* 1980), racing cyclist
• Abbie Cornish (born 1982), actress
• Beau Busch (* 1984), football player
• Stuart Musialik (born 1985), football player
• Nathan Outteridge (* 1986), sailor
• Iain Jensen (* 1988), sailor
• Jason Hoffman (born 1989), soccer player
• Peter Lewis (* 1990), track cyclist
• Benjamin "Ben" Kantarovski (* 1992), football player
• Kailani Craine (* 1998), figure skater

Web links

Commons : Newcastle, New South Wales  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Wikivoyage: Newcastle (New South Wales)  travel guide

• Newcastle City Council (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics : Newcastle ( English ) In: 2016 Census QuickStats . June 27, 2017. Retrieved February 7, 2020.
2. ↑ https://www.ozatwar.com/japsubs/japsshell03.htm