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Broadmeadow
Broadmeadow is a locality in the Hunter region of the Australian state of New South Wales. It is the geographic centre of the Newcastle city and suburban area. Its main commercial hub is located at the "Nineways".Newcastle City Council, About Newcastle The locality is also home to the main depot and production site of the railway company , the Broadmeadow Rail Depot. At the 2021 census, it had a population of approximately 1,688. History Origins Broadmeadow w ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broadmeadow Locomotive Depot
Broadmeadow Locomotive Depot (NSW depot number 2) was a large locomotive depot consisting of two Railway roundhouse, roundhouse buildings and associated facilities constructed by the New South Wales Government Railways adjacent to the marshalling yard on the Main Northern railway line, Main Northern line at Broadmeadow, New South Wales, Broadmeadow. Construction of the locomotive depot at Broadmeadow commenced in 1923 to replace the existing crowded loco sheds at Woodville Junction at Hamilton, New South Wales, Hamilton, with the depot opening in March 1924.Historical Notes on the Main Northern Railway Strathfield to Wallangarra, J. Forsyth, NSW PTC"Remember When" ''Railway Digest'' February 1995 page 45 It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999. History Original facilities Original facilities provided include a single manually operated diameter Railway turntable, turntable with 42 radiating roads. Twenty one of these roads were covered by a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broadmeadow Railway Station
Broadmeadow railway station is a heritage-listed railway station and major regional interchange located on the Main Northern line in New South Wales, Australia. The station itself serves the Newcastle suburb of Broadmeadow. The station was first opened on 15 August 1887. The island platform was accessed by a level crossing at the station's northern end until replaced by an underpass on 2 March 1973 opened by Minister for Transport Milton Morris. The station was upgraded to wheelchair accessibility in July 2017. Following the electrification of the line from Wyong in June 1984, passenger trains including the '' Brisbane Limited'', '' Gold Coast Motorail'', ''Grafton Express'', '' North Coast Daylight Express'', '' North Coast Overnight Express'', '' Northern Mail'' and ''Northern Tablelands Express'' changed from electric to diesel traction at Broadmeadow. Platforms and services Broadmeadow has three platforms. It is serviced by NSW TrainLink Central Coast & Newcastle Line se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hunter School Of Performing Arts
The Hunter School of the Performing Arts (abbreviated as HSPA, also known as Broadmeadow High School) is a government-funded co-educational selective and specialist primary and secondary day school which offers a comprehensive curriculum with a performing arts specialty, located in Broadmeadow, New South Wales, Australia. Established in 1923, the school enrolled 1,150 students in 2018, from Year 3 to Year 12, of whom four percent identified as Indigenous Australians and eight percent were from a language background other than English. The school is operated by the NSW Department of Education; the principal is now Tracey Breese, as of Term 1 2025. The school is unique in terms of public selective schools to cater to both primary and secondary school students. Enrolment is by audition online and/or on-site. History The school has undergone many name changes since its establishment in July 1923. As a technical school * 1923–1926: Newcastle Junior Technical and Domestic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newcastle, New South Wales
Newcastle, also commonly referred to as Greater Newcastle ( ; ), is a large Metropolitan area, metropolitan area and the second-most-populous such area of New South Wales, Australia. It includes the cities of City of Newcastle, Newcastle and City of Lake Macquarie, Lake Macquarie and it is the hub of the List of suburbs in Greater Newcastle, New South Wales, Lower Hunter region, which includes most parts of the cities of City of Newcastle, Newcastle, City of Lake Macquarie, Lake Macquarie, City of Maitland, Maitland, City of Cessnock, Cessnock, and Port Stephens Council. Newcastle is also known by its colloquial nickname, Newy. A Newcastle resident can also be known as a Wiktionary, Novocastrian. Located at the mouth of the Hunter River (New South Wales), Hunter River, it is the predominant city within the Hunter Region. Famous for its Hunter Valley Coal Chain, coal, Newcastle is the largest coal exporting harbour in the world, exporting 143 million tonnes of coal in 2022. Beyon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamilton North, New South Wales
Hamilton North is an inner suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller isl ..., located west of Newcastle's central business district. References Suburbs of Newcastle, New South Wales {{NewcastleNSW-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newcastle Interchange
Newcastle Interchange is a transport hub, transport interchange serving the city of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. It serves as the terminus for Central Coast & Newcastle Line and Hunter Line train services, Newcastle Light Rail services and Newcastle Transport bus routes. Located in the inner Newcastle suburb of Wickham, New South Wales, Wickham, it is to the west of the former Wickham railway station, New South Wales, Wickham station. The railway station opened 15 October 2017 with light rail services commencing on 17 February 2019. History As part of its plans to revitalise the Newcastle central business district, the Newcastle railway line was closed east of Hamilton railway station, New South Wales, Hamilton on 25 December 2014 to allow construction of the Newcastle Light Rail line. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waratah, New South Wales
Waratah is a north-western residential suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, from Newcastle's central business district and bounded to the north by the Main North railway line. Waratah station was opened in 1858 and is served by NSW TrainLink's Hunter line. History The first inhabitants of the land were the Awabakal people, who belong to the larger Awabagal/Gadjang subgroup, also called Worimi. Anthropologist Norman Tindale estimated that Awabakal territory covered about 1,800 km2. Waratah was once a major municipality in its own right, incorporated in 1871, with an elected council and mayor. Two notable mayors, both elected to the office three times each were John Scholey and auctioneer N.B.Creer, both of whom resided at North Waratah (now Mayfield, New South Wales). Scholey was instrumental in the establishment of the Waratah Bowling Club, of which he was also patron. Originally Waratah had a large colliery bearing its name as its industrial base. The s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Lambton, New South Wales
New Lambton is a suburb of Newcastle, in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia. It is located about west of the Newcastle central business district. It includes two shopping districts, schools and other general facilities. At the 2016 Australian census it had a population of approximately 10,000. Initially a coal mining township, New Lambton later became a municipality until it was eventually incorporated into Greater Newcastle. The suburb, which is primarily residential, includes a nature reserve and a major regional sports centre. Geography The suburb is irregularly shaped, covering an area of approximately . While mainly residential in nature, the entire south-western part of the suburb is occupied by Blackbutt Reserve, a nature reserve consisting primarily of natural bushland. The east of the suburb is predominantly level and only a few metres above sea level, but rises to approximately above mean sea level in the western areas, the highest parts of the sub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adamstown, New South Wales
Adamstown is a List of suburbs in Greater Newcastle, New South Wales, suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, located from Newcastle's central business district. It is split between the City of Newcastle and City of Lake Macquarie Local government areas of New South Wales, local government areas. History The suburb takes its name from Thomas Adams, who purchased a land grant of 54 acres of Crown land. Adamstown officially became a suburb in 1885 and the first council was elected in 1886 with the council chambers being completed in 1892. In 1938 Adamstown merged into other local council areas to become the areas of Greater Newcastle. The Adamstown railway station, New South Wales, Adamstown railway station opened in 1887 with the Newcastle–Gosford, New South Wales, Gosford section of the Main North railway line, New South Wales, Main North line. The now closed branch line to Belmont, New South Wales, Belmont formerly left the main line ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UGL Rail
UGL Rail is an Australian rail company specialising in building, maintaining and refurbishing diesel locomotives, diesel and electric multiple units and freight wagons. It is a subsidiary of UGL (company), UGL and is based in Melbourne, with a staff of 1,200 across Australia and Asia. It operates factories in Broadmeadow (Newcastle, New South Wales, Newcastle), Spotswood, Victoria, Spotswood and Bassendean, Western Australia, Bassendean. While it used to operate a factory in Taree, the plant was shut down and the equipment sold off. History Founded in Australia in 1899 by Cornish Australian, Cornish brothers Alfred and Ralph Goninan as an engineering and manufacturing company for the coal industry, A Goninan & Co Limited was incorporated as a public company in 1905.Goninan, Alfred (1865–1953) Australian Dictionary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newcastle Railway Line, New South Wales
The Newcastle railway line is a Branch line, branch railway line in the city of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. The line branches off the Main North railway line, Main North line at Broadmeadow railway station, Broadmeadow and travels in an easterly direction through the inner suburbs to Newcastle Interchange, with one intermediate station at Hamilton railway station, New South Wales, Hamilton. Until its curtailment in December 2014, it extended to Newcastle railway station, New South Wales, Newcastle station. NSW TrainLink operates electric passenger train services over this line as part of its Central Coast & Newcastle Line service, and diesel railcars to Maitland railway station, Maitland and beyond as part of the Hunter Line. History A line between Newcastle, New South Wales, Newcastle and the then much larger settlement at Maitland, New South Wales, Maitland was first proposed in 1853 by the proponents of the original Sydney to Parramatta railway. The ''Hunter Ri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newcastle Entertainment Centre
Newcastle Entertainment Centre is a multi-purpose Australian arena within the Newcastle Showground. It was opened in 1992. Newcastle Entertainment Centre The venue has a of 7,528. The centre is air-conditioned (installed as a requirement of the NBL when it moved to playing in the summer), equipped with top-grade lights, and also has scoreboards used for basketball and netball games. The venue is owned by and operated by |
