Bar Beach, New South Wales
| Bar Beach Newcastle, New South Wales |
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 North end of Bar Beach viewing south over the natural rock pool, toward Merewether |
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| Population: | 1,322[1] | ||||||||||||
| • Density: | 2644/km² (6,847.9/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode: | 2300 | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates: | 32°56′23″S 151°46′6.5″E / 32.93972°S 151.768472°ECoordinates: 32°56′23″S 151°46′6.5″E / 32.93972°S 151.768472°E | ||||||||||||
| Area: | 0.5 km² (0.2 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Location: | 1.6 km (1 mi) SSW of Newcastle | ||||||||||||
| LGA: | City of Newcastle | ||||||||||||
| Region: | Hunter | ||||||||||||
| County: | Australia | ||||||||||||
| Parish: | Newcastle | ||||||||||||
| State electorate: | Newcastle | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | Newcastle | ||||||||||||
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Bar Beach is an inner city suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, located 1.6 km (1.0 mi) southwest of Newcastle's central business district.[2] abutting the beach of the same name.
The beach is home to the Cooks Hill Surf Life Saving Club.[3]
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[edit] History
The Australian Agricultural Company held extensive Crown land grants in the Newcastle area that have since been developed into the modern day suburbs of Bar Beach, Cooks Hill, Hamilton and Broadmeadow as well as parts of the Newcastle Central Business Disrict and The Hill.[4][5] The Company released lots for residential development in Bar Beach in 1924.[6]
A natural rock pool at the beach was named "The Bar" and Bar Beach took its name from that feature.[7]
[edit] Shipwrecks
Susan Gilmore Beach was once a local name for the northern part of the beach, named after the American clipper Susan Gilmore that was wrecked there in the early hours of 4 July 1884. Nearby the City of Newcastle (on 12 September 1878) and USS WST-1 (on 27 July 1945) were also wrecked.
[edit] Heritage
The suburb has a number of local landmarks which have been heritage listed including the Cooks Hill Surf Life Saving Club and Memorial, Reid Park Tennis Clubhouse and Tennis Courts and the Empire Park Bowling Club Fence. A number of residential units in the Art Deco style have also attracted heritage listing.[8]
[edit] Views of Bar Beach
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[edit] References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Bar Beach (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/LocationSearch?collection=Census&period=2006&areacode=SSC14021&producttype=QuickStats&breadcrumb=PL&action=401. Retrieved 2008-01-25.
- ^ "Bar Beach". Land and Property Management Authority - Spatial Information eXchange. New South Wales Land and Property Management Authority. http://imagery.maps.nsw.gov.au/?role=mysuburb&search=suburb&suburb=Bar%20Beach. Retrieved 2008-05-16.
- ^ "Beach Safety". The Newcastle Herald (Newcastle: John Fairfax Holdings Limited): p. 22. 12 January 2010.
- ^ "Australian Agricultural Company archives". Cultural Collections. Archives.. The University of Newcastle. http://www.newcastle.edu.au/service/archives/archives/aac/index.html. Retrieved 4 Jan 2009.
- ^ "What's In A Name". The Newcastle Herald (Newcastler: John Fairfax Holdings Limited.): Supplement. 18 March 2004.
- ^ Suters Architects for Newcastle City Council (1996-97) Newcastle City Wide Heritage Study. (2007 digitised extract: Thematic Hstory at p 27)
- ^ "Placenames. B.". Local Studies. Newcastle City Counvil. Newcastle Regional Library. http://www1.newcastle.nsw.gov.au/library/placea.cfm?FIRST=b. Retrieved 26 Jul 2011. "Bar Beach, Area around the natural rock pool known as "The Bar". NMH"
- ^ Newcastle Local Environmental Plan 2003 (New South Wales), sch 6 Heritage items and heritage conservation areas, Part 1 Heritage items.
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