Boolaroo, New South Wales
 |
This article does not cite any references or sources. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (March 2011) |
| Boolaroo Newcastle, New South Wales |
|||||||||||||
| Population: | 954 (2006 census) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode: | 2284 | ||||||||||||
| Area: | 4.1 km² (1.6 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Location: |
|
||||||||||||
| LGA: | City of Lake Macquarie | ||||||||||||
| Parish: | Kahibah | ||||||||||||
| State electorate: | Lake Macquarie | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | Charlton | ||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||
Boolaroo is a suburb of the city of Lake Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia, located 19 kilometres (12 mi) west of Newcastle's central business district in Lake Macquarie's West Ward.
It was at the epicenter of the 1989 Newcastle earthquake. Despite its relative obscurity, Boolaroo borders a number of well known towns and suburbs within the Lake Macquarie Region, including Warners Bay, Speers Point and Toronto, and, for a small strip of land, fronts onto Lake Macquarie itself.
Within Boolaroo is Cockle Creek railway station, a small station on the Newcastle and Central Coast railway line. Also, Boolaroo previously housed a lead/zinc smelter, owned by the former Pasminco (now Zinifex) however the site has been cleared since the smelter ceased operations in 2003.
Boolaroo is home to several churches, of various denominations, as well as Boolaroo Public School, a library, a cinema (which was partially destroyed in the 1989 Newcastle earthquake) and a number of shops, including IGA and a military disposal store.
Coordinates: 32°57′30″S 151°37′30″E / 32.95833°S 151.625°E
 |
This City of Lake Macquarie geography article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
