The Hill, New South Wales
| The Hill Newcastle, New South Wales |
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 Beacon Tower, originally 7 m (23 ft) high was extended to 20 m (66 ft) in 1877 after the light had been obscured by the erection of a Wesley Parsonage. |
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| Population: | 2,101[1] | ||||||||||||
| • Density: | 3335/km² (8,637.6/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode: | 2300 | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates: | 32°55′54″S 151°46′34″E / 32.93167°S 151.77611°ECoordinates: 32°55′54″S 151°46′34″E / 32.93167°S 151.77611°E | ||||||||||||
| Area: | 0.63 km² (0.2 sq mi) Note1 | ||||||||||||
| Time zone:
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| LGA: | City of Newcastle[2] | ||||||||||||
| Region: | Hunter[2] | ||||||||||||
| County: | Northumberland[3] | ||||||||||||
| Parish: | Newcastle[3] | ||||||||||||
| State electorate: | Newcastle[4] | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | Newcastle[5] | ||||||||||||
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The Hill is an inner city, residential suburb of Newcastle, in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia, located immediately south of Newcastle's central business district.[2][6] The Hill is filled with historic Victorian terraces and is the site of an historic convict prison block[citation needed].
As of January 2009, the average house price in The Hill was about A$537,500.[7]
[edit] Image gallery
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Residence building, which is part of St. Mary's Star of Sea Church
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Jesmond House is a grand mansion of the 1880's with significant historic associations with Newcastle.
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Looking east from Jesmond House with Nobbys Head and Stockton Beach in the background.
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The obverse face of beacon tower, which was used as a navigational aid. Alterations to the bearings of the entrance channel led to commissioning of new lights in steel towers on other sites on 1 June 1918
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Christchurch Cathedral.
[edit] Notes
- ^ Area calculation is based on 1:100000 map 9232 NEWCASTLE.
[edit] References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "The Hill (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/LocationSearch?collection=Census&period=2006&areacode=SSC14436&producttype=QuickStats&breadcrumb=PL&action=401. Retrieved 2009-01-21. Map
- ^ a b c "Suburb Search - Local Council Boundaries - Hunter (HT) - Newcastle City Council". New South Wales Department of Local Government. http://www.dlg.nsw.gov.au/dlg/dlghome/dlg_regions.asp?mi=0&ml=8®iontype=2&slacode=5900®ion=HT. Retrieved 2009-01-21.
- ^ a b "Geographical Names Register Extract: The Hill". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. http://www.gnb.nsw.gov.au/name_search/extract?id=KWIOwpUluj. Retrieved 2009-01-21.
- ^ "Newcastle". New South Wales Electoral Commission. 24 March 2007. http://www.elections.nsw.gov.au/state_government_elections/electoral_districts/all_districts_/newcastle. Retrieved 2009-01-21.
- ^ "Newcastle". Australian Electoral Commission. 19 October 2007. http://www.aec.gov.au/profiles/n/newcastle.htm. Retrieved 2009-01-21.
- ^ "The Hill". 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=The%20Hill. Retrieved 2009-01-21.
- ^ "The Hill suburb profile @ domain.com.au". domain.com.au. http://www.domain.com.au/public/SuburbProfile.aspx?searchTerm=The%20Hill&mode=research. Retrieved 2009-01-21.
- "Newcastle Nobbys Signal Station AWS". Climate statistics for Australian locations. Bureau of Meteorology. http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_061055.shtml. Retrieved 2009-01-21.
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