Kearsley, New South Wales

Kearsley
New South Wales
Kearsley; New South Wales
	Kearsley
Coordinates	32°51′25″S 151°23′49″E / 32.85694°S 151.39694°E
Population	861 (2016 census)
Postcode(s)	2325
LGA(s)	City of Cessnock
State electorate(s)	Cessnock
Federal division(s)	Paterson

Kearsley is a village in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia. At the 2016 census, Kearsley recorded a population of 861.^[1]

At the heart of the town from its foundation in 1912 until closure in 1964 was J & A Brown & Abermain Seham Collieries mine, the Abermain No.2 Colliery, the first mechanised pit in the Cessnock coalfield. Coal was shipped out via the South Maitland Railways.

External links

https://livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/86278 A oral history from Bill Kearney a resident of Kearsley recorded on the 1st December 1984 as a part of Voices of Hunter Collection he discusses the history of Kearsley.

References

^ ^a ^b Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Kearsley". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 12 April 2019.

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[census-1] Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Kearsley". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 12 April 2019.

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