Bennetts Green, New South Wales
Bennetts Green Newcastle, New South Wales | |||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 32°59′35″S 151°41′35″E / 32.993°S 151.693°E | ||||||||||||||
Population | 0 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
• Density | 0.00/km2 (0.00/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 2290 | ||||||||||||||
Area | 4.5 km2 (1.7 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Location |
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LGA(s) | City of Lake Macquarie | ||||||||||||||
Parish | Kahibah | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Charlestown | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Shortland | ||||||||||||||
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Bennetts Green is a suburb of the City of Lake Macquarie in New South Wales, Australia, located 14 kilometres (9 mi) southwest of Newcastle's central business district on the eastern side of Lake Macquarie.
Economy
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It contains very few homes and is mainly a commercial shopping, small factory-warehouse area.
Current businesses include:
It also was the home of the very first Harvey Norman Computer Superstore, which was set up in 1993.
Other businesses that have been in the area include:
- AMF Bowling alley
- Retravision
- Joyce Mayne
- Skatel Roller Rink
- Norman Ross Clearance Centre
New retail development
In 2016 land on the opposite side of the highway to the existing retail development was originally sold to Woolworths Limited for $20.3M for a proposed development that would contain a Masters hardware store, however due to the collapse of the Masters chain the site was then sold to the Spotlight Group for a proposed $100M development[2] including:
- Bunnings Warehouse
- Spotlight
- Anaconda
- McDonald's
- KFC
- BP
- Road Tech Marine
- Nick Scali Furniture
- PETstock
- several smaller as yet unnamed businesses
The first of the businesses including Anaconda, Road Tech Marine and BP commenced operation at the grand opening of the new retail development on 31 October 2020.[3]
References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Bennetts Green". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
- ^ "Spotlight Group's $100m retail development at Bennetts Green to open from late 2020". lakesmail.com.au. 10 October 2020.
- ^ "Spotlight Group's Bennetts Green retail and commercial centre provides timely jobs boost". newcastleherald.com.au. 10 October 2020.
External links
- History of Bennetts Green (Lake Macquarie City Library)