Bolwarra, New South Wales

Bolwarra
Bolwarra
Suburb
	Bolwarra
	Interactive map of Bolwarra
	Coordinates: 32°44′54″S 151°33′54″E / 32.74833°S 151.56500°E
Country	Australia
State	New South Wales
Region	Hunter
City	Maitland
LGA	City of Maitland;
Location	174.9 km (108.7 mi) N of Sydney; 37.4 km (23.2 mi) NW of Newcastle; 6.8 km (4.2 mi) NNE of Maitland;
Government
• State electorate	Maitland;
• Federal division	Lyne;
Area
• Total	4.48 km2 (1.73 sq mi)
Elevation	3 to 38 m (9.8 to 124.7 ft)
Population
• Total	989 (2016 census)
• Density	220.8/km2 (571.8/sq mi)
Postcode	2320
County	Northumberland
Parish	Maitland
	Suburbs around Bolwarra

Bolwarra is a suburb in the City of Maitland in the Hunter Valley of New South Wales, Australia.

The traditional owners and custodians of the Maitland area are the Wonnarua people.^[5]

Name

Bolwarra was named by John Brown, a native word meaning 'a flash of light', in 1822. P22. (`Dawn in the Valley` by WA Woods).^[6]

Hunter Valley Buses operates one bus route through Bolwarra:

↑ "Spatial Map Viewer". NSW Spatial Services. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
↑ "Elvis - Elevation and Depth - Foundation Spatial Data". ANZLIC Committee on Surveying and Mapping. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Bolwarra (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
1 2 "Largs". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
↑ "Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples". Maitland City Council. Archived from the original on 22 March 2019. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
↑ "Place Name Search". Geographical Names Board. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
↑ "Route 185". Transport for NSW. Retrieved 1 March 2024.