Maryland, New South Wales
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| Coordinates: 32°51′54″S 151°40′5″E / 32.86500°S 151.66806°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | New South Wales | ||||||||||||
| City | Newcastle | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 4.0 km2 (1.5 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 7,714 (SAL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 2287 | ||||||||||||
| Parish | Hexham | ||||||||||||
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Maryland is a suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, located 14 kilometres (9 mi) from Newcastle's central business district. It is part of the City of Newcastle local government area.
Maryland has two public and one private school, a Baptist church, a skate-park and a shopping complex. Originally an agricultural area since the 1970s started to become more developed which has an outlook of the wetlands.[2]
History
[edit]The name of the suburb comes from the first name of Mary Stephena Cowper, who married George Brooks in 1828, for which they received a land grant of 1280 acres. This land came to be known as Maryland (originally called Merrylands).[3] There was a separate settlement in the area called Glendor, which was acquired by the Thomas family in 1835.[4]
Farm lands in Maryland were initially worked by convict labor. There was once an Aboriginal burying ground in the vicinity of the area.[5]
Education
[edit]Heritage listings
[edit]Maryland has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:
- 79 Callan Avenue: Thomas Family Grave[8]
References
[edit]- ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Maryland (Newcastle - NSW) (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ↑ "Maryland". City of Newcastle. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
- ↑ "Hunter Valley Place Names". freesettlerorfelon.com. Retrieved 5 April 2026.
- ↑ "Glendor Thomas Family Grave | Heritage NSW". apps.environment.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 5 April 2026.
- ↑ DiGravio, Gionni. "LibGuides: Virtual Sourcebook for Aboriginal Studies in the Hunter Region Guide: Wallsend". libguides.newcastle.edu.au. Retrieved 5 April 2026.
- ↑ "Home – Maryland Public School". maryland-p.schools.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
- ↑ "Home – Glendore Public School". glendore-p.schools.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
- ↑ "Thomas Family Grave". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Department of Planning & Environment. H00465. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
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