Aberdare, New South Wales Explained

Type:suburb
Aberdare
City:Cessnock
State:nsw
Local Map:yes
Zoom:13
Pop:2,473
Established:1904[1]
Gazetted:14 October 1905 (town)[2]
5 September 1975 (town)[3]
23 October 2015 (locality)[4]
Postcode:2325[5]
Elevation:86.5
Elevation Footnotes:[6]
Area:3.2961
Area Footnotes:[7]
Timezone:AEST
Utc:+10
Timezone-Dst:AEDT
Utc-Dst:+11
Dist1:2.3
Dir1:ESE
Location1:Cessnock
Dist2:48.2
Dir2:WNW
Location2:Newcastle
Dist3:153
Dir3:N
Location3:Sydney
Lga:Cessnock
Region:Hunter
County:Northumberland
Parish:Cessnock
Stategov:Cessnock[8]
Fedgov:Hunter[9]
Maxtemp:24.2
Mintemp:10.5
Rainfall:743.3
Near-N:Cessnock
Near-Ne:Neath
Near-E:Kearsley
Near-Se:Kearsley
Near-S:Cessnock
Near-Sw:Cessnock
Near-W:Cessnock
Near-Nw:Cessnock

Aberdare is a suburb of Cessnock, a large town based on coal mining in the Lower Hunter Region, New South Wales, Australia. Aberdare is a small suburb just 15 minutes' from wine country, 45 minutes to Newcastle and two hours to Sydney. George Brown found coal in the area in 1800's.[10] Coal mining created the land boom of 1903-23 and by 1926 Cessnock had a population of 12,000 within a one-mile radius

Heritage Listing

Aberdare Central Colliery Company Houses on 33,37, 41-47 Cessnock Street.[11]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Cessnock Public School . The History of Aberdare . Cessnock . 1970 . 2. . Pamphlet. Questionnaire and derivative article being the participation of the School in the Cook Bi-Centenary Celebrations 10–19 April 1970.
  2. News: TOWN OF ABERDARE. . . 536 . New South Wales, Australia . 14 October 1905 . 29 December 2017 . 6919 . National Library of Australia.
  3. News: GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT, 1966 . . 114 . New South Wales, Australia . 5 September 1975 . 29 December 2017 . 3623 . National Library of Australia.
  4. News: GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT, 1966 . . 91 . New South Wales, Australia . 23 October 2015 . 3 January 2018 . 3403 . NSW Legislation.
  5. Web site: Aberdare Postcode, NSW - Australia Post . . 12 January 2015 . Australia Post . . 28 December 2017 .
  6. Mean elevation based on highest (101 m) and lowest (72 m) points in suburb. Web site: Map of Aberdare in New South Wales . . Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. . 2 January 2018 .
  7. Australian Bureau of Statistics . Australian Bureau of Statistics . 13 September 2016 . Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS): Volume 3 - Non ABS Structures, July 2016, 'State Suburbs ASGS Edition 2016 in .csv Format', data cube: Excel Spreadsheet, cat. no. 1270.0.55.003 . Australian Bureau of Statistics . 28 December 2017 .
  8. Web site: Cessnock . . NSW Electoral Commission . . 4 January 2018 . 4 January 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180104232243/http://www.office.elections.nsw.gov.au/districts/profiles/2015/Cessnock . dead .
  9. Web site: Localities . . Australian Electoral Commission . . 30 December 2017 .
  10. Web site: 2017-11-01. Aberdare: Escape to the quiet life. 2020-10-21. Newcastle Herald. en.
  11. Web site: Aberdare Central Colliery Company Houses (Former) NSW Environment, Energy and Science. 2020-11-11. www.environment.nsw.gov.au.

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