Abermain, New South Wales Explained

Type:suburb
Abermain
City:Cessnock
State:nsw
Coordinates:-32.8072°N 151.4275°W
Local Map:yes
Zoom:13
Pop:2,337
Established:1903
Established Footnotes:[1] [2]
Gazetted:24 October 1975 (town)[3]
23 October 2015 (locality)[4]
Pushpin Label Position:left
Postcode:2326[5]
Elevation:29
Elevation Footnotes:[6]
Area:15.3822
Area Footnotes:[7]
Timezone:AEST
Utc:+10
Timezone-Dst:AEDT
Utc-Dst:+11
Dist1:7.9
Dir1:ENE
Location1:Cessnock
Dist2:42.0
Dir2:NW
Location2:Newcastle
Dist3:153
Dir3:N
Location3:Sydney
Lga:Cessnock
Region:Hunter
Parish:Heddon
County:Northumberland
Stategov:Cessnock[8]
Fedgov:Hunter[9]
Maxtemp:24.2
Mintemp:10.5
Rainfall:743.3
Near-N:Sawyers Gully
Near-Ne:Weston
Near-E:Pelaw Main
Near-Se:Richmond Vale
Near-S:Cessnock
Near-Sw:Cessnock
Near-W:Neath
Near-Nw:Cessnock

Abermain is a town 8 km ENE of Cessnock and 3 km west of Weston, in New South Wales, Australia. Abermain is adjacent to Werakata National Park.

Abermain Post Office opened on 1 June 1904. In 1882 Professor Sir Tannatt William Edgeworth David was appointed by NSW Department of Mines to undertake a survey to discover the possibility of coal.[10] Australian's second Mine Rescue Station was constructed in 1926 and at cost of £20,000.

Schools and education

Abermain is home to Holy Spirit Infants School and Aspect Hunter School, both non-government schools, and Abermain Public School, founded in 1909.

Notable people

Les Lumsdon (1912–1977) cartoonist for Newcastle Morning Herald

Notes and References

  1. News: MAITLAND DISTRICT . . 8891 . New South Wales, Australia . 29 May 1903 . 3 January 2018 . 6 . National Library of Australia.
  2. Web site: Suburb Profiles . . Jurds . . 3 January 2018 .
  3. News: GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT, 1966 . . 138 . New South Wales, Australia . 24 October 1975 . 3 January 2018 . 4459 . 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: Abermain Postcode, NSW - Australia Post . . Australia Post . . 31 December 2017 .
  6. Web site: Map of Abermain 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: Nelson. Dianne. July 2018. Abermain-NSW.