Bolwarra is a suburb in the City of Maitland in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia.
| Type: | suburb |
| Bolwarra | |
| City: | Maitland |
| State: | nsw |
| Coordinates: | -32.7483°N 151.565°W |
| Local Map: | yes |
| Zoom: | 12 |
| Pop: | 989 |
| Postcode: | 2320 |
| Elevation: | 3 to 38 |
| Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area: | 4.48 |
| Area Footnotes: | [2] |
| Dist1: | 174.9 |
| Dir1: | N |
| Location1: | Sydney |
| Dist2: | 37.4 |
| Dir2: | NW |
| Location2: | Newcastle |
| Dist3: | 6.8 |
| Dir3: | NNE |
| Location3: | Maitland |
| Lga: | City of Maitland |
| Region: | Hunter |
| County: | Northumberland |
| Parish: | Maitland |
| Stategov: | Maitland |
| Fedgov: | Lyne |
| Near-N: | Bolwarra Heights |
| Near-E: | Largs |
| Near-S: | Lorn |
| Near-W: | Oakhampton |
The traditional owners and custodians of the Maitland area are the Wonnarua people.[3]
Bolwarra was named by John Brown, a native word meaning 'a flash of light', in 1822. P22. (`Dawn in the Valley` by WA Woods).[4]
Hunter Valley Buses operates one bus route through Bolwarra: