Type: | suburb |
Rankin Park | |
City: | Newcastle |
State: | nsw |
Lga: | City of Lake Macquarie |
Lga2: | City of Newcastle |
Postcode: | 2287 |
Pop: | 2460 |
Area: | 1.4 |
Alternative Location Map: | Australia Hunter Central Coast |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Parish: | Newcastle |
Stategov: | Wallsend |
Fedgov: | Newcastle |
Dist1: | 11 |
Dir1: | W |
Location1: | Newcastle |
Near-N: | Elermore Vale |
Near-W: | Cardiff Heights |
Near-E: | New Lambton Heights |
Near-S: | New Lambton Heights |
Rankin Park is a suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, located 11km (07miles) west of Newcastle's central business district. It is split between the City of Lake Macquarie and City of Newcastle local government areas.
The Aboriginal people, in this area, the Awabakal, were the first people of this land.[1]
The suburb began as a housing estate named Cambridge Hills Estate. The local preschool on McCaffrey Drive, formerly a sales office for the estate, retains the former estate's name.
The east of the suburb contains George McGregor Park, a 19.662NaN2 bushland reserve named after the late, former South Wallsend Progress Association member, George McGregor, is managed by the City of Newcastle.