Tenambit, New South Wales Explained

Type:suburb
Tenambit
City:Maitland
State:nsw
Coordinates:-32.7428°N 151.6067°W
Pop:2901
Density:853
Postcode:2323
Elevation:20
Elevation Footnotes:[1]
Area:2.7
Timezone:AEST
Utc:+10
Timezone-Dst:AEDT
Utc-Dst:+11
Dist1:161
Dir1:N
Location1:Sydney
Dist2:31
Dir2:NW
Location2:Newcastle
Dist3:5
Dir3:E
Location3:Maitland
Lga:City of Maitland[2]
Region:Hunter
County:Northumberland
Parish:Maitland
Stategov:Maitland[3]
Fedgov:Paterson[4]
Near-N:Raworth, Morpeth
Near-Ne:Morpeth
Near-E:Berry Park
Near-Se:East Maitland
Near-S:East Maitland, Metford
Near-Sw:East Maitland
Near-W:East Maitland
Near-Nw:East Maitland

Tenambit is a suburb of the city of Maitland, a city and local government area in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia.[2] It is located approximately 5km (03miles) east of the Maitland CBD. The suburb is on sloping ground, which decreases from approximately 40m (130feet) AMSL in the west to 100NaN0 AMSL at the eastern edge of the suburb.[1] At the it had a population of approximately 2,900.

St Egwin's Church

St Egwin's is a church under the Anglican Diocese of Newcastle. It was erected c. 1890.[5]

Sport

Rugby Union

Tenambit is home to the East Maitland Eagles, who play in the Newcastle and Hunter Rugby Union.[6] [7] Their playing strip consists of red, blue and white.

Reformed in 2007, the team reached the semi-finals in 2007, 2008 and 2009, also taking out the minor and major premierships in C grade in 2010.[7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]

The club has also produced two Bert McGregor Medalists - Craig Clark in 2007 and Adam Hewitt in 2010. (The Bert McGregor Medal is awarded to the Best & Fairest player in 2nd Division (C Grade)).[13]

Notes and References

  1. 1:100000 map 9232 NEWCASTLE
  2. Web site: Suburb Search - Local Council Boundaries - Hunter (HT) - Maitland City Council. New South Wales Division of Local Government. 8 October 2009.
  3. Web site: Maitland. . 23 November 2019.
  4. Web site: Paterson. Australian Electoral Commission. 11 May 2009. 8 October 2009. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20091029100345/http://apps.aec.gov.au/esearch/LocalitySearchResults.aspx?filter=Paterson&filterby=Electorate. 29 October 2009.
  5. https://storyplace.org.au/keyword/st-egwins-church/
  6. Web site: Eagles fly into Tenambit nest and come away with first-up win. Celia Peoples. Maitland Mercury. 8 May 2007. 4 October 2009.
  7. News: Maitland Mercury. Eagles grind out a gutsy finals win. 27 August 2007. 5 October 2009.
  8. News: Eagles’ flight cut short. Josh Callinan. Maitland Mercury. 1 September 2008. 5 October 2009.
  9. News: Maitland back in Black with stellar rugby year. Josh Callinan. Maitland Mercury. 8 January 2009. 5 October 2009.
  10. Web site: Newcastle Zone. myrugby.rugby.com.au. 28 April 2011.
  11. Web site: 2010 NHRU Award Winners. Newcastle and Hunter Rugby Union. 10 September 2010. 28 April 2011.
  12. Web site: C Grade Premiers. Newcastle and Hunter Rugby Union. 28 April 2011.
  13. Web site: Bert McGregor Medal. Newcastle and Hunter Rugby Union. 28 April 2011.