Extract
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| GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES REGISTER EXTRACT | |
| 19th June 2013 | |
| Reference: | 62751 |
| Placename: | Waratah |
| Designation: | Suburb |
| Status: | Assigned 17th May 1991 |
| GNB File: | GNB3538 |
| LGA: | Newcastle |
| Approx. AGD66 Lat: | -32 54 25 |
| Approx. AGD66 Long: | 151 43 26 |
| Approx. GDA94 Lat: | -32 54 19 |
| Approx. GDA94 Long: | 151 43 30 |
| Topographic Map: | Wallsend |
| 1:100000 Map: | Newcastle 9232 |
| Parish: | Newcastle |
| County: | Northumberland |
| Description: | A Neighbourhood about 1 km W by S of Mayfield and about 3 km ESE of Birmingham Gardens. Boundaries within the Newcastle Council area shown on map GNB3538. |
| Origin: | Charles Stimpson the second settler (collector of Customs duties) named it Waratah after the wild waratahs that grew on the rear of his mansion. (Ref. 'Signposts' Article by W.B. McDonald.) |
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