Redhead, New South Wales

Redhead is a coastal suburb of the City of Lake Macquarie in New South Wales, Australia 16 kilometres (10 mi) south of Newcastle's central business district on the Pacific Ocean. It was named for the appearance of its headland when viewed from the sea. It has a population of 3,453 an increase on the 3,336 recorded in 2006.

History

Redhead Bluff

Early industries included a banana orchard and mining. A mine explosion killed five people in 1926. The suburb was developed in the late 1940s. The first school opened in 1908.

The railway line that connected Redhead with Newcastle and Belmont was closed 1971. It was converted to a popular walking and cycling path called the Fernleigh Track. It was opened in 2009.

The suburb is best known for its beach which is a popular surfing location in Newcastle.

Over the past few years the suburb has been plagued by a number of fires, including in 2013.

References

↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "State Suburbs: Redhead". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 25 July 2014.

External links

History of Redhead (Lake Macquarie City Library)

Coordinates: 33°00′36″S 151°43′23″E / 33.010°S 151.723°E / -33.010; 151.723

Towns, suburbs and localities of the City of Lake Macquarie, Hunter Region, New South Wales

Towns, suburbs and localities	Adamstown Heights Arcadia Vale Argenton Awaba Balcolyn Balmoral Barnsley Belmont Belmont North Belmont South Bennetts Green Blackalls Park Blacksmiths Bolton Point Bonnells Bay Boolaroo Booragul Brightwaters Buttaba Cameron Park Cams Wharf Cardiff Cardiff Heights Cardiff South Carey Bay Catherine Hill Bay Caves Beach Charlestown Coal Point Cooranbong Croudace Bay Dora Creek Dudley Edgeworth Eleebana Eraring Fassifern Fennell Bay Fishing Point Floraville Freemans Waterhole Garden Suburb Gateshead Glendale Highfields Hillsborough Holmesville Jewells Kahibah Kilaben Bay Killingworth Kotara South Lakelands Little Pelican Macquarie Hills Mandalong Marks Point Marmong Point Martinsville Mirrabooka Morisset Morisset Park Mount Hutton Myuna Bay New Lambton Heights Nords Wharf Pelican Pinny Beach Rankin Park Rathmines Redhead Ryhope Seahampton Silverwater Speers Point Sunshine Swansea Swansea Heads Teralba Tingira Heights Toronto Valentine Wakefield Wangi Wangi Warners Bay West Wallsend Whitebridge Windale Windermere Park Woodrising Wyee Wyee Point Yarrawonga Park

Other places and points of interest	Avondale College Belmont Anti-Tank Ditch Blackalls Park railway station Charlestown Square Cockle Creek Smelter Eraring Power Station Fernleigh Track Glenrock Lagoon Lake Macquarie Lake Macquarie Petrified Forest Mount Sugarloaf RAAF Base Rathmines South Waratah Colliery Teralba Colliery Toronto railway line Toronto railway station Wangi Power Station Watagans National Park

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