Ryhope, New South Wales

Ryhope New South Wales
Population	103 (2011 census)^[1]
Established	1881
Postcode(s)	2283^[2]
Location	4 km (2 mi) NW of Awaba 3 km (2 mi) E of Freemans Waterhole
LGA(s)	City of Lake Macquarie
Parish	Awaba
State electorate(s)	Lake Macquarie
Federal Division(s)	Charlton

Ryhope is a small rural locality in the City of Lake Macquarie in New South Wales, Australia, located approximately eight kilometres (five miles) west of the town of Toronto and west of Lake Macquarie.^[2]

Suburb boundaries of Ryhope were defined on 31 May 1991 and are shown on the NSW Geographical Name Board file no. GNB3506. The principal commercial interests of Ryhope include small farm holdings and a memorial park with crematorium. It is close to the Sydney-Newcastle Freeway and the Watagan Mountains. The nearest railway stations are in Awaba and Fassifern. The nearest shops are located in Toronto.

Ryhope is most likely named after the village of the same name in the UK. The area was also known locally as Palmers Creek and Palmers Crossing.

References

↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Ryhope (State Suburb)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 6 May 2013.
1 2 "Ryhope Postcode (NSW)". postcodes.qpzm.com.au. Retrieved 17 June 2012.

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History of Ryhope

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

Coordinates: 32°35′33″S 151°18′51″E / 32.5926°S 151.3141°E / -32.5926; 151.3141

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