The Hill, New South Wales
| The Hill Newcastle, New South Wales | |||||||||||||
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 Beacon Tower, originally 7 m (23 ft) high was extended to 20 m (66 ft) in 1877 after the light had been obscured by the erection of a Wesley Parsonage. | |||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 32°55′54″S 151°46′34″E / 32.93167°S 151.77611°ECoordinates: 32°55′54″S 151°46′34″E / 32.93167°S 151.77611°E | ||||||||||||
| Population | 2,101 (2006 census)[1] | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 3,335/km2 (8,640/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 2300 | ||||||||||||
| Area | 0.63 km2 (0.2 sq mi)Note1 | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | AEST (UTC+10) | ||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | AEDT (UTC+11) | ||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | City of Newcastle[2] | ||||||||||||
| Region | Hunter[2] | ||||||||||||
| County | Northumberland[3] | ||||||||||||
| Parish | Newcastle[3] | ||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Newcastle[4] | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Newcastle[5] | ||||||||||||
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The Hill is an inner city, residential suburb of Newcastle, in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia, located immediately south of Newcastle's central business district.[2][6] The Hill is filled with historic Victorian terraces and is the site of a historic convict prison block.
As of January 2009, the average house price in The Hill was about A$537,500.[7]
Image gallery
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Residence building, which is part of St. Mary's Star of Sea Church
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Jesmond House is a grand mansion of the 1880s with significant historic associations with Newcastle.
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Looking east from Jesmond House with Nobbys Head and Stockton Beach in the background.
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The obverse face of beacon tower, which was used as a navigational aid. Alterations to the bearings of the entrance channel led to commissioning of new lights in steel towers on other sites on 1 June 1918
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Christchurch Cathedral.
Notes
- ^ Area calculation is based on 1:100000 map 9232 NEWCASTLE.
References
- ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "The Hill (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 2009-01-21. Map
- 1 2 3 "Suburb Search - Local Council Boundaries - Hunter (HT) - Newcastle City Council". New South Wales Division of Local Government. Retrieved 2009-01-21.
- 1 2 "The Hill". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 2009-01-21.
- ↑ "Newcastle". New South Wales Electoral Commission. 24 March 2007. Retrieved 2009-01-21.
- ↑ "Newcastle". Australian Electoral Commission. 19 October 2007. Retrieved 2009-01-21.
- ↑ "The Hill". Land and Property Management Authority - Spatial Information eXchange. New South Wales Land and Property Information. Retrieved 2009-01-21.
- ↑ "The Hill suburb profile @ domain.com.au". domain.com.au. Retrieved 2009-01-21.
- "Newcastle Nobbys Signal Station AWS". Climate statistics for Australian locations. Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 2009-01-21.