Valentine, New South Wales

Coal was mined at Valentine before it became a suburb in the 1950s. The public school opened in 1958. It is now a large residential district, a development commenced in the late 1980s. Valentine is home to number of convenience and specialty shops, including a butcher, post office, GP office, petrol station, newsagent and a bowling club.

Valentine was named after Mr Henry Valentine Joseph Geary, a property speculator and company director who grew up in Melbourne, Victoria, and settled in NSW after 1909, speculating in mining. He owned land in Valentine, but lived on the Hawkesbury River, and died in 1933. Henry Halloran, a surveyor who surveyed the area in 1916 prior to subdividing the land, named the area after him. He was also responsible for surveying many of the suburbs in Sydney, including Seaforth.^[2]

References

↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Valentine (State Suburb)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
↑ http://library.lakemac.com.au/downloads/Valentine.pdf

External links

History of Valentine (Lake Macquarie City Library)

Coordinates: 33°00′54″S 151°38′06″E / 33.015°S 151.635°E / -33.015; 151.635

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

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