Wyee, New South Wales

Wyee New South Wales
Wyee
Coordinates	33°10′55″S 151°29′06″E / 33.182°S 151.485°ECoordinates: 33°10′55″S 151°29′06″E / 33.182°S 151.485°E
Population	2,588 (2011 census)[1]
Postcode(s)	2259
Location	8 km (5 mi) S of Morisset 18 km (11 mi) NNE of Wyong
LGA(s)	City of Lake Macquarie
Parish	Morisset
State electorate(s)	Lake Macquarie
Federal Division(s)	Charlton
Suburbs around Wyee: Mandalong Morisset Wyee Point Mandalong Wyee Mannering Park Jilliby Bushells Ridge Doyalson

Wyee is a small town in the Lake Macquarie region of New South Wales, Australia, in the City of Lake Macquarie. It is near the Sydney-Newcastle Freeway and has a railway station (opened 1892)^[2] on NSW TrainLink's Central Coast & Newcastle Line. It had a population of 1,487 in 2001, which significantly increased to 2,588 in 2011.

Wyee is said to be derived from an Awabakal Aboriginal term for "fire" or "place of bushfires".^[3][4]

Wyee is part of the City of Lake Macquarie but it lacks a connection to sewer system; there are the Hunter Water Sewage Treatment Plant and the Wyong Shire Treatment Plant in the area.

References

1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Wyee (State Suburb)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
2. "Wyee Railway Station". www.nswrail.net. Retrieved 30 November 2006.
3. http://history.lakemac.com.au/page-local-history.aspx?pid=1085&vid=20&tmpt=narrative&narid=94
4. http://ozdirectory.info/?s=wyee&searchtype=town

External links

• History of Wyee (Lake Macquarie City Library)