Swansea, New South Wales
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| Coordinates: 33°05′06″S 151°38′06″E / 33.085°S 151.635°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | New South Wales | ||||||||||||
| City | Greater Newcastle | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 3.2 km2 (1.2 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 5,044 (2021 census)[2] | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 1,576/km2 (4,080/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 2281 | ||||||||||||
| Parish | Wallarah | ||||||||||||
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Swansea is a town at the entrance to Lake Macquarie from the Pacific Ocean in New South Wales, Australia. It is part of the City of Lake Macquarie local government area and is regarded as part of Greater Newcastle.
History
The Aboriginal people, in this area, the Awabakal, were the first people of this land.[3] Awabakal people have lived in the area at least 8000 years.[4] The Awabakal name for Swansea is Galgabba.[5]
Thomas Boyd was one of the earliest Europeans to settle in Swansea, in the 1850s. Many Chinese people settled in the same decade, helping to create a fishing industry there.[5] Biraban did translation work in Swansea for settlers.[4]
In 1887 the town name was changed from Pelican Flat to Swansea.[4]
See also
References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Swansea (NSW) (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Swansea (NSW) (State Suburb)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
- ^ "Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people". Lake Macquarie City Council. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
- ^ a b c "Swansea". Lake Macquarie History.
- ^ a b Clouten, Keith (1967). Reids mistakes : the early history of Lake Macquarie (PDF). Adelaide: Griffin Press Limited.
External links
- History of Swansea (Lake Macquarie City Library)
- Travel – Swansea (SMH) – includes history