Wallsend, New South Wales

Infobox Australian Place | type = suburb
name = Wallsend
city = Newcastle
state = nsw


caption =
lga = City of Newcastle
lga2 = City of Lake Macquarie
postcode = 2287
pop = 11800 (2006 census)
area = 12.2
est =
parish = Kahibah
stategov = Wallsend
fedgov = Charlton, Newcastle
dist1 = 11
dir1 = WNW
location1= Newcastle
near-nw = Fletcher
near-n = Maryland
near-ne = Birmingham Gardens
near-w = Minmi
near-e = Jesmond
near-sw = Edgeworth
near-s = Elermore Vale
near-se = Lambton

Wallsend is a western suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, located convert|11|km|mi|0|lk=on from Newcastle's central business district. It is part of the City of Newcastle local government area.

Origins

Wallsend was named after a North of England coal mining township, initially built at the end of a Roman defensive wall. A suburb of Newcastle-on-Tyne.The name given to the area by Alexander Brown [ [http://www1.newcastle.nsw.gov.au/library/placea.cfm?FIRST=w Hunter Valley Place Names and their Meanings] ] .An early aboriginal name for the Wallsend area was Barrahinebin. The suburb began as two mining towns, Wallsend and Plattsburg. Wallsend was the more developed and as it grew it linked to Plattsburg via Nelson Street. Wallsend was proclaimed a separate municipality in early 1874 but the two areas had re-joined by 1915. The coal mined at Wallsend was of very good quality and the township prospered creating the commercial hub it is today [http://www.ncc.nsw.gov.au/discover_newcastle/discover_our_suburbs/wallsend Newcastle City Council, Discover our Suburbs] ] .

Today

Wallsend is the hub of western Newcastle offering both commercial and residential spaces.

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