Glen Oak, New South Wales

Infobox Australian Place
type = suburb
name = Glen Oak
city =
state = nsw

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imagesize = 270
caption = Glen Oak School of Arts (1899)
pop =
pop_footnotes =
density =
density_footnotes =
est =
postcode = 2320
coordinates = coord|32|36.2|S|151|41.6|E|type:town_region:AU-NSW|display=inline,title
elevation =
elevation_footnotes=
area = 45.1
area_footnotes = ref|area|Note1
timezone = AEST
utc = +10
timezone-dst = AEDT
utc-dst = +11
propval =
dist1 = 186
dir1 = N
location1 = Sydney
dist2 = 48
dir2 = NNW
location2 = Newcastle
dist3 = 23
dir3 = NNW
location3 = Raymond Terrace
dist4 = 28
dir4 = NNE
location4 = Maitland
lga = Port Stephens Councilcite web|url=http://www.dlg.nsw.gov.au/dlg/dlghome/dlg_Regions.asp?regiontype=2&slacode=6400&region=HT|title=Suburb Search - Local Council Boundaries - Hunter (HT) - Port Stephens|publisher=New South Wales Department of Local Government|accessdate=2008-06-11]
lga2 = Dungog Shire Council
region = Hunter
county = Durhamcite web|url=http://www.gnb.nsw.gov.au/name_search/extract?id=MnjLXttLMn|title=Geographical Names Register Extract: Glen Oak|work=Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW|publisher=Geographical Names Board of New South Wales|accessdate=2008-05-27]
parish = Uffington
stategov = Maitland [Cite web |url=http://www.elections.nsw.gov.au/state_government_elections/electoral_districts/all_districts_/maitland|title=Port Maitland|publisher=New South Wales Electoral Commission|date=2007-03-24|accessdate=2008-06-11]
fedgov = Paterson [Cite web|url=http://apps.aec.gov.au/esearch/LocalitySearchResults.aspx?filter=Paterson&filterby=Electorate|title=Paterson |publisher=Australian Electoral Commission|date=2007-10-19|accessdate=2008-06-11]
maxtemp = 29.6
mintemp = 6.1
rainfall = 925.2
near-n = Clarence Town
near-ne = Clarence Town
near-e = Clarence Town, East Seaham
near-se = East Seaham
near-s = Seaham
near-sw = Duns Creek, Butterwick
near-w = Duns Creek
near-nw = Martins Creek, Duns Creek

Glen Oak is a small community in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia, shared between the Port Stephens and Dungog Local Government Areas (LGA). Approximately two thirds of the suburb's Convert|45.1|km2|sqmi|1|lk=on is located within the Port Stephens LGA while the remaining third, which is sparsely populated, is located in Dungog Shire. [cite web|url=http://www.dlg.nsw.gov.au/dlg/dlghome/dlg_regions.asp?mi=0&ml=8&regiontype=2&slacode=2700&region=HT|title=Suburb Search - Local Council Boundaries - Hunter (HT) - Dungog Shire Council|publisher=New South Wales Department of Local Government|accessdate=2008-06-11] DoL suburb image|name=Glen Oak|codename=Glen%20Oak|accessdate=2008-05-27] Glen Oak was originally a small town, settled in the 19th century as a river port. During the late 19th and early 20th century the town included a community hall, post office, public school and general store. Declining river trade affected Glen Oak and by the 1950's much of the village itself had been abandoned. Today, very little is left to indicate that a town ever existed. However, the School of Arts hall on Clarence Town Road, built in 1899 and possibly the last community-owned hall in Australia, still stands and is used for various social activities. At the entrance to the hall are two pillars commemorating local men from the area who fought in World War I.

Notes

# Area calculation is based on 1:100000 map 9232 NEWCASTLE.

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