Cameron Park, New South Wales

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


caption =
lga = City of Lake Macquarie
postcode = 2285
pop = 3718 (2006 census)
area = 0.9
est = 1905
parish = Teralba
stategov = Cessnock
fedgov = Charlton
dist1 = 19
dir1 = W
location1= Newcastle
near-nw = Seahampton
near-n = Minmi
near-ne = Wallsend
near-w = West Wallsend
near-e = Edgeworth
near-sw = Holmesville
near-s = Edgeworth
near-se = Edgeworth

Cameron Park is a suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, located convert|19|km|mi|0 west of Newcastle's central business district near West Wallsend and the Sydney-Newcastle Freeway. It is part of the City of Lake Macquarie local government area.

History

The suburb was originally known as Estelville, named for local politician Jack Estel, and was first subdivided in 1905. By 1998, the land was owned by the Lake Macquarie City Council, Coal and Allied, BHP Collieries, the Hunter Water Corporation and a few private owners.cite news|title=Estelville's identity up for debate|work=Newcastle Herald|page=20|date=5 August 1998] convert|140|ha|acre|0|lk=on of the suburb was rezoned as a mixed-use greenfields site as part of the Council's Lifestyle 2020 planning strategy early in 1998, and by September, a proposed AUD $300 million development featuring 1,700 homes, a primary and high school, and a shopping centre with a supermarket, tavern, specialty shops and a commercial area had been announced by development consortium Northlakes Pty Ltd, who forecast the development would be complete within 10-15 years. [cite news|title=$300m Homes Deal|work=Newcastle Herald|page=1|date=5 September 1998] The council and developers wanted to rename the suburb Cameron Park because of a nearby speedway of that name, which was itself named after Ian Cameron, one of the founders of speedway racing in Australia. A poll of residents in 2000 showed a majority wanted the name changed, with only 1.4% favouring retention of Estelville. Other names considered included Oakwood, as well as "Pambulong", from a clan of the Awabakal Indigenous Australians living nearby whose name was suggested by Tyneside Property Management who were developing an industrial technology park in another part of the suburb. [cite news|last=Croxton|first=Sally|title=Cameron Park wins by a name|work=Newcastle Herald|page=6|date=15 May 2000
* cite news|last=Scanlon|first=Mike|title=Council to rename old suburb|work=Newcastle Herald|page=24|date=14 October 2000]

The Geographical Names Board of New South Wales approved the new name and boundaries in August 2001. [cite web|url=http://www.gnb.nsw.gov.au/name_search/extract?id=MnKqWyUlMn|title=Geographical Names Register Extract - 81078 Cameron Park (Suburb)|author=Geographical Names Board of New South Wales] Construction subsequently began on 477 lots in the suburb.

Approval was given in August 2005 to build a $6.2-million shopping centre, including a Woolworths supermarket. [cite news|title=Approval for $6.2 million shopping centre|work=Newcastle Herald|page=5|date=23 August 2005]

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