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Happy Valley Colliery (c1850) Merewether Estate (from 1920-c1955) Messrs. William & Malcolm Marheine [35] In 1940 this colliery supplied the coal for Newcastle Abattoir. [36] The colliery offices in 1951 were located in the T&G Building, Hunter Street. [37] Hartley Vale Colliery, Adamstown (1864-1870) -J & A Brown. [38]
Merewether's oldest mansion is Hillcrest, originally the residence of the Merewether family, which later became a private maternity hospital. [14] It is today again a private home. Above it is the Scenic Drive with expensive 'modern' homes, which date from the late 1950s upwards. [15] [16] Merewether Bowling Club.
Merewether Heights is a suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, located 6 kilometres (4 mi) southwest of Newcastle's central business district near the Glenrock State Recreation Area. It is part of the City of Newcastle local government area .
The area was named after a white truss bridge that crosses the Belmont Railway Line later replaced by a concrete bridge now part of Dudley Road. Coal mining was started at Whitebridge in 1888 at the Burwood No.3 Colliery. This mine operated for almost a century and was one of Australia's greatest coal producers. It closed in 1982.
The Ridge is one of the most historically significant buildings in Merewether for its associations with the Merewether family from 1861, and its subsequent use as a hospital by the Salvation Army. It has landmark qualities perched on the edge of the Merewether ridge, with its steeply pitched gable roof. At the beginning of the 21st century the ...
Glenrock Lagoon, an intermediate fresh water small coastal creek, [1] is located within the Lake Macquarie local government area in the Newcastle and Hunter regions of New South Wales, Australia.
European sites include Australia’s first road/tram tunnel (c1846), Australia’s first railway tunnels (c1861 and 1862), remains of Australia’s first commissioned copper smelter (c1851), remains of Burwood Colliery and a coastal railway. [16] The early coal mining sites within the park are listed on the NSW State Heritage Register.
The Awabakal people are the first people of the area. [2]Arcadia Vale was subdivided in 1922. During the Great Depression, many out-of-work miners and their families moved into boatsheds on the waterfront.