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Suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Callaghan
Newcastle, New South Wales
Callaghan is located in the Hunter-Central Coast RegionCallaghanCallaghan
Coordinates32°53′24″S 151°42′04″E / 32.890°S 151.701°E / -32.890; 151.701
Population1,358 (SAL 2021)
Postcode(s)2308
Elevation44 m (144 ft)
Location
LGA(s)City of Newcastle
ParishNewcastle
State electorate(s)Wallsend
Federal division(s)Newcastle
Suburbs around Callaghan:
Shortland Shortland Warabrook
Birmingham Gardens Callaghan Warabrook
Jesmond North Lambton Waratah West

Callaghan (/ˈkæləɡən/ KAL-ə-gən) is a suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia 10 kilometres (6 mi) from Newcastle's central business district. It contains the main campus of the University of Newcastle, which is the entirety of the suburb. It is served by Warabrook railway station on NSW TrainLink's Hunter Line.

Callaghan borders the suburbs of Shortland, Waratah West, and Warabrook.

History

The Aboriginal people in this area, the Awabakal, were the first people of this land.

The suburb was named after Sir Bede Callaghan (1912–1993), who was Chancellor of the University of Newcastle from 1977 to 1988.

Callaghan had a population of 1,326 in 2016.

Places

The Forum Sports and Aquatic Centre is located within the University of Newcastle and includes a number of sporting facilities – a heated indoor pool, five outdoor ovals and a gymnasium. It opened to general members of the public.

References

  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Callaghan (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. "Aboriginal Culture". City of Newcastle. Archived from the original on 12 November 2015. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  3. "Bede Callaghan". Living Histories @ UON. Archived from the original on 15 January 2019. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  4. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Callaghan (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 9 February 2018. Edit this at Wikidata
  5. "Callaghan". City of Newcastle. Archived from the original on 17 December 2015.
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