Suburb of Greater Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
| Seahampton Greater Newcastle, New South Wales | |||||||||||||||
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  Seahampton | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 32°55′26″S 151°35′06″E / 32.924°S 151.585°E / -32.924; 151.585 | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 311 (2011 census) | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 620/km (1,610/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 2286 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 0.5 km (0.2 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
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| Parish | Teralba | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Cessnock | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Hunter | ||||||||||||||
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Seahampton is a hamlet situated north of West Wallsend, New South Wales, Australia, located 21 kilometres (13 mi) west of the city of Newcastle's central business district and west of the Sydney-Newcastle Freeway. It is a suburb of the City of Lake Macquarie local government area.
Seahampton's origins are in coal mining. Seaham No. 1 Colliery was opened here on 6 March 1890 by the Monkwearmouth Coal Company which was reformed and renamed the Seaham Coal Company Ltd., in 1896. The shaft was 460 feet (140 m) deep and serviced the Borehole seam which here was about five feet nine inches thick.
Its peak production was 1,450 tons per day and the coal was shipped via the company's private railway to the New South Wales Government line at Cockle Creek Junction. The colliery closed on 7 July 1932, during the Great Depression, and never re-opened.
The township of Seahampton was surveyed in 1889 to provide homesites for colliery employees.
History
The Aboriginal people, in this area, the Awabakal, were the first people of this land.
References
- Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "State Suburbs: Seahampton". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
- "Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people". Lake Macquarie City. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
- Neath Mount Sugarloaf – Book 2, West Wallsend Public School Centenary Committee, 1988, pp. 34–37, ISBN 0-7316-3401-2