| Bar Beach Newcastle, New South Wales | |||||||||||||||
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 North end of Bar Beach viewing south over the natural rock pool, toward Merewether | |||||||||||||||
  Bar Beach | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 32°56′24″S 151°46′4″E / 32.94000°S 151.76778°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 1,256 (2016 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 4,155/km2 (10,760/sq mi) [Note 1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 2300 | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 35 m (115 ft)[Note 2] | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 0.5 km2 (0.2 sq mi)[Note 3] | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | AEST (UTC+10) | ||||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | AEDT (UTC+11) | ||||||||||||||
| Location | 1.6 km (1 mi) SSW of Newcastle | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | City of Newcastle[2] | ||||||||||||||
| Region | Hunter[2] | ||||||||||||||
| County | Northumberland[3] | ||||||||||||||
| Parish | Newcastle[3] | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Newcastle[4] | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Newcastle[5] | ||||||||||||||
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Bar Beach is an inner city suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, located 1.6 km (1.0 mi) southwest of Newcastle's central business district.[7] The suburb is named for the beach that extends along its eastern border.[8]
The beach is home to the Cooks Hill Surf Life Saving Club.[9]
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Bar Beach (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
- ^ a b "Suburb Search – Local Council Boundaries – Hunter (HT) – Newcastle City Council". New South Wales Division of Local Government. Retrieved 16 September 2012.
- ^ a b "Bar Beach (suburb)". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 September 2012.
- ^ "Newcastle". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
- ^ "Newcastle". Australian Electoral Commission. 26 July 2012. Archived from the original on 21 May 2011. Retrieved 16 September 2012.
- ^ a b c "Newcastle Nobbys Signal Station AWS". Climate statistics for Australian locations. Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 16 September 2012.
- ^ "Bar Beach". Land and Property Management Authority - Spatial Information eXchange. New South Wales Land and Property Information. Retrieved 16 September 2012.
- ^ "Bar Beach (beach)". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 September 2012.
- ^ "Beach Safety". The Newcastle Herald. Newcastle: John Fairfax Holdings Limited. 12 January 2010. p 22 Supplement.
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