Bar Beach, New South Wales

Bar Beach
NewcastleNew South Wales
North end of Bar Beach viewing south over the natural rock pool, toward Merewether
Bar Beach is located in Newcastle, Australia
Bar Beach
Bar Beach
Coordinates32°56′24″S 151°46′4″E / 32.94000°S 151.76778°E / -32.94000; 151.76778
Population1,256 (2016 census)[1]
 • Density4,155/km2 (10,760/sq mi) [Note 1]
Postcode(s)2300
Elevation35 m (115 ft)[Note 2]
Area0.5 km2 (0.2 sq mi)[Note 3]
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10)
 • Summer (DST)AEDT (UTC+11)
Location1.6 km (1 mi) SSW of Newcastle
LGA(s)City of Newcastle[2]
RegionHunter[2]
CountyNorthumberland[3]
ParishNewcastle[3]
State electorate(s)Newcastle[4]
Federal division(s)Newcastle[5]
Mean max temp[6] Mean min temp[6] Annual rainfall[6]
21.8 °C
71 °F
14.2 °C
58 °F
1,133.7 mm
44.6 in
Suburbs around Bar Beach:
Cooks Hill Cooks Hill The Hill
Cooks Hill, The Junction Bar Beach The Hill, Tasman Sea
Merewether Tasman Sea Tasman Sea

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]

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Bar Beach (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 9 February 2018. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ a b "Suburb Search – Local Council Boundaries – Hunter (HT) – Newcastle City Council". New South Wales Division of Local Government. Retrieved 16 September 2012.
  3. ^ a b "Bar Beach (suburb)". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 September 2012. Edit this at Wikidata
  4. ^ "Newcastle". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  5. ^ "Newcastle". Australian Electoral Commission. 26 July 2012. Archived from the original on 21 May 2011. Retrieved 16 September 2012.
  6. ^ a b c "Newcastle Nobbys Signal Station AWS". Climate statistics for Australian locations. Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 16 September 2012.
  7. ^ "Bar Beach". Land and Property Management Authority - Spatial Information eXchange. New South Wales Land and Property Information. Retrieved 16 September 2012.
  8. ^ "Bar Beach (beach)". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 September 2012. Edit this at Wikidata
  9. ^ "Beach Safety". The Newcastle Herald. Newcastle: John Fairfax Holdings Limited. 12 January 2010. p 22 Supplement.


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