{{Use Australian English|date=August 2019}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}} {{Infobox Australian place | type = suburb | name = Eleebana | city = Greater Newcastle | state = nsw | image = | caption = Andro Tilly | alternative_location_map = Australia Hunter Central Coast | coordinates = {{Coord|-32.996|151.635|format=dms|type:city_region:AU-NSW|display=inline,title}} | lga = City of Lake Macquarie | postcode = 2282 | pop = 6,460 | pop_year = {{CensusAU|2021}} | pop_footnotes = <ref name="Census2021Y">{{Census 2021 AUS|id=SAL11396|name=Eleebana|access-date=21 July 2023|quick=on}}</ref> | area = 3.9 | est = | parish = Kahibah | stategov = Charlestown | fedgov = Shortland | dist1 = 18 | dir1 = WSW | location1= Newcastle | dist2 = 8 | dir2 = WSW | location2= Charlestown | near-nw = ''Lake Macquarie'' | near-n = Warners Bay | near-ne = Mount Hutton | near-w = ''Lake Macquarie'' | near-e = Tingira Heights | near-sw = Valentine | near-s = Croudace Bay | near-se = Floraville }}
'''Eleebana''' is a suburb of the City of Lake Macquarie in New South Wales, Australia, {{convert|18|km|mi|0}} from Newcastle's central business district along the eastern shoreline of Lake Macquarie.
== History == Eleebana remained unsettled until it became part of the Newcastle/Lake Macquarie urban sprawl, due to its unsuitability for agriculture. This suburb lay at the northern boundary of Threlkeld's original Bahtahbah grant, and was just south of Warner's 1280 acres. Portion 40 of 158 acres, (Kahibah Parish) was granted to G.L. Yorston in 1860, who was married to Warner's daughter; Portion 41 of 167 acres to J.B. Watt; and Portion 42 of 194 acres to Thomas Adam.
The land was poor and steep and unsuitable for agriculture and remained unsettled. However, as was usual in those times, Henry Halloran, in the 1920s and 30s, sold boatshed leases on the waterfront fronting Croudace Bay and sheds were built there and occupied during the summer. The council had difficulty in negotiating their removal after World War 1. Their sites were eventually added to Thomas H. Halton Park, Croudace Bay.
The suburbanization took place with new subdivisions mainly to the north.<ref name=LMCC>Eleebana. Lake Macquarie City Council. Retrieved 3 December 2017.</ref> In 1976 Hooker-Rex Estates announced its plans to develop 240 acres around Glad Gunson Drive, which included parts of the old Croft Estate, Portion 41 and Portion 40.<ref name=LMCC/> The first three stages of development originally contained 230 allotments, with a further 470 developed in the late 1970s/early 1980s.<ref name=LMCC/>
In 1947, electricity came to the area<ref name=PM>Green Point, Valentine, Eleebana and Croudace Bay. Peter Murray. 2007.</ref> and in 1948, reticulated waster was connected.<ref>Pipelines and People. John W Armstrong. 1967.</ref> The first school opened in 1955 (Eleebana Public). In 1977, sewerage was connected.<ref name=PM/>
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==External links== * [http://history.lakemac.com.au/page-local-history.aspx?pid=1085&vid=20&tmpt=narrative&narid=35 History of Eleebana] (Lake Macquarie City Library)
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