New Lambton

{{For|the place in England|New Lambton, County Durham}} {{Use Australian English|date=March 2012}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}} {{Infobox Australian place | type = suburb | name = New Lambton | city = Newcastle | state = nsw | image = | caption = | coordinates = {{coord|32|55|40|S|151|42|39|E|display=inline,title}} | alternative_location_map = Australia Newcastle | pushpin_label_position = right | local_map = yes | zoom = 12 | density = | density_footnotes = | est = | postcode = 2305 | elevation = 29 | area = 5.5 | area_footnotes = <ref name=area>1:100000 map 9232 NEWCASTLE.</ref> | timezone = AEST | utc = +10 | timezone-dst = AEDT | utc-dst = +11 | dist1 = 155 | dir1 = NNE | location1 = Sydney | dist2 = 6 | dir2 = W | location2 = Newcastle | dist3 = 4 | dir3 = NNE | location3 = Charlestown | dist4 = 32 | dir4 = SE | location4 = Maitland | dist5 = 60 | dir5 = N | location5 = The Entrance | lga = City of Newcastle<ref name=lga>{{cite web|url=http://www.dlg.nsw.gov.au/dlg/dlghome/dlg_Regions.asp?regiontype=2&slacode=5900&region=HT|title=Suburb Search – Local Council Boundaries – Hunter (HT) – Newcastle|publisher=New South Wales Division of Local Government|access-date=24 March 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110326212751/http://www.dlg.nsw.gov.au/dlg/dlghome/dlg_Regions.asp?regiontype=2&slacode=5900&region=HT|archive-date=26 March 2011}}</ref> | lga2 = City of Lake Macquarie | region = Hunter<ref name=lga/> | county = Northumberland<ref name=gnbsuburb>{{NSW GNR|id=ujqwlMKmJP|title=New Lambton|access-date=24 March 2012}}</ref> | parish = Newcastle<ref name=gnbsuburb/> | stategov = Wallsend<ref>{{cite web | title = Wallsend| publisher = New South Wales Electoral Commission | url = https://www.elections.nsw.gov.au/District-profiles/Wallsend |access-date =23 November 2019}}</ref> | stategov2 = Charlestown<ref>{{cite web | title = Charlestown| publisher = New South Wales Electoral Commission | url = https://www.elections.nsw.gov.au/District-profiles/Charlestown |access-date =23 November 2019}}</ref> | stategov3 = Newcastle<ref>{{cite web | title = Newcastle| publisher = New South Wales Electoral Commission | url = https://www.elections.nsw.gov.au/District-profiles/Newcastle |access-date =23 November 2019}}</ref> | fedgov = Newcastle<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://apps.aec.gov.au/esearch/LocalitySearchResults.aspx?filter=Newcastle&filterby=Electorate|title=Newcastle|publisher=Australian Electoral Commission|date=23 February 2011|access-date=24 March 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110521211351/http://apps.aec.gov.au/esearch/LocalitySearchResults.aspx?filter=Newcastle&filterby=Electorate|archive-date=21 May 2011}}</ref> | maxtemp = 21.8 | maxtemp_footnotes = <ref name=metdata>{{BoM Aust stats|site_ref=cw_061055|site_name=Newcastle Nobbys Signal Station AWS|access-date=24 March 2012}}</ref> | mintemp = 14.2 | mintemp_footnotes = <ref name=metdata/> | rainfall = 1134.3 | rainfall_footnotes = <ref name=metdata/> | near-n = Lambton | near-ne = Broadmeadow | near-e = Broadmeadow | near-se = Adamstown | near-s = Kotara | near-sw = Kotara | near-w = New Lambton Heights | near-nw = New Lambton Heights }}

'''New Lambton''' is a suburb of Newcastle, in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia.<ref name=lga /> It is located about {{convert|6|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} west of the Newcastle central business district.<ref name=DoL>{{DoL suburb image|name=New Lambton|codename=New%20Lambton|accessdate=24 March 2012}}</ref> It includes two shopping districts, schools and other general facilities. At the 2016 Australian census it had a population of approximately 10,000.<ref name="census16">{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC12942 |name=New Lambton (State Suburb) |accessdate=9 February 2018 |quick=on}}</ref>

Initially a coal mining township, New Lambton later became a municipality until it was eventually incorporated into Greater Newcastle. The suburb, which is primarily residential, includes a {{convert|182|ha|acre|abbr=on|adj=on}} nature reserve and a major regional sports centre.

== Geography == The suburb is irregularly shaped, covering an area of approximately {{convert|5.5|km2|sqmi|1|abbr=on}}.<ref name=area /> While mainly residential in nature, the entire south-western part of the suburb is occupied by Blackbutt Reserve, a {{convert|182|ha|acre|abbr=on|adj=on}} nature reserve consisting primarily of natural bushland.<ref name=blackbutt>{{cite web|url=http://www.newcastle.nsw.gov.au/recreation/blackbutt_reserve|title=Blackbutt Reserve|publisher=Newcastle City Council|access-date=24 March 2012}}</ref> The east of the suburb is predominantly level and only a few metres above sea level, but rises to approximately {{convert|90|m|ft|abbr=on}} above mean sea level in the western areas, the highest parts of the suburb being in Blackbutt Reserve.<ref name=area />

== History == The Awabakal and Worimi people were the first to live in Newcastle.<ref>{{Cite web |last=City of Newcastle Council |title=Aboriginal Culture |url=https://newcastle.nsw.gov.au/explore/history-and-heritage/aboriginal-culture |website=City of Newcastle}}</ref>

=== Early years === New Lambton was originally a coal mining township, with the New Lambton Colliery situated to the east across the railway in what is now Adamstown.<ref name=nlc>{{cite web|url=http://www.newlambton-p.schools.nsw.edu.au/webcomp%202005/New%20Lambton%20Collieries.htm|title=New Lambton Collieries|publisher=New Lambton Public School|access-date=24 March 2012}}</ref>

On 8 January 1889 New Lambton was incorporated as a municipality covering {{convert|2560|acre|km2|0|abbr=on}}.

=== 1901 === In 1901 New Lambton had a population of 1,464. The municipal council consisted of the following: * Mayor – George Errington * Justice of the Peace * Town Clerk – Henry J. Noble * Aldermen – John Williams, Benjamin Bradley, John Butterworth, Charles Dagwell, Richard Lay, Michael Gray, J.P., Joseph Cartright and Alexander Sneddon.

The council derived a considerable revenue from the district's largest mine, the Scottish-Australian Coal Mining Company's Lambton Colliery, managed by the three Croudace brothers, Frank, Thomas, & Sydney, which although closer to Lambton fell within the New Lambton municipality. One of the district's principal thoroughfares today is Croudace Street.

The town was free of debt, and had a telegraph office, council chambers (erected at a cost of £550), the New Lambton Mechanics Institute, a reading room, fire brigade, public school, and "many signs of advancement". The Member for Kahibah in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, including New Lambton, was Alfred Edden.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Federal Directory of Newcastle and District for 1901|orig-year=1901|year=1982|publisher=Davies & Cannington|location=Newcastle|isbn=0-9593518-0-9}}</ref>

=== Later years === In 1938 an act of the Parliament of New South Wales created the "City of Greater Newcastle", which incorporated eleven municipalities, including New Lambton, into one local government area.

During World War II, New Lambton Public School was requisitioned by the government and used as No. 2 Fighter Sector Headquarters. In recognition of this, the school was granted permission in 1995 to fly the Royal Australian Air Force Ensign and is the only school in Australia allowed to do so.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newlambton.ps.education.nsw.gov.au/war_years.html|title=The War Years|publisher=New Lambton Public School|access-date=24 March 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320095825/http://www.newlambton.ps.education.nsw.gov.au/war_years.html|archive-date=20 March 2012}}</ref>

New Lambton once had an art deco cinema, The Savoy, now the New Lambton Community Centre.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newcastle.nsw.gov.au/about_newcastle/news_and_events/image_galleries/art_deco|title=New Lambton Community Centre|access-date=24 March 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322132844/http://www.newcastle.nsw.gov.au/about_newcastle/news_and_events/image_galleries/art_deco|archive-date=22 March 2012}}</ref>

== Transport == New Lambton is bordered by, or crossed by, various arterial roads. Lookout Road, which joins Croudace Road, borders the suburb to the west. To the east, Lambton Road facilitates access to the Newcastle central business district (CBD). To the south, Carnley Avenue and Northcott Drive provide access to the City of Lake Macquarie suburbs. The south-east of the suburb is bordered by the Main North Line, where the suburb is serviced by Adamstown railway station.

== Blackbutt Reserve == thumb|Blackbutt Reserve off Carnley Ave The entire south-western corner of the suburb is occupied by Blackbutt Reserve. The main entrances of the reserve, in Carnley Avenue and Freyberg Street, are approximately {{convert|8.8|km|mi|1|abbr=on}} by road from the Newcastle CBD.<ref name=area /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=-32.932912,151.696644&spn=0.017253,0.05579&t=m&z=15&vpsrc=6|title=Google Map|access-date=24 March 2012}}</ref> Covering {{convert|182|ha|acre|0}}, the reserve is mainly urban bushland, and includes nature trails, wildlife exhibits, children's playgrounds and recreational facilities. The reserve, which is administered by the Newcastle City Council, has over {{convert|16|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} of tracks meandering through open rainforest.<ref name=blackbutt />

There are four main picnic and recreational areas in the reserve, off different entry points: * Black Duck Picnic Area, located off Carnley Avenue; * Richley Reserve Picnic Area, located off Freyberg Street, which was previously the site of the Buchanan Borehole Colliery;<ref name=nlc /> * Dead Tree Picnic Area; * and Lily Pond Picnic Area, off the corner of Queens Road and Mahogany Drive.

== Sport == [[File:Ausgrid Stadium.jpg|thumb|right|Hunter Stadium, the main stadium at the Newcastle International Sports Centre]] New Lambton includes several parks where various sports are played. At the north-eastern corner of the suburb, is the Newcastle International Sports Centre, a venue used by the National Rugby League's Newcastle Knights and the A-League's Newcastle Jets. The suburb is also home to the New Lambton Football Club, the largest football club based on members in Northern NSW and they play games out of Alder Park and Novocastrian Park. New Lambton Football Club traces its origins back to 1896 when Scottish miners from South Lambton first played football, which became an official club in 1917 as returned servicemen came home from the Great War to again work in the mines. Western Suburbs Rugby League and Cricket Club call Harker Oval home.

== Education == New Lambton Public is a government co-education primary located on Regent Street.<ref>{{Cite web|title=New Lambton Public School|url=https://newlambton-p.schools.nsw.gov.au/|access-date=16 September 2020|website=Department of Education}}</ref> Another government co-educational government school is located on 45 St James Street which is called New Lambton South Public School.<ref>{{Cite web|title=New Lambton South Public School|url=https://newlambtonsthpublic.com.au/|access-date=16 September 2020|website=Department of Education}}</ref> There is also a Catholic co-educational primary called St Therese's Primary located on Burke Street.<ref>{{Cite web|title=St Therese's Primary School|url=https://www.newlambton.catholic.edu.au/|access-date=16 September 2020|website=St There's Primary School}}</ref>

== References == {{Reflist}}

== External links == {{commons category}} * {{cite web|url=http://www.newcastle.nsw.gov.au/about_newcastle/city_and_suburbs/suburbs/new_lambton|title=New Lambton|publisher=Newcastle City Council|date=1 April 2011|access-date=24 March 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120404175155/http://www.newcastle.nsw.gov.au/about_newcastle/city_and_suburbs/suburbs/new_lambton|archive-date=4 April 2012}} ; Images * [https://www.flickr.com/photos/uon/3270571113 New Lambton Mechanics Institute] * [https://www.panoramio.com/photo/446012?source=wapi&referrer=kh.google.com Blackbutt Reserve's Lily Pond Picnic Area] * [http://5.wildwalks.com/gallery2/401595.jpg Blackbutt Reserve's Richley Reserve Picnic Area]

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