Bar Beach, New South Wales

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Bar Beach
Newcastle, New South Wales
File:Bar Beach viewing South toward Merewether.jpg
North end of Bar Beach viewing south over the natural rock pool, toward Merewether
Bar Beach is located in New South Wales
Bar Beach
Bar Beach
Coordinates Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Population 1,122 (2011 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]
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] At the 2011 census, Bar Beach had a population of 1,122.[1]

The beach is home to the Cooks Hill Surf Life Saving Club.[9]

History

The Australian Agricultural Company held extensive Crown land grants in the Newcastle area that have since been developed into the modern day suburbs of Bar Beach, Cooks Hill, Hamilton and Broadmeadow as well as parts of the Newcastle Central Business District and The Hill.[10][11] The Company released lots for residential development in Bar Beach in 1924.[12]

A natural rock pool at the beach was named "The Bar" and Bar Beach took its name from that feature.[13]

Shipwrecks

The northern part of the beach is commonly known as Susan Gilmore Beach, named after the American clipper Susan Gilmore that was wrecked there in the early hours of 4 July 1884.[14][15][16] Nearby the City of Newcastle (on 12 September 1878) and USS WST-1 (on 27 July 1945) were also wrecked.

Heritage

The suburb has a number of local landmarks which have been heritage listed including the Cooks Hill Surf Life Saving Club and Memorial, Reid Park Tennis Clubhouse and Tennis Courts and the Empire Park Bowling Club Fence. A number of residential units in the Art Deco style have also attracted heritage listing.[17]

Views of Bar Beach

  • Bar Beach viewing South.jpg

    Bar beach viewing south

  • Bar Beach facilities.jpg

    Bar Beach picnic facilities

  • Susan Gilmore Beach from Bar Beach.jpg

    Viewing toward Susan Gilmore Beach from Bar Beach

Notes

  1. ↑ Almost half of Bar Beach consists of parks and beaches, which are located in the east, south and northeast of the suburb. This is the average density of the part of the suburb where the population lives, not the average for the whole area which is considerably lower at 2,244/km2 (5,810/sq mi).
  2. ↑ Bar Beach varies from 20 m (66 ft) above mean sea level (AMSL) in the west to 65 m (213 ft) AMSL on the cliffs overlooking the beach. This is the average elevation of the suburb as shown on 1:100000 map 9232 NEWCASTLE.
  3. ↑ Area calculation is based on 1:100000 map 9232 NEWCASTLE.

References

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  12. ↑ Suters Architects for Newcastle City Council (1996–97) Newcastle City Wide Heritage Study. (2007 digitised extract: Thematic History at p 27)
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  17. ↑ Newcastle Local Environmental Plan 2003 (New South Wales), sch 6 Heritage items and heritage conservation areas, Part 1 Heritage items.
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