Brightwaters, New South Wales

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Suburbs of Lake Macquarie
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Brightwaters
Country: Australia
State: New South Wales
City Council: Lake Macquarie City Council
Ward:
Postcode:
Surrounded by: Mirrabooka (North);
Summerland Point(South);
Point Wolstoncroft (East);
Morisset Park (West)
First European Settlement: 1859

Brightwaters is a suburb in the City of Lake Macquarie in New South Wales. It is situated on a peninsula east of Morisset.

[edit] History

Early industries were tinned fish and sugar cane. A sugar can mill was built, but it was destroyed by a bushfire in 1875. A post office was opened in 1963 and closed in 1979.

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History of Brightwaters