Holmesville, New South Wales
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Holmesville |
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Country: | Australia |
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State: | New South Wales |
City Council: | Lake Macquarie City Council |
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Surrounded by: | West Wallsend (North); Barnsley (South); Edgeworth (East); Heaton State Forest (West) |
First European Settlement: | 1895 |
Holmesville is a small town within the City of Lake Macquarie in New South Wales. It is close to the Sydney-Newcastle Freeway.
Holmesville is the home town of Miss Universe winner, Jennifer Hawkins.[1]
[edit] History
Early industries were farming and coal mining. Holmesville was first subdivided in 1898.