Holmesville, New South Wales

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Suburbs of Lake Macquarie
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Holmesville
Country: Australia
State: New South Wales
City Council: Lake Macquarie City Council
Ward:
Postcode:
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.

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History of Holmesville