Killingworth, New South Wales
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 Killingworth |
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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: | Holmesville (North); Wakefield (South); Barnsley (East); Heaton State Forest (West) |
| First European Settlement: | 1892 |
For other uses, see Killingworth (disambiguation).
Killingworth is a small town in a rural area of the City of Lake Macquarie in New South Wales, Australia. It is near the Sydney-Newcastle Freeway, not far from West Wallsend.
[edit] History
Coal mining was performed at Killingworth from 1841 until the Great Depression, and again during World War II. A public school operated from 1891-1892 and 1902-1941.
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