Brightwaters New South Wales |
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Population: | 551 (2006 census) | ||||||||||||
Established: | 1859 | ||||||||||||
Postcode: | 2264 | ||||||||||||
Area: | 1.1 kmĀ² (0.4 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
Location: | 6 km (4 mi) E of Morisset | ||||||||||||
LGA: | City of Lake Macquarie | ||||||||||||
Parish: | Morisset | ||||||||||||
State District: | Lake Macquarie | ||||||||||||
Federal Division: | Charlton | ||||||||||||
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Brightwaters is a suburb of the City of Lake Macquarie in New South Wales, Australia, and is located on a peninsula east of the town of Morisset on the western shore of Lake Macquarie.
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.