Brightwaters, New South Wales

Brightwaters
New South Wales
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
Suburbs around Brightwaters:
Bonnells Bay Bonnells Bay Yarrawonga Park
Bonnells Bay Brightwaters Mirrabooka
Windermere Park Lake Macquarie

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.

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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