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Aberdare is a suburb of Cessnock, a large town based on coal mining in the Lower Hunter Region, New South Wales, Australia.

The Aberdare region houses Cessnock Public School, Cessnock High School and many preschools and family day cares.

There are petrol service stations, takeaways, local parks, pubs and transport also offered in Aberdare, plus only a short distance from the Cessnock CBD where you will find your major supermarkets and retail shops.
The local bus service is run by Rover Motors which provide services to Maitland, Newcastle and Sydney as well as City Hoppars and School Bus Services.

Weston is a town in the Hunter Region of NSW, Australia. It is part of the City of Cessnock local Government area, located approximately 11km from Cessnock. The 2011 population for Weston was 3,682.

Weston is bounded by the locality of Abermain in the West and Kurri Kurri in the East.
Settlement of the area dates from the late 1800s when coal was discovered and several collieries were established. In 1903 the town of Abermain sprung up at a pithead, based around the Abermain colliery.
Weston and Abermain is a mainly residential area with some industrial land use and surrounding rural areas.

Some features of the area include Werakata National Park, TAFE NSW Hunter institute- Kurri Kurri Campus, Abermain Centenary park, Chinamans hollow, Varty and Weston park plus local schools and transport

Weston also has direct access to the Hunter Express Way which allows residence to commute too and from the Upper Hunter and Newcastle with great ease.

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Pokolbin is a rural locality in the Hunter Region of NSW, Australia. It is part of the Singleton Council area and the city of Cessnock and is bounded by the localities of North Rothbury and Greta in the North, Keinbah and Maitland City in the East, Cessnock, Nulkaba, Mount View and Bellbird in the South and the locality of Cedar Creek in the West.

Pokolbin is thought to be named from a native word meaning “very hot place” or a Hungarian name meaning ‘in the hell’.
Settlement of the area dates from the 1830s when settlers harvested cedar and rosewood forests. There was some growth in the 1850s and 1860s, with land used mainly for wheat, tobacco and grape growing. From the 1960s the wine industry began to boom, with vineyards at Allandale, Mount View, Pokolbin and Rothbury, and small cottages and farms used mainly as weekend retreats. These are now the focus of a thriving and growing tourism industry. Considerable growth took place from the mid 1990s as new dwellings were added to the area, particularly in Pokolbin.

Pokolbin and Lovedale area is mainly a rural area, with some growing residential areas.

Major features of the area include Pokolbin State Forest, Cypress Lakes Golf and country club, Bimbadeen Lookout, Hunter Valley Gardens and numerous wineries and vineyards.

Location and boundaries
Bellbird and Bellbird Heights is bounded by the locality of Mount View in the north and west, the locality of Cessnock in the east, and the Aberdare State Forest, the locality of Pelton and Bimbadeen Road in the south.

Name origin
Bellbird and Bellbird Heights are thought to be named after a colony of bellbirds which produced so great a volume of sound that bullockies could not hear their bullock bells.

Settlement history
Settlement of the area dates from the late 1800s, although significant development did not occur until the early 1900s when two collieries were established. Most growth occurred in the first half of the 1900s. The population has increased slightly since the early 1990s, a result of new dwellings being added to the area.

Land use
Bellbird and Bellbird Heights is a mainly residential area with some small lot rural within close proximity.

Major features
Major features of the area include Carmichael Park and Bellbird Primary school.

Included areas
This small area includes the locality of Bellbird Heights and most of the locality of Bellbird.

Kurri Kurri Suburb Profile

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Kurri Kurri is a small town in the HUnter Region of NSW, in the Cessnock LGA.
The town was named by District Surveryor T. Smith who chose the name because it meant “The very first” in a local dialect.

Kurri Kurri was founded in 1902 to service the local Stanford Merthyr and Pelaw Main collieries and mining communities. The Kurri Kurri land was proclaimed on 25th October 1902 and the first lots were sold on 10th June 1903. Until the creation of the Local Government Area (known as the City of Cessnock), Kurri Kurri was the centre of the Shire of Kearsley, which included most of the rural towns around the Township of Cessnock and parts of Maitland.

By 1911 there was a population of 5,885 residents and at the 2006 Census its population the combined population of Kurri Kurri and surrounding suburbs of Stanford Merthyr, Pelaw Main, Weston and Abermain was 16,196. The estimated population of Kurri Kurri and its district in now close to 21,000.

The Kurri Kurri hotel was built in 1904 during the era of mining prosperity. It stands at an impressive three Storys and features prominent verandahs with cast iron lacework. There are many small miners’ cottages in Kurri Kurri from the same period.

In 1886 Sir Edgeworth David, a government geological survey uncovered the potential of the Greta Coal seam. Mining at the South Maitland Coalfield’s began at East Greta in 1891. More mines were opened in the early 1900s, during this period there were a number of accidents including the death of 6 miners at the Stanford Merthyr Colliery in 1905, which is commemorated by a monument in the Kurri Kurri Cemetery.

Following the serious slump in the coal industry, Stanford Merthyr Colliery closed in 1957, Pelaw Main in 1962, and Richmond Main in 1967, the Alcan Aluminium Smelter was built to take up the unemployment. Today the town is on the newly completed Hunter Expressway which is expected to bring increased investment to the district.

There are 3 Pre schools, one Long day care centre, 7 Primary Schools, 1 High school and the largest TAFE institute in the Hunter region located in the Kurri Kurri District;
Kurri Kurri Public School
Kurri Kurri Infants School
The Holy Spirit Primary School
Stanford Merthyr Infants School
Pelaw Main Public School
Weston Public School
Abermain Public School
Kurri Kurri High School
Kurri Kurri Campus – Hunter Insitute of TAFE

Kurri Kurri is becoming internationally known for its murals with more than 50 painted around the town depicting the history of the region. Each year the town also hosts the “Kurri Kurri Nostalgia Festival” (a Project of Towns with Heart) in the town centre and is all about Rock ‘n’ Roll, Classic cars, hot rods, fashion and the 50s and 60s. Many local businesses, community groups and volunteers join forces to make this event the success it is, bringing over $3 million into the local economy and district over the weekend.

Cessnock Suburb Profile

Cessnock is a city in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, about 52 km west of Newcastle and 120km North of Sydney. It is the commercial centre of the area now known as Hunter Valley Wine Country. Cessnock was named after a Scottish Settler named John Campbell in 1826 after his Grandfathers baronial Castle in Ayrshire.

Cessnock Local Government Area (Cessnock City) covers approximately 1,950 square kilometres within the Hunter Valley of New South Wales and has increased in population between 2001 – 2011 from 45,204 to 50,863 residents.

Whilst mining was the principal industrial base and source of employment in the Cessnock area
for the first half of this century, changes to the mining industry, led to the closure of the vast majority of mines in the area. The decline of mining has been paralleled by growth in the wine industry

The Hunter Valley wine-growing area in the Cessnock LGA is Australia’s oldest wine region and one of the most famous, with around 4,500 acres under vine. The vineyards and wineries of Pokolbin, Rothbury, Lovedale, Mount View, Millfield and Wollombi, are also the focus of a thriving tourism industry.

Cessnock has begun to develop other tourist ventures beyond the wine industry such as championship golf courses, hot air ballooning, sky-diving, fine restaurants, motels, cabins and guest house accommodation. Wine-related tourism has also created opportunities for other attractions, Wollombi Village and the Richmond Vale Railway.

There are many shops located in the Cessnock CBD, including major supermarkets such as Woolworths, Coles and Aldi along with numerous retail shops such as Big W, Target and Bunnings plus numerous cafes and restaurants.

The Cessnock Local Government Area houses Pre schools, Primary Schools, High Schools and a TAFE institute for further education.

- Cessnock Public School
- Cessnock East Public School
- Cessnock West Public School
- St Patricks Primary School
- Bellbird Public School
- Nulkaba Public School
- Kearsley Public School
- Cessnock High School
- Mt View High School
- St Phillip’s Christian College

The local bus service is run by Rover Motors which provide services to Maitland, Newcastle and Sydney as well as City Hoppars and School Bus Services.

Support infrastructure across the City now includes two hospitals, community health services, a range of childcare options, and aged care as well as numerous other community support services.