Abermain, New South Wales facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Abermain Cessnock, New South Wales
South Maitland Mines Rescue Station in Abermain
Abermain Location in New South Wales
Established	1903
Gazetted	24 October 1975 (town) 23 October 2015 (locality)
Postcode(s)	2326
Elevation	29 m (95 ft)
Area	15.3822 km2 (5.9 sq mi)
Time zone	AEST (UTC+10)
• Summer (DST)	AEDT (UTC+11)
Location	7.9 km (5 mi) ENE of Cessnock 42.0 km (26 mi) NW of Newcastle 153 km (95 mi) N of Sydney
LGA(s)	Cessnock
Region	Hunter
County	Northumberland
Parish	Heddon
State electorate(s)	Cessnock
Federal Division(s)	Hunter
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall 24.2 °C 76 °F 10.5 °C 51 °F 743.3 mm 29.3 in
Suburbs around Abermain: Cessnock Sawyers Gully Weston Neath Abermain Pelaw Main Cessnock Cessnock Richmond Vale

Abermain is a town 8 km ENE of Cessnock and 3 km west of Weston, in New South Wales, Australia. Abermain is adjacent to Werakata National Park.

Abermain Post Office opened on 1 June 1904. In 1882 Professor Sir Tannatt William Edgeworth David was appointed by NSW Department of Mines to undertake a survey to discover the possibility of coal. Australian's second Mine Rescue Station was constructed in 1926 and at cost of £20,000.

Schools and education

Abermain is home to Holy Spirit Infants School and Aspect Hunter School, both non-government schools, and Abermain Public School, founded in 1909.

Notable people

Les Lumsdon (1912–1977) cartoonist for Newcastle Morning Herald