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Arcadia Vale
New South Wales
Population 1,381 (2011 census)
Established 1878
Postcode(s) 2283
Location 14 km (9 mi) ENE of Morisset
LGA(s) City of Lake Macquarie
Parish Awaba
State electorate(s) Lake Macquarie
Federal Division(s) Hunter
Suburbs around Arcadia Vale:
Awaba Buttaba Buttaba
Awaba Arcadia Vale Lake Macquarie
Myuna Bay Wangi Wangi Wangi Wangi

Arcadia Vale is a suburb of the City of Lake Macquarie in New South Wales, Australia between the town centres of Toronto and Morisset on the western shore of Lake Macquarie. It has a population of 1,381 down from 1,518 in 2006.

History

Arcadia Vale was subdivided in 1922. During the Great Depression, many out-of-work miners and their families moved into boatsheds on the waterfront. The first school opened in 1958.

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