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Gateshead
New South Wales
Population 3,574 (2011 census)
 • Density 1,324/km2 (3,430/sq mi)
Established 1876
Postcode(s) 2290
Area 2.7 km2 (1.0 sq mi)
Location
LGA(s) City of Lake Macquarie
Parish Kahibah
State electorate(s) Charlestown
Federal Division(s) Shortland
Suburbs around Gateshead:
Charlestown Charlestown Whitebridge
Mount Hutton Gateshead Dudley
Windale Bennetts Green Redhead

Gateshead is a suburb of the City of Lake Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia, 12 kilometres (7 mi) from Newcastle's central business district on the eastern side of Lake Macquarie. It is part of the City of Lake Macquarie East ward, and is home to a number of primary and high schools and a private hospital. Gateshead is named after Gateshead, a town in North East England.

Coordinates: 32°58′55″S 151°41′35″E / 32.982°S 151.693°E / -32.982; 151.693

Towns, suburbs and localities of the City of Lake Macquarie, Hunter Region, New South Wales
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Other places and
points of interest
  • Avondale College
  • Belmont Anti-Tank Ditch
  • Blackalls Park railway station
  • Charlestown Square
  • Cockle Creek Smelter
  • Eraring Power Station
  • Fernleigh Track
  • Glenrock Lagoon
  • Lake Macquarie
  • Lake Macquarie Petrified Forest
  • Mount Sugarloaf
  • RAAF Base Rathmines
  • South Waratah Colliery
  • Teralba Colliery
  • Toronto railway line
  • Toronto railway station
  • Wangi Power Station
  • Watagans National Park
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