East Seaham, New South Wales

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East Seaham
New South Wales
Welcome to East Seaham sign on East Seaham Road.jpg
Welcome to East Seaham sign
East Seaham is located in New South Wales
East Seaham
East Seaham
Coordinates Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Postcode(s) 2324
Area 37.6 km2 (14.5 sq mi)[Note 1]
Time zone AEST (UTC+10)
 • Summer (DST) AEDT (UTC+11)
Location
LGA(s) Port Stephens Council[1]
Region Hunter[1]
County Gloucester[2]
Parish Wilmot[2]
State electorate(s) Port Stephens[3]
Federal Division(s) Paterson[4]
Mean max temp[5] Mean min temp[5] Annual rainfall[5]
27.9 °C
82 °F
6.4 °C
44 °F
1,121.3 mm
44.1 in
Suburbs around East Seaham:
Clarence Town Clarence Town Clarence Town
Glen Oak, Seaham East Seaham Balickera
Seaham Eagleton Balickera

East Seaham is a primarily rural suburb of the Port Stephens local government area in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia.[1][2] It is situated on the east bank of the Williams River, opposite Glen Oak and Seaham.[6] At the 2011 census, the population of East Seaham and the adjacecent suburb of Balickera was 359, with the two suburbs having an average population density of 5.5/km2 (14/sq mi).[7]

The Greswick Public School operated in East Seaham between 1895 and 1937, supported by the development of farms in and around East Seaham. The schoolhouse was moved to Seaham after a bushfire in 1939 and operated as Seaham Public School until the 1960s.[8]

Notes

  1. Area calculation is based on 1:100000 map 9232 NEWCASTLE.

References

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  8. Hunter, C 2001, Port Stephens Heritage, Port Stephens Council Community Based Heritage Study Committee, Raymond Terrace, NSW.


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