CHARLESTOWN
Electoral District Maps
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Commencing at the intersection of Main Northern Railway and the north-western prolongation of Sturt Road: and bounded thence by that prolongation and road, generally south-easterly, Main Road, south-easterly, Macquarie Road, generally southerly and Medcalf Street and its prolongation, generally south-westerly to the generally mean low water mark of the eastern shore of Lake Macquarie; by that mean low water mark, generally southerly to the mouth of Sheppards Gully; by a line, easterly to Tingira Drive; by that drive, generally easterly, Violet Town Road, generally south-easterly and the Pacific Highway, aforesaid, generally north-easterly to the western prolongation of the northern boundary of Lot 1, DP 1052027; by that prolongation, boundary and the northern boundaries of Lot 1, DP 555980, Lots 5 and 4, DP 248860, a line, Pt Lot 1 DP 573401, easterly, the southern and part of the generally south-eastern boundary of Lot 101, DP 843704, easterly and north-easterly, the southern boundaries of Lot 7093, DP 1066902 and Lot 1938, DP 704459 and their prolongation, easterly to Redhead Road; by that road, generally northerly to the western prolongation of the northern boundary of DP 737493; by that boundary and part of the eastern boundary of that lot, easterly and southerly, and the generally north-eastern and generally south-eastern boundaries of Lot 87, DP 701650, generally south-easterly and generally south-westerly to Collier Street; by that street and its prolongation, easterly to the mean low water mark of the shore of South Pacific Ocean; by that mean low water mark (except at the entrance of any river, creek or inlet of the sea where the boundary shall be a straight line connecting two points on the shore opposite the outermost headlands at the entrance of any such river, creek or inlet of the sea) generally northerly, (inclusive of all islands lying off the coast of the district above defined) to the generally southern boundary of the City of Newcastle, gazetted 3rd November 1978; by part of that boundary generally north-westerly to the generally western boundary of Lot 5, DP 1016931; by that boundary and its prolongation, generally northerly to the Pacific Highway; by that highway, generally south-westerly, Brunker Road, generally northerly and Glebe Road, westerly to the Main Northern Railway, aforesaid, and by that railway, generally westerly to the point of commencement.
Localities
Adamstown, Adamstown Heights, Belmont North, Bennetts Green, Cardiff, Cardiff South, Charlestown, Dudley, Eleebana, Floraville, Garden Suburb, Gateshead, Highfields, Hillsborough, Jewells, Kahibah, Kotara, Kotara South, Mount Hutton, Redhead, Tingira Heights, Warners Bay, Whitebridge, Windale
The Localities listed above were derived from the electoral roll address register as at October 2006. It should be noted that some localities may only have a relatively small overlap with the district.
Postcodes
2280, 2282, 2285, 2289, 2290, 2306