Awaba
Awaba is a town and locality in the City of Lake Macquarie, Greater Newcastle in New South Wales, Australia, inland from Toronto. The name Awaba is of Aboriginal origins, and means "flat or plain surface", referring to Lake Macquarie.- Type: Town with 402 residents
- Description: suburb of Lake Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia
- Also known as: “Awaba, New South Wales” and “Awaba, New South Wales, Australia”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Awaba railway station and Toronto High School.
Awaba railway station
Railway station
Photo: AtholM, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Awaba railway station is located on the Main Northern line in New South Wales, Australia. It serves the City of Lake Macquarie town of Awaba opening on 15 August 1887.
Toronto High School
School
Toronto High School is a government-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school, located in Toronto, a suburb in the City of Lake Macquarie, in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia. Toronto High School is situated 3½ km east of Awaba.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Toronto and Arcadia Vale.
Toronto
Suburb
Toronto is a lakeside suburb within the City of Lake Macquarie, Greater Newcastle in New South Wales, Australia, approximately 28 kilometres from Newcastle's central business district and is a commercial hub for the sprawling suburbs on the western shore of the lake. Toronto is situated 5 km east of Awaba.
Arcadia Vale
Suburb
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 had a population of 1,431 in 2021, down from 1,518 in 2006. Arcadia Vale is situated 7 km southeast of Awaba.
Awaba
- Categories: suburb and locality
- Location: Lake Macquarie, Hunter, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude
-33.00892° or 33° 0′ 32″ southLongitude
151.54337° or 151° 32′ 36″ eastPopulation
402Elevation
25 metres (82 feet)Open location code
4RRHXGRV+C8OpenStreetMap ID
node 116956128OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
2177423Wikidata ID
Q4829653
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