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Adamstown officially became a suburb in 1885 and the first council was elected in 1886 with the council chambers being completed in 1892. In 1938 Adamstown merged into other local council areas to become the areas of
Greater Newcastle.
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St Pius X High School (Years 7–10), first established in 1957 and became co-educational in 1983, absorbing the campus of St Anne's
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Adamstown has a range of community support organisations. These include St
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Primary School and St Columba's Primary School are also located within the suburb's boundaries.
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formerly left the main line just south of
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The club still plays out of
Adamstown Oval, the original home ground from the club's inaugural season.
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The suburb takes its name from Thomas Adams, who purchased a land grant of 54 acres of Crown land.
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85.5% of people were born in
Australia. The next most common country of birth was England at 2.1%.
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The most common responses for religion were No
Religion 33.8%, Catholic 26.7% and Anglican 15.7%.
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and extends from
Adamstown to Belmont over an approximate distance of 15.5 km (10 mi).
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The club is also one of the oldest football clubs in
Australia, having formed in 1889.
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.7% of the population.
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sub-branch that is part of the Adamstown Community Club.
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of Population, there were 6,044 people in Adamstown.
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410:89.5% of people only spoke English at home.
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489:Australian Bureau of Statistics
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991:Newcastle Entertainment Centre
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154:6 km (4 mi) WSW of
445:Returned Serviceman's League
160:5 km (3 mi) NE of
386:Lake Macquarie City Council
126:2,000/km (5,200/sq mi)
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951:Hunter Ice Skating Stadium
493:"Adamstown (State Suburb)"
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936:Christ Church Cathedral
497:2016 Census QuickStats
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95:32.93435°S 151.72584°E
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961:John Hunter Hospital
100:-32.93435; 151.72584
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1011:Nobbys Head
855:Tighes Hill
830:Rankin Park
800:New Lambton
655:Broadmeadow
561:23 November
526:"Adamstown"
398:2016 census
263:New Lambton
256:Broadmeadow
251:Broadmeadow
246:New Lambton
209:Charlestown
162:Charlestown
132:Postcode(s)
116:2016 census
98: /
86:151°43′33″E
73:Coordinates
889:Rivers and
785:Merewether
685:Georgetown
670:Cooks Hill
665:Carrington
650:Black Hill
640:Beresfield
535:16 October
472:References
460:Col Curran
456:Ray Baartz
288:Merewether
111:Population
83:32°56′04″S
865:Warabrook
840:Shortland
810:Newcastle
760:Maryville
735:Kooragang
720:Islington
660:Callaghan
635:Bar Beach
625:Adamstown
502:4 January
418:Education
320:Australia
312:Newcastle
304:Adamstown
267:Adamstown
228:Newcastle
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196:Newcastle
156:Newcastle
60:Adamstown
30:Newcastle
25:Adamstown
1066:Category
860:Wallsend
845:Stockton
835:Sandgate
765:Mayfield
755:Maryland
750:Lenaghan
715:The Hill
690:Hamilton
680:Fletcher
555:Archived
149:Location
880:Wickham
870:Waratah
745:Lambton
725:Jesmond
374:Belmont
366:Gosford
341:History
32:,
740:Kotara
710:Hexham
308:suburb
278:Kotara
192:Parish
171:LGA(s)
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