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Broadmeadow, New South Wales

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Theatres after World War II, with vast foyers on two floors and seating 1600, as one of Newcastle's premier theatres for stage and screen. It was often a venue for symphony orchestra concerts after the closure of the city's Victoria Theatre, but the exodus from cinemas because of television caused
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is a major intersection at Broadmeadow, originally constructed as a landscaped garden in the centre of a roundabout at the intersection of nine roads/tramlines that converge there, the area was later reconstructed to have a set of traffic lights connected to only four roads. The other roads that
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In the 2016 Census, there were 1,592 people in Broadmeadow. 83.1% of people were born in Australia and 83.9% of people spoke only English at home. The most common responses for religion were No Religion 40.0%, Catholic 19.8% and Anglican 13.5%.
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Broadmeadow was originally part of the Newcastle Pasturage Reserve of 648 hectares. It developed around the Great Northern Railway, the road to Newcastle's western suburbs and the construction of the Sydney to Newcastle Railway in the 1880s.
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is the geographic centre of Newcastle city. Its main commercial hub is located at the "Nineways". In 2016, it had a population of approximately 1,600.
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and Broadmeadow railway stations there is a large marshalling yard that opened in 1938. Adjoining this marshalling yard was
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basketball team previously played home games at the Entertainment Centre before being relocated to
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its closure in the early 1970s. It was said to have sustained severe structural damage during the
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depot in the state, and served the last mainline steam locomotives in service on the
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Broadmeadow is home to the Newcastle Regional Showground, which holds the
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Broadmeadow Shopping Centre (formerly known as Newcastle Central) has a
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in 1973. The depot was then used for the stabling & servicing of
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accessed the roundabout were variously partly or fully closed off.
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Broadmeadow has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:
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District Park within Broadmeadow has been the base of the
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is situated close by and, before the construction of the
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Broadmeadow
Newcastle
New South Wales
Broadmeadow is located in Newcastle, Australia
Coordinates
32°54′54″S 151°44′06″E / 32.915°S 151.735°E / -32.915; 151.735
2016 census
Postcode(s)
Newcastle
Charlestown
Maitland
Sydney CBD
LGA(s)
City of Newcastle
Parish
State electorate(s)
Newcastle
Federal division(s)
Newcastle
Waratah
Georgetown
Hamilton North
New Lambton
Hamilton
New Lambton
Adamstown
Hamilton South
Hoyts
1989 earthquake
Broadmeadow railway station

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