East Seaham, New South Wales

East Seaham New South Wales
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East Seaham
Coordinates	32°38′24″S 151°44′54″E / 32.64000°S 151.74833°ECoordinates: 32°38′24″S 151°44′54″E / 32.64000°S 151.74833°E
Postcode(s)	2324
Area	37.6 km^2 (14.5 sq mi)[Note 1]
Time zone	AEST (UTC+10)
• Summer (DST)	AEDT (UTC+11)
Location	178 km (111 mi) N of Sydney 38 km (24 mi) NNW of Newcastle 13 km (8 mi) N of Raymond Terrace
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

1. "Suburb Search - Local Council Boundaries - Hunter (HT) - Port Stephens". New South Wales Division of Local Government. Retrieved 29 June 2008.
2. "East Seaham". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 29 June 2008.
3. "Port Stephens". New South Wales Electoral Commission. 28 March 2015. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
4. "Paterson". Australian Electoral Commission. 19 October 2007. Retrieved 29 June 2008.
5. "Raymond Terrace (Wallaroo State Forest)". Climate statistics for Australian locations. Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 29 June 2008.
6. "East Seaham". Land and Property Management Authority - Spatial Information eXchange. New South Wales Land and Property Information. Retrieved 29 June 2008.
7. Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "East Seaham (State Suburb)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
8. Hunter, C 2001, Port Stephens Heritage, Port Stephens Council Community Based Heritage Study Committee, Raymond Terrace, NSW.