Wyee, New South Wales
| Wyee New South Wales | |||||||||||||
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  Wyee | |||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°10′55″S 151°29′06″E / 33.182°S 151.485°ECoordinates: 33°10′55″S 151°29′06″E / 33.182°S 151.485°E | ||||||||||||
| Population | 2,588 (2011 census)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 2259 | ||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | City of Lake Macquarie | ||||||||||||
| Parish | Morisset | ||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Lake Macquarie | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Charlton | ||||||||||||
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Wyee is a small town in the Lake Macquarie region of New South Wales, Australia, in the City of Lake Macquarie. It is near the Sydney-Newcastle Freeway and has a railway station (opened 1892)[2] on NSW TrainLink's Central Coast & Newcastle Line. It had a population of 1,487 in 2001, which significantly increased to 2,588 in 2011.
Wyee is said to be derived from an Awabakal Aboriginal term for "fire" or "place of bushfires".[3][4]
Wyee is part of the City of Lake Macquarie but it lacks a connection to sewer system; there are the Hunter Water Sewage Treatment Plant and the Wyong Shire Treatment Plant in the area.
References
- ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Wyee (State Suburb)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
- ↑ "Wyee Railway Station". www.nswrail.net. Retrieved 30 November 2006.
- ↑ http://history.lakemac.com.au/page-local-history.aspx?pid=1085&vid=20&tmpt=narrative&narid=94
- ↑ http://ozdirectory.info/?s=wyee&searchtype=town
External links
- History of Wyee (Lake Macquarie City Library)
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