32°55S 151°46E, pop (2000e) 472 300. City and major port in New South Wales, Australia; on the E coast, situated at the mouth of the Hunter R, 160 km/100 mi N of Sydney; founded as a penal settlement, 1804; scene of Australia's biggest earthquake (1989); the lower Hunter region contains the wine growing and resort area of Pokolbin; airfield; railway; university (1965); City Art Gallery has collections by Sir William Dobell; coal mining, iron and steel, shipbuilding, railway engineering, chemicals, fertilizers, textiles; trade in coal, grain, wool, dairy produce.
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Newcastle, New South Wales Division of Newcastle, an electoral district in the Australian House of Representatives, in New South Wales, located around the city. Literally 'Newcastle-on-Usk' Little Newcastle (Casnewydd-Bach), Pembrokeshire Newcastle, Bridgend, Glamorgan Newcastle Emlyn, Carmarthenshire Newcastle, MonmouthshireUnited States
Newcastle, California New Castle, Colorado New Castle, Delaware New Castle, Indiana New Castle, Kentucky Newcastle, Maine Newcastle, Nebraska New Castle, New Hampshire New Castle, New York Newcastle, Oklahoma New Castle, Pennsylvania Newcastle, Texas New Castle, Virginia Newcastle, Washington Newcastle, WyomingElsewhere
Newcastle, South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Newcastle, Nevis, Saint Kitts and NevisOther
Newcastle United F.C., English Premier League Football club Newcastle United Jets, an A-League football club Newcastle Knights, an Australian rugby league team HMS Newcastle, Eight ships of the Royal Navy HMAS Newcastle, an Adelaide class frigate of the Royal Australian Navy Newcastle Brown Ale, a beer brewed in England| This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title. |
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