East Maitland is a suburb in the

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. It is on the

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and it has two railway stations, Victoria Street (opened in 1857 with the

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line) and

East Maitland East Maitland is a suburb in the City of Maitland, New South Wales, Australia. It is on the New England Highway and it has two railway stations, Victoria Street (opened in 1857 with the Newcastle- Maitland line) and East Maitland (opened initi ...

(opened initially in 1858). Both stations are served by

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Hunter Line The Hunter Line is a commuter train line operated by NSW TrainLink, running from Newcastle to Dungog and Scone in the New South Wales Hunter Region. It operates on the Newcastle, Main North and North Coast lines. Description of Route Hunte ...

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provides bus service. The Traditional Owners and Custodians of the Maitland area are the

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people.

Commercial areas

Green Hills is a major commercial district called which includes the large

Stockland Green Hills Stockland Green Hills (previously known as Green Hills Shopping Centre) is a large indoor/outdoor shopping centre located in East Maitland, an eastern suburb of Maitland, New South Wales, Australia. It is located on Molly Morgan Drive, East Mait ...

and The Pavilion which features

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and the East Maitland Library. There are also shops near Victoria Street railway station.

Schools

* St Joseph's Primary School a co-ed catholic primary school on 57 King Street * East Maitland Primary School a co-ed government primary on 32 William Street * Linuwel School an alternative co-ed private K-12 located on 133 Morpeth Street * Maitland High School (formally Maitland boys) a co-ed government secondary school on 32 High Street * Maitland Grossman High School (formally Maitland Girls) a co-ed government secondary school on cumberland

Pitnacree Bridge

Opened on the

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in 1866. It was located on Pitnacree Road to the Harry Boyle Bridge around 500 meters north east. It was designed as people can travel from Woodville to East Maitland. In 1951

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changed the course of the river meaning the bridge was no longer used. It was demolished in 1962 with no above evidence of its existence.

Population

According to the 2016 census of Population, there were 11,782 people in East Maitland. * Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.4% of the population. * 85.5% of people were born in Australia. The next most common countries of birth were England 2.0% and New Zealand 0.9%. * 90.2% of people spoke only English at home. * The most common responses for religion were Catholic 26.0%, No Religion 24.6% and Anglican 22.7%.

Heritage listings

East Maitland has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: * 18 Day Street: East Maitland Post Office * John Street:

Maitland Gaol The Maitland Gaol, also known as Maitland Correctional Centre, is a heritage-listed former Australian prison located in East Maitland, New South Wales. Its construction was started in 1844 and prisoners first entered the gaol in 1848. By the ti ...

* 20 John Street: East Maitland Police Station * 34-40 King Street: 34-40 King Street * 42-44 King Street:

Goonoobah Goonoobah is a heritage-listed residence at 42 King Street, East Maitland, City of Maitland, New South Wales, Australia. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999. History Goonoobah was built between June 1 ...

* 44 King Street:

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* Main Northern railway: East Maitland railway station * Main Northern railway: Victoria Street railway station * 3 Mill Street: Caroline Chisholm Cottage * 91 Newcastle Road: Smith's Flour Mill * 49 Newcastle Street: Englefield * 12 Wallis Street:

Oldholme Oldholme is a heritage-listed residence at 12 Wallis Street, East Maitland, City of Maitland, New South Wales, Australia. It was built from 1835 to 1839. It is also known as Government Cottage, Denny Day's Cottage and Bonnie Doon. It was added ...

* 47 William Street: St Peter's Anglican Church and Glebe Cemetery

Notable people

H. V. Evatt Herbert Vere Evatt, (30 April 1894 – 2 November 1965) was an Australian politician and judge. He served as a judge of the High Court of Australia from 1930 to 1940, Attorney-General and Minister for External Affairs from 1941 to 1949, and l ...

, Leader of the Australian Labor Party and Justice of the High Court * Frederick Lancelot Nott,

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Les Darcy James Leslie Darcy (28 October 189524 May 1917) was an Australian boxer. He was a middleweight, but held the Australian Heavyweight Championship title at the same time. Les Darcy was the 2003 Inductee for the Australian National Boxing Hall ...

, world champion boxer, is buried in the Catholic Section of East Maitland Cemetery.

References

Suburbs of Maitland, New South Wales {{Maitland-geo-stub