East Maitland is a suburb in the

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. 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 initially in 1858). Both stations are served by

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's Hunter Line. Hunter Valley Buses provides bus service. The Traditional Owners and Custodians of the Maitland area are the Wonnarua people.

Commercial areas

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, Repco 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 Hunter River 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 flooding 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:

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* 20 John Street: East Maitland Police Station * 34-40 King Street: 34-40 King Street * 42-44 King Street: Goonoobah * 44 King Street: Woodlands * Main Northern railway: East Maitland railway station * Main Northern railway: Victoria Street railway station * 3 Mill Street:

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* 91 Newcastle Road: Smith's Flour Mill * 49 Newcastle Street: Englefield * 12 Wallis Street: Oldholme * 47 William Street: St Peter's Anglican Church and Glebe Cemetery

Notable people

* H. V. Evatt, Leader of the Australian Labor Party and Justice of the High Court * Frederick Lancelot Nott,

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

References

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