New Lambton Heights is a

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, located west of Newcastle's

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. It is split between the

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and

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s. The Aboriginal people, in this area, the

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, were the first people of this land. The suburb is the location of a major hospital complex that includes the John Hunter, John Hunter Children's, Rankin Park and Newcastle Private hospitals, and the Royal Newcastle Centre, which was previously known as the

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before it moved from its original site near Newcastle Beach. Also in the suburb are water reservoirs, a primary school and several small bushland reserves. It is largely populated by doctors and other hospital staff , and hence is generally regarded within the higher end of Newcastle's socio-economic scale, along with suburbs such as Merewether Heights. The suburb is very leafy with established native trees. Parts of the suburb border the Blackbutt Nature Reserve, which is a large native bushland park maintained by the City of Newcastle. The park, sometimes called the lungs of the city, includes hiking trails, picnicking areas, and a native animal enclosure which houses kangaroos, wallabies, koalas, wombats, emus and native birds. The suburb contains one school; New Lambton Heights Infants School, (public school) which is one of Newcastle's best starter schools. New Lambton, the neighbouring suburb to the east, has a well regarded primary school. New Lambton also contains good suburban shopping with boutiques, cafes, gift shops, a supermarket and services such as post office, medical, banks etc. The suburb is also located close to Westfield Kotara, a large shopping mall to the south east.

Croudace House

It was built in 1863 as a residence for Thomas Croudace and his family. In 1888 Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich visited the property. In 1920s

purchased the property. During

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an emergency hospital and accommodation for

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were erected on the property. After the war was called Rankin Park 'Chest' hospital used to treat

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patients. In 1960s and 1970 was used to accommodate unwed pregnant women. It become

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in the 1980s and repaired during the 1990s. It is currently being used as

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rooms for

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Dr Malcolm Barlow

References

External links

History of New Lambton Heights
(Lake Macquarie City Library)
An original photo of Croudace House
{{City of Newcastle suburbs Suburbs of Lake Macquarie Suburbs of Newcastle, New South Wales