Wyee ( )) is a small town in the

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and Central Coast regions of

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, in the

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and Central Coast Council. It is near the Sydney-Newcastle Freeway and has a

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(opened 1892) on

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. It had a population of 1,487 in 2001, which significantly increased to 2,588 in 2011, and decreased to 2,406 in 2016. Wyee is considered a shanty town and remains highly unchanged since

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. Wyee is said to be derived from an Awabakal Aboriginal term for "fire" or "place of bushfires". The

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are the traditional people of this area. Wyee is part of the

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. Wyee Colliery, when State-owned, operated here 1962–2002.''Location of Collieries and Holdings'', Joint Coal Board, Sydney, 30 September 1967. It re-opened in 2004-5 as Mannering Colliery, operated by the Centennial Coal Coy.

History

Wyee is located in the traditional lands of the

people and is an Aboriginal expression meaning ''place of bushfires''. The town takes its name from the

Wyee railway station Wyee railway station is located on the Main Northern line in New South Wales, Australia. It serves the City of Lake Macquarie town of Wyee opening on 1 August 1892. Until the early 2000s, two sidings were located to the west of the station to ...

. It was originally called Norahville, after its nearest coastal village. In 1887, with the breakthrough of the

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it was renamed Wyee. In 1839, philanthropist Thomas Walker granted the Wyee area of 1120 acres (4 km). He never took residence in attempts to make improvements and the grant was reverted to the

Morisset Parish Morisset ( ;) is a commercial centre and suburb of the City of Lake Macquarie, Central Coast in New South Wales, Australia, and is located west of Lake Macquarie just off the Sydney-Newcastle Freeway. It is also located approximately halfwa ...

References

External links

History of Wyee
(Lake Macquarie City Library) Suburbs of the Central Coast (New South Wales) Suburbs of Lake Macquarie {{LakeMacquarie-geo-stub