Wickham is an inner

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of Newcastle,

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, located from Newcastle's

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History

The Aboriginal people, in this area, the

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, were the first people of this land. Wickham which was a Misspelling of Whickham, a suburb of

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in the north of

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. Means village by the creek. Wickham was proclaimed a Municipality in the NSW Government Gazette, 27 February 1871, largely by the efforts of

James Hannell James Hannell (1 December 1813 – 31 December 1876) was an auctioneer, publican, and Australian politician elected as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, the first Mayor of Newcastle, and the first Mayor of Wickham. Early li ...

, who became Wickham's first mayor.

Transport

Wickham railway station was served by

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and Hunter Line. The railway line is part of the Newcastle- Maitland line, the first section of the Main North line from

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to the

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region, opened in 1857. It closed on 25 December 2014, when the Newcastle line was truncated to

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to allow construction of the Newcastle Light Rail line.Last train leaves Newcastle station
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'' 26 December 2014

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opened on 15 October 2017. It connects with the Newcastle Light Rail.Revitalisation of Newcastle CBD continues as Wickham interchange gets the green light
Transport for NSW 14 November 2014

Sport

Wickham is a well represented in the Newcastle cricket competitions. The local district team is known as the HamWicks (a combination of the suburbs Hamilton and Wickham). Two rugby union clubs are also based in Wickham; Hamilton Hawks and Newcastle Griffins. Hamilton Hawks is one of the largest clubs in the Newcastle Premier Rugby competition fielding men's, women's and junior teams. Newcastle Griffins emerged from the former Tech College and Port Hunter clubs and fields a team in the NHRU Divisional competition.

Gallery

Image:Wickham Public School.jpg, Wickham Public School was built in 1904 and based on the Edwardian style of building. Image:Former Wickham Infants School.jpg, The former infants school was built in 1892, employing elements of the Victorian Gothic and Italianate style. Image:Former Wickham chambers.JPG, The former Wickham council chambers. Erected in 1889. Now used as the Wickham Pre-School

References

External links

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