Bar Beach is an inner city

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, located southwest of Newcastle's

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. The suburb is named for the beach that extends along its eastern border. The beach is home to the Cooks Hill Surf Life Saving Club.

History

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held extensive Crown land grants in the Newcastle area that have since been developed into the modern day suburbs of Bar Beach, Cooks Hill,

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and

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as well as parts of the Newcastle Central Business District and The Hill. The Company released lots for residential development in Bar Beach in 1924. A natural rock pool at the beach was named "The Bar" and Bar Beach took its name from that feature.

Population

In the 2016 Census, there were 1,256 people in Bar Beach. 77.3% of people were born in Australia and 86.8% of people only spoke English at home. The most common responses for religion were No Religion 33.7%, Catholic 23.2% and Anglican 15.5%.

Shipwrecks

The northern part of the beach is commonly known as Susan Gilmore Beach, named after the American clipper ''Susan Gilmore'' that was wrecked there in the early hours of 4 July 1884. Nearby the ''City of Newcastle'' (on 12 September 1878) and (on 27 July 1945) were also wrecked.

Heritage

The suburb has a number of local landmarks which have been heritage listed including the Cooks Hill Surf Life Saving Club and Memorial, Reid Park Tennis Clubhouse and Tennis Courts and the Empire Park Bowling Club Fence. A number of residential units in the Art Deco style have also attracted heritage listing.Newcastle Local Environmental Plan 2003 (New South Wales), sch 6 Heritage items and heritage conservation areas, Part 1 Heritage items.

Gallery

File:Bar Beach viewing South.jpg, Bar beach viewing south File:Bar Beach facilities.jpg, Bar Beach picnic facilities File:Susan Gilmore Beach from Bar Beach.jpg, Viewing toward Susan Gilmore Beach from Bar Beach

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References

{{City of Newcastle suburbs Suburbs of Newcastle, New South Wales Beaches of New South Wales