Bellbird is a town and locality in the City of Cessnock in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia. A memorial was built there in 1990 to remember the 21 deaths from the 1923 Bellbird Mining Disaster.
| Bellbird Cessnock, New South Wales | |||||||||||||||
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  Bellbird | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 32°51′18″S 151°19′6″E / 32.85500°S 151.31833°E[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 2,032 (2016 census)[2] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 265.43/km2 (687.46/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1908[3] | ||||||||||||||
| Gazetted | 12 January 1910 (village)[4] 24 October 1975 (town)[5] 23 October 2015 (locality)[6] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 2325[7] | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 122 m (400 ft)[8] | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 7.6555 km2 (3.0 sq mi)[9] | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | AEST[10] (UTC+10) | ||||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | AEDT[11] (UTC+11) | ||||||||||||||
| Location | |||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Cessnock[12] | ||||||||||||||
| Region | Hunter | ||||||||||||||
| County | Northumberland[12] | ||||||||||||||
| Parish | Cessnock[12] | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Cessnock[13] | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Hunter[14] | ||||||||||||||
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References
edit- ^ "Bellbird (NSW80857)". Gazetteer of Australia online. Geoscience Australia, Australian Government.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Bellbird". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
- ^ "Maitland Coalfields". The Maitland Daily Mercury. Vol. 37129, no. 4473. New South Wales, Australia. 16 May 1908. p. 4. Retrieved 7 January 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "PROCLAMATION". Government Gazette Of The State Of New South Wales. No. 8. New South Wales, Australia. 12 January 1910. p. 214. Retrieved 7 January 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT, 1966". Government Gazette Of The State Of New South Wales. No. 138. New South Wales, Australia. 24 October 1975. p. 4459. Retrieved 7 January 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT, 1966" (PDF). Government Gazette Of The State Of New South Wales. No. 91. New South Wales, Australia. 23 October 2015. p. 3403. Retrieved 3 January 2018 – via NSW Legislation.
- ^ "Bellbird Postcode, NSW - Australia Post". Australia Post. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
- ^ Mean elevation based on highest (163 m) and lowest (81 m) points in suburb. "Map of Bellbird in New South Wales". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (13 September 2016). Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS): Volume 3 - Non ABS Structures, July 2016, 'State Suburbs ASGS Edition 2016 in .csv Format', data cube: Excel Spreadsheet, cat. no. 1270.0.55.003 (Report). Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
- ^ Standard Time Act 1987 (NSW) s 3
- ^ Standard Time Act 1987 (NSW) s 4
- ^ a b c "Bellbird (locality)". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
- ^ "Cessnock". NSW Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 4 January 2018. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
- ^ "Localities". Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
- ^ a b c "Cessnock Airport AWS". Climate statistics for Australian locations. Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
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