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Cooranbong Real Estate · New South Wales

Cooranbong real estate

Cooranbong is a town in New South Wales, within the City of Lake Macquarie in Greater Newcastle. It lies west of Morisset, off the M1 Pacific Motorway, and the Watagans National Park surrounds it.

State
New South Wales
Postcode
2265
Council
City of Lake Macquarie

The Awabakal and the town's name

The Awabakal were the area's first people. Before the area now known as Cooranbong was settled and developed, people who identified with the Awabakal group lived there. How long they lived as a single group is not known, and neither is how they dealt with people outside their own kin, in peace or in conflict.

The name Cooranbong comes from the Aboriginal word "Kour-an-bong". That word is recorded as meaning "rocky bottom creek" or "water over rocks".

Lieutenant Simpson and his convicts

Lieutenant Percy Simpson was the first modern settler. The government gave him a land grant of 2,000 acres, about 809 hectares, and assigned him six convicts. Those convicts cleared ground, tended cattle and put up a homestead beside Dora Creek. Simpson stayed in the area for two years.

Moses Carroll, one of those convicts, later worked as a stockman there, and in time he became the area's police constable. The town's founding is dated to 1826.

Timber and the growing town

The Robertson Land Act of 1861 let the town grow. It encouraged a Catholic church to be built, and later a school, a police station and a courthouse in 1873, a post office in 1881 and an Anglican church.

In these years, timber cutting was the main economic activity, and the population reached 700 people during the 1880s.

By 1891 the population had declined to 206 people.

The railway and the rise of Morisset

The railway from Sydney to Newcastle was built in the 1880s, and it passed about five kilometres east of the town centre. The station and the settlement around it were first labelled Cooranbong, and later became known as Morisset.

Alongside a significant economic depression in the colony, the distance of the railway from the town centre was devastating to the local economy. By 1891 the population had declined to 206 people.

Avondale and the Adventist church

The depression lasted until the Seventh-day Adventist Church acquired 1,500 acres, about 607 hectares, on the north bank of Dora Creek. There the church built Avondale School for Christian Workers in 1897 and the Sanitarium Health Food Company in 1909.

Cooranbong has a particularly large Seventh-day Adventist presence. In 2021, 23.5 per cent of the suburb was Seventh-day Adventist, a share higher than every other religious denomination apart from "no religion".

Timeline

  1. 1826The town's founding is dated to 1826.
  2. 1861The Robertson Land Act allowed the town to grow.
  3. 1873A police station and a courthouse were built.
  4. 1881A post office opened in the town.
  5. the 1880sTimber cutting was the main activity and the population reached 700.
  6. the 1880sThe Sydney to Newcastle railway passed about five kilometres east of the town centre.
  7. 1891The population had declined to 206 people.
  8. 1897Avondale School for Christian Workers was built.
  9. 1909The Sanitarium Health Food Company was built.

Living in Cooranbong

The town sits surrounded by the Watagans National Park, west of Morisset and off the M1 Pacific Motorway, within the City of Lake Macquarie in Greater Newcastle. It has a particularly large Seventh-day Adventist presence.

In 2021 the suburb recorded 7,077 people and a median age of 39. The Seventh-day Adventist Church built Avondale School for Christian Workers in 1897 and the Sanitarium Health Food Company in 1909, both on the north bank of Dora Creek.

Questions

What is the postcode for Cooranbong?
Cooranbong's postcode is 2265.
How many people live in Cooranbong?
In 2021 there were 7,077 people in the suburb of Cooranbong, with a median age of 39.
What is the history of Cooranbong?
The Awabakal were the area's first people. Lieutenant Percy Simpson was the first modern settler, with a grant of 2,000 acres and six convicts, and timber cutting was the primary economic activity. The population reached 700 in the 1880s and had fallen to 206 by 1891.
What does the name Cooranbong mean?
Cooranbong's name comes from the Aboriginal word "Kour-an-bong", given as meaning "rocky bottom creek" or "water over rocks".
What is living in Cooranbong like?
The Watagans National Park surrounds the town, which lies west of Morisset off the M1 Pacific Motorway, in the City of Lake Macquarie. It has a large Seventh-day Adventist presence, 23.5 per cent of the suburb in 2021.