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Dudley, New South Wales

FieldValue
nameDudley
cityNewcastle
statensw
imageFrom Dudley beach all the way back to New Castle.jpg
alternative_location_mapAustralia Hunter Central Coast
coordinates
lgaCity of Lake Macquarie
postcode2290
pop2,505
pop_year
pop_footnotes
area5.1
parishKahibah
stategovCharlestown
fedgovShortland
dist113
dir1SW
location1Newcastle
dist24
dir2SE
location2Charlestown
near-nwWhitebridge
near-nWhitebridge
near-wGateshead
near-ePacific Ocean
near-swRedhead
near-sRedhead

| near-nw = Whitebridge | near-n = Whitebridge | near-ne = | near-w = Gateshead | near-e = Pacific Ocean | near-sw = Redhead | near-s = Redhead | near-se =

Dudley is a southern coastal suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 13 km southwest of Newcastle's central business district on the eastern side of Lake Macquarie. It is part of the City of Lake Macquarie local government area.

History

The Aboriginal people, in this area, the Awabakal, were the first people of this land.

Dudley started off as a mining town. Dudley developed into a suburb after World War II.

Dudley Public School

Dudley Public school opened in 1892 and has among its alumni two recipients of the Victoria Cross. In 1976, the Jeffries and Currey Memorial Library was opened by the Governor of New South Wales, Sir Roden Cutler, himself a VC, at Dudley Public School to honour the two ex-pupils who were decorated with the Victoria Cross during the First World War: Clarence Jeffries and William Currey.

Jeffries and Currey (who survived the war and later went on to become a member of the NSW parliament) are also memorialised on the school's honour board which, in addition, records the names of the 93 other former pupils (of whom 19% were killed in action) who served in the First World War – a remarkable contribution given the small population of the school and the community in the early part of the 20th century.

References

References

  1. {{Census 2021 AUS
  2. "Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people".
  3. "Jeffries and Currey Memorial Library". NSW Government.
  4. "Dudley Public School Honour Board – WWI". NSW Government.
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