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In 2016 1883 people lived in
Islington with the median age of 34. 81.6% were born in Australia, 1.8% England,1.2% New Zealand, 0.9% India, Afghanistan 0.8% and 0.7% Philippines. 50% stated No Religion, 15.8% Catholic, 10.4% Anglican and 2.7% Christian. 85.4% only spoke English at home with 0.9%
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Theatres obtained a majority interest in the property but, with the advent of television, the Regent was unable to survive and closed on 27 June 1964. After remaining empty for five years, the building reopened as a hardware store in August 1969 and operates in that capacity today.
539:
Islington Park, located on
Throsby Creek, has a cycleway that links Islington to the redeveloped Newcastle foreshore. Islington is located at the north-eastern end of Beaumont Street, the restaurant precinct of Newcastle. Known as the
453:, it was initially developed as a residential suburb. Today it includes a small industrial area and is adjacent to the Newcastle campus of the Hunter Institute of Technology. Its southeastern border is occupied entirely by the
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district of
Newcastle, with numerous shops primarily located on Maitland Road, which also houses Islington's main trade area, with more shops on Beaumont Street.
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Islington was developed in the 1870s as a residential suburb. It is located on
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The Regent
Theatre in Islington, located on the corner of Maitland Road and
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was completed in 1998. The convenient location attracted small factories.
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507:, opened on 2 December 1928. In 1941 or 1942,
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840:New South Wales Land and Property Information
47:Islington Park, looking towards Throsby Creek
942:Ros Pesman; Catherine Kevin (28 June 2001).
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692:New South Wales Division of Local Government
1049:Climate statistics for Australian locations
729:Geographical Names Board of New South Wales
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563:Maitland Road, a suburban carrier of the
473:The Aboriginal people, in this area, the
725:Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW
706:
1098:Towns, suburbs & localities of the
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477:, were the first people of this land.
1567:Suburbs of Newcastle, New South Wales
1491:Newcastle International Sports Centre
1071:
1045:"Newcastle Nobbys Signal Station AWS"
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986:"Call for action on Hunter brothels"
759:New South Wales Electoral Commission
1020:"2016 Census QuickStats: Islington"
164:0.713 km (0.3 sq mi)
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1024:quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au
896:. 15 August 2008. Archived from
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174:156 km (97 mi) NNE of
138:2,145/km (5,560/sq mi)
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984:Matthew Kelly (19 March 2010).
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649:Australian Bureau of Statistics
1486:Newcastle Entertainment Centre
1426:Broadmeadow Basketball Stadium
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180:3.4 km (2 mi) W of
558:
449:on one of Newcastle's major
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547:Islington is known for its
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1583:
1446:Hunter Ice Skating Stadium
653:"Islington (State Suburb)"
592:Main Northern railway line
468:
455:Main Northern railway line
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311:Suburbs around Islington:
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1516:Royal Newcastle Hospital
1501:Newcastle Street Circuit
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588:Hamilton railway station
498:Sydney-Newcastle Freeway
1541:University of Newcastle
1481:Newcastle Customs House
1471:Newcastle Civic Theatre
1431:Christ Church Cathedral
578:Islington is served by
921:"Hoyts Regent Theatre"
894:Newcastle City Council
657:2016 Census QuickStats
107:32.91583°S 151.74611°E
1476:Newcastle Court House
1053:Bureau of Meteorology
600:Newcastle Interchange
457:. The suburb has one
1536:Tourle Street Bridge
1456:John Hunter Hospital
991:The Newcastle Herald
861:"Aboriginal culture"
112:-32.91583; 151.74611
1466:Newcastle City Hall
1300:New Lambton Heights
951:NSW Heritage Office
812:on 11 February 2017
584:Newcastle Transport
249:Federal division(s)
237:State electorate(s)
103: /
1414:points of interest
1412:Other places &
1285:Merewether Heights
1140:Birmingham Gardens
923:. Cinema Treasures
919:John Adey (2004).
890:Discover Newcastle
1554:
1553:
1125:Adamstown Heights
1100:City of Newcastle
865:City of Newcastle
786:. 10 January 2007
694:. 17 October 2008
590:, located on the
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196:City of Newcastle
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1546:Victoria Theatre
1496:Newcastle Museum
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651:(27 June 2017).
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1531:Stockton Bridge
1461:Mount Sugarloaf
1441:Fort Scratchley
1436:Fernleigh Track
1421:Beaumont Street
1413:
1407:
1393:Glenrock Lagoon
1386:other waterways
1385:
1379:
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1106:
1104:New South Wales
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537:
529:BHP steel works
505:Beaumont Street
496:section of the
482:Pacific Highway
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459:railway station
439:New South Wales
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275:Annual rainfall
135: • Density
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1521:State Dockyard
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1315:Newcastle West
1312:
1310:Newcastle East
1307:
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1297:
1292:
1287:
1282:
1277:
1272:
1270:Mayfield North
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1232:
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1200:Hamilton South
1197:
1195:Hamilton North
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1167:
1162:
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1111:Towns, suburbs
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573:Newcastle West
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451:arterial roads
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335:Hamilton North
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1451:Hunter Street
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1320:North Lambton
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1301:
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1288:
1286:
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1278:
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1275:Mayfield West
1273:
1271:
1268:
1266:
1265:Mayfield East
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1193:
1191:
1190:Hamilton East
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1186:
1183:
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1176:
1173:
1171:
1170:Elermore Vale
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435:Hunter Region
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1511:Queens Wharf
1398:Hunter River
1370:Waratah West
1225:The Junction
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1058:10 September
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1506:Nobbys Head
1350:Tighes Hill
1325:Rankin Park
1295:New Lambton
1150:Broadmeadow
886:"Islington"
870:8 September
832:"Islington"
816:10 February
780:"Newcastle"
764:23 November
755:"Newcastle"
721:"Islington"
535:Present day
517:Lettopalena
323:Tighes Hill
291:1,135.9 mm
152:Postcode(s)
143:Established
128:2016 census
110: /
98:151°44′46″E
85:Coordinates
1384:Rivers and
1280:Merewether
1180:Georgetown
1165:Cooks Hill
1160:Carrington
1145:Black Hill
1135:Beresfield
1029:28 October
662:9 February
635:References
610:Population
523:region of
494:Beresfield
488:until the
123:Population
95:32°54′57″S
1360:Warabrook
1335:Shortland
1305:Newcastle
1255:Maryville
1230:Kooragang
1215:Islington
1155:Callaghan
1130:Bar Beach
1120:Adamstown
559:Transport
486:Highway 1
443:Australia
431:Newcastle
426:-ling-tən
384:Islington
343:Maryville
339:Islington
328:Maryville
254:Newcastle
242:Newcastle
231:Newcastle
182:Newcastle
72:Islington
30:Newcastle
25:Islington
1561:Category
1355:Wallsend
1340:Stockton
1330:Sandgate
1260:Mayfield
1250:Maryland
1245:Lenaghan
1210:The Hill
1185:Hamilton
1175:Fletcher
968:27 March
927:27 March
904:27 March
845:27 March
790:27 March
734:27 March
698:27 March
596:Maitland
569:Mayfield
553:brothels
549:sex work
475:Awabakal
463:Hamilton
363:Hamilton
358:Hamilton
318:Mayfield
281:25.6 °C
169:Location
1375:Wickham
1365:Waratah
1240:Lambton
1220:Jesmond
542:antique
521:Abruzzo
519:in the
469:History
433:in the
368:Wickham
347:Wickham
293:44.7 in
286:8.4 °C
32:,
1235:Kotara
1205:Hexham
604:Sydney
227:Parish
215:County
208:Hunter
203:Region
191:LGA(s)
176:Sydney
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