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the past few decades. In August 2010, a property in Tighes
Terrace, Tighes Hill, was sold at a record breaking price of $ 950,000 for this inner city suburb. In February 2020. 5 Sparke Street was sold for $ 1.5 million which set the highest home price in the history of Tighes Hill so far. In May 2021, realestate.com.au listed Tighes Hill's median property price as $ 848,000 and a median rent of $ 465pw. The School of Arts building (on the corner of Elizabeth and Union Sts), which was opened in 1900 and sold by Newcastle Council in 2008 for approximately $ 420,000, has had a variety of uses supporting arts and the community in Newcastle. The building reopened as The Tighes Hill School of Arts Gallery in January 2009. The Newcastle Campus of
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