Rothbury, New South Wales

Rothbury is a small town located in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia. It is 10 km from Cessnock. At the 2006 census, Rothbury had a population of 309 people.^[1]

The town became notorious for the Rothbury Riot when police shot into a crowd of miners killing Norman Brown and injuring many more, during a lockout of miners at the local colliery on 16 December 1929. A monument in honour of Norman Brown is located at North Rothbury.^[2]

References

^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Rothbury - Bal (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 16 November 2009.
^ Clifford, Michael, Struggles, Scabs and Schooners: a Labour History Tour with a Pint Labour History No. 84, May 2003. Accessed 2 July 2006

Coordinates: 32°45′S 151°20′E / 32.750°S 151.333°E / -32.750; 151.333

v t e Towns, suburbs and localities of the City of Cessnock, Hunter Region, New South Wales

Towns, suburbs and localities	Aberdare Aberdare West Abermain Abernethy Allandale Anvil Creek Bellbird Bellbird Heights Big Yengo Bishops Bridge Black Hill Blaxlands Arm Boree Branxton Brunkerville Buchanan Buttai Campbell Cedar Creek Central Wattagan Cessnock Cessnock North Cessnock South Cessnock West Cliftleigh Congewai Crawfordville East Branxton East Cessnock Eglinford Ellalong Elrington Greta Greta Main Heaton Heddon Greta Kearsley Keinbah Kitchener Kurri Kurri Kurri Kurri North Kurri Kurri West Laguna (includes Murrays Run) Little Wallabadah Lovedale Loxford Millfield Mootai Moruben Mount View Mount Vincent Mulbring Narone Creek Neath North Rothbury Nulkaba Paxton Paynes Crossing Pelaw Main Pelton Pokolbin Quorrobolong Richmond Main Richmond Vale Rothbury Sawyers Gully South Weston Spion Kop Stanford Merthyr Stockrington Sweetmans Creek Tomalpin Watagan Watagan Central Watagan Forest Weston Wollombi Yallambie Yango Yango Creek

Other places and points of interest	Cessnock Airport Hunter Valley Railway Trust Huntlee (proposed town) Mount Sugarloaf Richmond Vale Railway Watagans National Park Werakata National Park

v t e Towns, suburbs and localities of Singleton Council, Hunter Region, New South Wales

Towns, suburbs and localities	Abbey Green Appletree Clearing Appletree Flat Baxter Junction Belford Big Ridge Bowmans Creek Box Tree Clearing Branxton Bridgman Broke Bulga Camberwell Carrowbrook Caswell Clydesdale Combo Comleroi Dalwood Darlington Dawsons Hill Dellhurst Doyles Creek Dunolly Dural Dyrring Elderslie Falbrook Fern Gully Fern Hill Fordwich Garland Valley Glendon Glendon Brook Glendonbrook Glennies Creek Glenridding Goorangoola Gouldsville Gowrie Greenland Gum Tree Hole Hambledon Hill Hebden Howes Valley Howick Hunterview Ingar Jerrys Plains King Junction Kings Cross Lambs Creek Lambs Valley Leconfield Lemington Liddell Loders Creek Long Point Lower Belford Lucernia Maison Dieu Mcdougalls Hill Middle Falbrook Milbrodale Minimbah Mirannie Mitchells Flat Mount Olive Mount Pleasant Mount Royal Mount Thorley North Rothbury Nundah Obanvale Owendale Paynes Crossing Pokolbin Putty Radfordslea Raspberry Clear Ravensworth Redbournberry Redmanvale Reedy Creek Rixs Creek Rothbury Roughit Scotts Flat Sedgefield Singleton Singleton Heights Singleton Military Area Singleton South St Clair Stanhope Three Ways Wambo Wambo South Warkworth Wattle Ponds Westbrook Whittingham Wollemi Wylies Flat

Other places and points of interest	Hunter River Lone Pine Barracks Wollemi National Park

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