Melville is a locality in the City of Maitland in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia.
| Melville New South Wales | |||||||||||||||
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  Melville | |||||||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 32°40′37.2″S 151°31′15.5″E / 32.677000°S 151.520972°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 64 (2016 census)[2] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 11.43/km2 (29.6/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 2320 | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 10 to 182 m (33 to 597 ft)[3] | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 5.6 km2 (2.2 sq mi)[3] | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | AEST (UTC+10) | ||||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | AEDT (UTC+11) | ||||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | Maitland[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Region | Hunter[1] | ||||||||||||||
| County | Durham[4] | ||||||||||||||
| Parish | Middlehope[4] | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Maitland[5] | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Lyne[6] | ||||||||||||||
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Melville is a rural locality and covers an area of 5.6 square kilometres (2.2 sq mi).[3] The Hunter River is located along the southern and western boundary rising to the Rosebrook Ridge at 182 metres (597 ft) located in the North.[3]
The traditional owners and custodians of the Maitland area are the Wonnarua people.[8]
References
edit- ^ a b "Local Government Area Boundaries and Mapping Information". New South Wales Office of Local Government. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Melville (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
- ^ a b c d "Spatial Map Viewer". NSW Spatial Services. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
- ^ a b "Maitland Vale". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
- ^ "Maitland". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
- ^ "Profile of the electoral division of Lyne (NSW)". Australian Electoral Commission. 19 November 2019. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
- ^ a b c "Paterson (Tocal AWS)". Climate statistics for Australian locations. Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
- ^ "Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples". Maitland City Council. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
