Ray White East Lake Macquarie

Community showcase The City Council of Lake Macquarie acknowledge the Aboriginal people known today as the Awabakal, as the traditional Custodians of the land, respecting Aboriginal Elders past, present and future. Lake Macquarie City Council recognise the local Aboriginal community today in all of their diversity, who came forward to share their experiences, knowledge, images and memories. D.P. 163, declared on 5 April 1875 as the Village of Cowper was part of portion 20. This makes Catherine Hill Bay one of the oldest existing towns in the City of Lake Macquarie. The subdivision forms the part of the town in front of the bay itself and around the present hotel. In the early 1890’s a settlement developed about 4 kilometres north of the original town and close to where the mines were then situated. This became known as “Mine Camp”. In December 1910 a plan was approved to develop another settlement of just over 3 acres halfway between Mine Camp and the original town. This was called “Middle Camp” and was part of Wallarah Coal Co’s portion 18 of 190 acres. Source: history.lakemac.com.au