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typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:KotaraStationFromBridge.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/KotaraStationFromBridge.JPG/270px-KotaraStationFromBridge.JPG" decoding="async" width="270" height="203" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/KotaraStationFromBridge.JPG/405px-KotaraStationFromBridge.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/KotaraStationFromBridge.JPG/540px-KotaraStationFromBridge.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1944" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption"><a href="/wiki/Kotara_railway_station" title="Kotara railway station">Kotara railway station</a></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238443738">.mw-parser-output .locmap .od{position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .id{position:absolute;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .locmap 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class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">32°55′55″S</span> <span class="longitude">151°41′06″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">32.932°S 151.685°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">-32.932; 151.685</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:40%; background-color:#f9e2d2;">Population</th><td class="infobox-data">3,980 (<abbr title="suburb and locality">SAL</abbr> <a href="/wiki/2021_Australian_census" title="2021 Australian census">2021</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:40%; background-color:#f9e2d2;"><a href="/wiki/Postcodes_in_Australia" title="Postcodes in Australia">Postcode(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data">2289</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:40%; background-color:#f9e2d2;">Area</th><td class="infobox-data">2.4 km<sup>2</sup> (0.9 sq mi)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:40%; background-color:#f9e2d2;">Location</th><td class="infobox-data"><ul style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><li> 9 km (6 mi) WSW of <a href="/wiki/Newcastle,_New_South_Wales" title="Newcastle, New South Wales">Newcastle</a> </li><li> 4 km (2 mi) N of <a href="/wiki/Charlestown,_New_South_Wales" title="Charlestown, New South Wales">Charlestown</a> </li></ul></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:40%; background-color:#f9e2d2;"><a href="/wiki/Local_government_areas_of_New_South_Wales" title="Local government areas of New South Wales">LGA(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><ul style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><li> <a href="/wiki/City_of_Newcastle" title="City of Newcastle">City of Newcastle</a></li><li> <a href="/wiki/City_of_Lake_Macquarie" title="City of Lake Macquarie">City of Lake Macquarie</a></li></ul></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:40%; background-color:#f9e2d2;"><a href="/wiki/Parish_(administrative_division)" title="Parish (administrative division)">Parish</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Newcastle</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:40%; background-color:#f9e2d2;"><a href="/wiki/Electorates_of_the_Australian_states_and_territories" title="Electorates of the Australian states and territories">State electorate(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Electoral_district_of_Charlestown" title="Electoral district of Charlestown">Charlestown</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:40%; background-color:#f9e2d2;"><a href="/wiki/Divisions_of_the_Australian_House_of_Representatives" class="mw-redirect" title="Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives">Federal division(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><ul style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><li> <a href="/wiki/Division_of_Shortland" title="Division of Shortland">Shortland</a></li><li> <a href="/wiki/Division_of_Newcastle" title="Division of Newcastle">Newcastle</a></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="3" style="width:100%; border: 1px #ddd solid;"> <tbody><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#f0f0ff;padding: 2px 0px; text-align:center;"><b>Suburbs around Kotara:</b></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"> <td style="text-align:center; padding: 3px 0px; width:33%;"><a href="/wiki/New_Lambton_Heights,_New_South_Wales" title="New Lambton Heights, New South Wales">New Lambton Heights</a></td> <td style="text-align:center; padding: 3px 0px; width:34%;"><a href="/wiki/New_Lambton,_New_South_Wales" title="New Lambton, New South Wales">New Lambton</a></td> <td style="text-align:center; padding: 3px 0px; width:33%;"><a href="/wiki/New_Lambton,_New_South_Wales" title="New Lambton, New South Wales">New Lambton</a></td> </tr><tr class="mergedrow"> <td style="text-align:center; vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px 0px; width:33%;"><a href="/wiki/Garden_Suburb,_New_South_Wales" title="Garden Suburb, New South Wales">Garden Suburb</a></td> <td style="text-align:center; vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px 0px; width:34%;font-weight:bold;">Kotara</td> <td style="text-align:center; vertical-align: middle; padding: 3px 0px; width:33%;"><a href="/wiki/Adamstown,_New_South_Wales" title="Adamstown, New South Wales">Adamstown</a></td> </tr><tr class="mergedrow"> <td style="text-align:center; padding: 3px 0px; width:33%;"><a href="/wiki/Garden_Suburb,_New_South_Wales" title="Garden Suburb, New South Wales">Garden Suburb</a></td> <td style="text-align:center; padding: 3px 0px; width:34%;"><a href="/wiki/Kotara_South,_New_South_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Kotara South, New South Wales">Kotara South</a></td> <td style="text-align:center; padding: 3px 0px; width:33%;"><a href="/wiki/Adamstown_Heights,_New_South_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Adamstown Heights, New South Wales">Adamstown Heights</a></td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Kotara</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="'k' in 'kind'">k</span><span title="/ə/: 'a' in 'about'">ə</span><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'t' in 'tie'">t</span><span title="/ɑː/: 'a' in 'father'">ɑː</span><span title="'r' in 'rye'">r</span><span title="/ə/: 'a' in 'about'">ə</span></span>/</a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" title="Help:Pronunciation respelling key"><i title="English pronunciation respelling">kə-<span style="font-size:90%">TAR</span>-ə</i></a>)<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is a <a href="/wiki/List_of_suburbs_in_Greater_Newcastle,_New_South_Wales" title="List of suburbs in Greater Newcastle, New South Wales">suburb</a> of <a href="/wiki/Newcastle,_New_South_Wales" title="Newcastle, New South Wales">Newcastle</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales" title="New South Wales">New South Wales</a>, <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a>, located 9 kilometres (6 mi) from Newcastle's <a href="/wiki/Central_business_district" title="Central business district">central business district</a>. It is split between the <a href="/wiki/City_of_Newcastle" title="City of Newcastle">City of Newcastle</a> and <a href="/wiki/City_of_Lake_Macquarie" title="City of Lake Macquarie">City of Lake Macquarie</a> <a href="/wiki/Local_government_areas_of_New_South_Wales" title="Local government areas of New South Wales">local government areas</a>. Kotara is known as one of Newcastle's largest retail destinations and is characterised by its family centred culture. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kotara&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Aboriginal_Australians" title="Aboriginal Australians">Aboriginal</a> people, in this area, the <a href="/wiki/Awabakal" title="Awabakal">Awabakal</a>, were the first people of this land.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the late 19th century the Australasia Coal Company operated a mine near Kotara, in the valley below the present-day northern entrance to <a href="/wiki/Tickhole_Tunnel" title="Tickhole Tunnel">Tickhole Tunnel</a>. A private railway connected the screens with the Government line near the present-day triangle junctions north of Broadmeadow. Surveying for the line commenced in 1875 and the line was completed in April 1877. However, only a total of 9,052 tons was ever produced and the company went into liquidation in June 1879.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>It was originally designed to create a 'garden suburb' with high quality and quickly grew in population after 1947.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Population">Population</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kotara&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Population"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the 2016 Census, there were 3,929 people in Kotara. 87.4% of people were born in Australia and 90.9% of people spoke only English at home. The most common responses for religion were No Religion 33.2%, Catholic 23.7%, Anglican 18.0% and Uniting Church 5.8%.<sup id="cite_ref-census16_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census16-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Commercial_area">Commercial area</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kotara&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Commercial area"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Kotara is a large retail centre of Newcastle. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Westfield_Kotara" title="Westfield Kotara">Westfield Kotara</a> (previously known as <i>Garden City</i> and Kotara Fair) is a large shopping centre on Northcott Drive. Across the road from Westfield is the Kotara Home Centre, consisting of big box department stores and food outlets. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kotara&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Kotara is home to Kotara South Public School on Rodway Parade and the local Catholic School St James Primary School, located on Vista Parade. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kotara&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Kotara_railway_station" title="Kotara railway station">Kotara railway station</a> </p> 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