Whibayganba[1] Nickname: Coal Island[2] | |
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 Nobbys Head, Newcastle | |
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| Geography | |
| Coordinates | 32°55′24″S 151°48′04″E / 32.92333°S 151.80111°E |
| Administration | |
| State | New South Wales |
| City | Newcastle |
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| Time zone | |
| • Summer (DST) | |
| Official website | Newcastle City Council webpage |
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Nobbys Head (Aboriginal and dual name: Whibayganba[1][4]) is a headland located on the southern entrance to Newcastle Harbour, New South Wales, Australia. The headland is situated above the Hunter River and the Tasman Sea of the South Pacific Ocean.
Originally called, Whibayganba by the Awabakal people, European colonists referred to it as Coal Island, and then later Nobbys Island. The Island was connected to the mainland at first by the Macquarie Pier, completed in 1846, 38 years after commencement. The pier was eventually replaced by a breakwater. Sand accumulated along the breakwall to make Nobby's beach, and the sand and plants makes the isthmus appear natural.
The rock consisting of Nobbys Tuff of the original island has significant tunnelling, which was completed during the 1850s using convict labour, with the aim of destroying the island.[1]
Nobbys Head Lighthouse[5] is located on the headland. The lighthouse is the third lighthouse built in New South Wales after the Macquarie Lighthouse in 1818 and the Hornby Lighthouse which was also built in 1858.[6] The lighthouse is included in Newcastle's coat of arms.[7]
- ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference
kerrwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Nobbys Head". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 March 2013.
- ^ "Map of Nobbys Head, NSW". Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia. Retrieved 23 March 2013.
- ^ "Dual naming – Geographical Names Board of NSW: Nobbys Head/Whibayganba". gnb.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
- ^ List of Lights, Pub. 111: The West Coasts of North and South America (Excluding Continental U.S.A. and Hawaii), Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, and the Islands of the North and South Pacific Oceans (PDF). List of Lights. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2009. p. 124.
- ^ "The Nobbys Head Lighthouse at Newcastle". Lighthouses of New South Wales. Lighthouses of Australia Inc. Retrieved 14 September 2007.
- ^ "Commonwealth heritage places in New South Wales (Nobbys Lighthouse, Newcastle East)". Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts. Retrieved 21 July 2008.
