Tighes Hill, New South Wales

Tighes Hill developed from the construction of a bridge over Throsby Creek at the opening of the Ferndale Colliery in 1877. In 1878 Tighes Hill Public School was established which a co-ed government primary located at 33 Elizabath Street. [3]Within three years the suburb had a school, post office, church and stores. In April 1894, a tram line was opened to Tighes Hill which extended to Mayfield in 1901.[4]

Tighes Hill provides housing near the CBD.[4] Tighes Hill has now become a trendy inner suburb of the Newcastle inner city area with a large influx of young professionals and families looking to live an inner city lifestyle at the affordable end of town. In August 2010, a property in Tighes Terrace,Tighes Hill was sold at a record breaking price of $950,000 for this inner city suburb. In February 2020. 5 Sparke Street was sold for $1.5 million which set the highest home price in the history of Tighes Hill so far. The School of Arts building has had a variety of uses supporting arts and the community in Newcastle. Recently the building reopened as The Tighes Hill School of Arts, Gallery in January 2009. The Newcastle Campus of Hunter Institute of TAFE is located here.

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  Tighes Hill School of Arts, built in 1900
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  Plaque commemorating the laying of a foundation stone by Charles Upfold in 1900, for the School of Arts building
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  Tighes Hill Public School, Tighes Hill, NSW, 6 May 1895
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  Tighes Hill Fire Brigade, Newcastle, New South Wales, 24 October 1896

• "Tighes Hill". Land and Property Management Authority - Spatial Information eXchange. New South Wales Land and Property Information. Retrieved 14 May 2008.

• Basic map of Tighes hill