Wyee, New South Wales

Wyee is a small town in the Lake Macquarie region of New South Wales, Australia, in the City of Lake Macquarie. It is near the Sydney-Newcastle Freeway and has a railway station (opened 1892)[2] on NSW TrainLink's Central Coast & Newcastle Line. It had a population of 1,487 in 2001, which significantly increased to 2,588 in 2011, and decreased to 2,406 in 2016.

Wyee
New South Wales
Wyee
Coordinates33.182°S 151.485°E / -33.182; 151.485
Population2,406 (2016 census)[1]
Postcode(s)2259
Location
LGA(s)City of Lake Macquarie
ParishMorisset
State electorate(s)Lake Macquarie
Federal Division(s)Hunter
Localities around Wyee:
Mandalong Morisset Yee Point
Mandalong Wyee Mannering Park
Jilliby Bushells Ridge Doyalson

Wyee is said to be derived from an Awabakal Aboriginal term for "fire" or "place of bushfires".[3][4]

The Awabakal are the traditional people of this area.[5]

Wyee is part of the City of Lake Macquarie but it lacks a connection to sewer system; there are the Hunter Water Sewage Treatment Plant and the Wyong Shire Treatment Plant in the area.

Wyee Colliery, when State-owned, operated here 1962–2002.[6][7] It re-opened in 2004-5 as Mannering Colliery, operated by the Centennial Coal Coy.

References
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Wyee (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
  2. "Wyee Railway Station". www.nswrail.net. Retrieved 30 November 2006.
  3. http://history.lakemac.com.au/page-local-history.aspx?pid=1085&vid=20&tmpt=narrative&narid=94
  4. http://ozdirectory.info/?s=wyee&searchtype=town
  5. "Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people". Lake Macquarie City Council. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  6. List of New South Wales Coal Mines with Names of Owners, Managers, &c., and Addresses of Mines and Offices, 4 July 1966, Joint Coal Board, Sydney.
  7. Location of Collieries and Holdings, Joint Coal Board, Sydney, 30 Sept 1967.


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