Watagan, New South Wales

Suburb of City of Cessnock, New South Wales, Australia

33°01′24″S 151°11′04″E / 33.02333°S 151.18444°E / -33.02333; 151.18444Population37 (SAL 2021)^[2]Postcode(s)2325Time zoneAEST (UTC+10) • Summer (DST)AEDT (UTC+11)LGA(s)City of Cessnock^[1]RegionHunter^[1]County Northumberland^[3]ParishHay^[3]State electorate(s)Cessnock^[4]Federal division(s)Hunter^[5]

Watagan is a locality in the City of Cessnock, in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia.^[1]^[3]^[6] It is located east of Laguna.

History

Watagan was previously a part of the locality of Laguna, until 23 October 2015 when Watagan was separated from Laguna. The locality has been previously known as Watagan/Watagon/Wattagan/Wattagon Creek. A school existed at the locality in various guises from January 1862 until December 1944.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Suburb Search - Local Council Boundaries - Hunter (HT) - Cessnock City Council". New South Wales Division of Local Government. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Watagan (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Watagan". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
^ "Cessnock". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
^ "Hunter". Australian Electoral Commission. 19 October 2007. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
^ "Watagan". Land and Property Management Authority - Spatial Information eXchange. New South Wales Land and Property Information. Retrieved 13 January 2016.