Awaba is a small town and locality in the City of Lake Macquarie in New South Wales

New South Wales

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Australia

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, inland from Toronto

Toronto, New South Wales

Toronto is a town within the city of Lake Macquarie in New South Wales, Australia, approximately from Newcastle's central business district and is a commercial hub for the sprawling suburbs on the western shore of the lake.-History:...

. The name Awaba is of Aboriginal

Indigenous Australians

Indigenous Australians are the original inhabitants of the Australian continent and nearby islands. The Aboriginal Indigenous Australians migrated from the Indian continent around 75,000 to 100,000 years ago....

 origins, and means "flat or plain surface", referring to Lake Macquarie

Lake Macquarie (New South Wales)

Lake Macquarie is Australia's largest coastal salt water lake, covering an area of in the Hunter Region of New South Wales with most of the City of Lake Macquarie's residents living near its shores. It is connected to the Tasman Sea by a short channel. Lake Macquarie is twice as large as Sydney...

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History

A timber depot was established there in 1885, and the township created the same year. The railway station was opened in 1887.

Facilities

The town has a railway station on the Newcastle and Central Coast railway line, a primary school (opened 1891), and a Rural Fire Station

New South Wales Rural Fire Service

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. The locality contains a state colliery and parts of the Awaba State Forest.

External links

• History of Awaba