Callaghan, New South Wales

Infobox Australian Place | type = suburb
name = Callaghan
city = Newcastle
state = nsw


caption =
lga = City of Newcastle
postcode = 2308
pop =
area =
est =
parish = Newcastle
stategov = Wallsend
fedgov = Newcastle
dist1 = 10
dir1 = WNW
location1= Newcastle
dist2 = 2
dir2 = NE
location2= Jesmond
near-nw = Shortland
near-n = Shortland
near-ne = Warabrook
near-w = Birmingham Gardens
near-e = Warabrook
near-sw = Jesmond
near-s = North Lambton
near-se = Waratah West

Callaghan is a suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, located convert|10|km|mi|0|lk=on from Newcastle's central business district. It is the location of the main campus of the University of Newcastle, and is served by Warabrook station on CityRail's Hunter line. The suburb was named after Sir Bede Callaghan (1912-1993), Chancellor of the University of the University of Newcastle from 1977 to 1988.

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