The Junction, New South Wales
- The Junction, New South Wales
Infobox Australian Place
type = suburb
name = The Junction
city = Newcastle
state = nsw
imagesize =
caption =
pop = 1,295
pop_footnotes = [Census 2006 AUS|id=SSC14441|name=The Junction (State Suburb)|accessdate=2008-01-24|quick=on] ]
density = 3700
density_footnotes =
est =
postcode = 2291
coordinates = coord|32|56|25|S|151|45|32|E|type:city_region:AU-NSW|display=inline,title
elevation = 6
elevation_footnotes=
area = 0.35
area_footnotes = ref|area|Note1
propval = $490,000
dist1 = 2.8
dir1 = SW
location1 = Newcastle
dist2 = 7
dir2 = NE
location2 = Charlestown
lga = City of Newcastle
region = Hunter
county = Northumberland
parish = Newcastle
stategov = Newcastle
fedgov = Newcastle
near-n = Hamilton South
near-ne = Cooks Hill
near-e = Bar Beach
near-se = Bar Beach
near-s = Merewether
near-sw = Merewether
near-w = Merewether
near-nw = Hamilton South, Merewether
The Junction is a small, inner city suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, located convert|2.8|km|mi|1|lk=on|abbr=on southwest of Newcastle's central business district.[DoL suburb image|name=The Junction|codename=The%20Junction|accessdate=2008-05-16] It was originally part of Merewether, which is reflected in the names of some of the suburb's establishments, but was gazetted as a suburb on 17 May 1991.][cite web|url=http://www.merwthr.mn.catholic.edu.au/home.htm|title=St Joseph's Primary School, Merewether home page|author=St Joseph's Primary School|publisher=Catholic Education Commission NSW|date=2004|accessdate=2008-01-24] [cite web|url=http://www.gnb.nsw.gov.au/name_search/extract?id=TRQlvqsyan|title=Geographical Names Register Extract: The Junction|publisher=Geographical Names Board of New South Wales|accessdate=2008-01-24] ]At the 2006 census The Junction had a population of 1,295.Education
The Junction has two schools, both of which cater to Primary students.
The Junction Public School was established in 1872 on land donated by Mr Edward Charles Merewether. [cite web|url=http://www.thejunctio-p.schools.nsw.edu.au|title=The Junction Public School home page|author=The Junction Public School|publisher=NSW Department of Education and Training|accessdate=2008-01-24] It suffered significant damage during the 1989 Newcastle earthquake and much of the school had to be demolished.
St Joseph's Primary School in Farquhar St is a Catholic school that was established in 1885.
Notes
# Area obtained from New South Wales Department of Lands imagery and 1:100000 map Newcastle 9232.
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