Cessnock is a city
in the Hunter Region of New
South Wales, Australia,
about 52 km (32 mi) by
road west of Newcastle.
It is the administrative centre of the Cessnock
City Council LGA and
was named after an 1826 grant of land called Cessnock Estate, which
was owned by John Campbell. The
local area once known as "The Coalfields" is now the gateway city to
the vineyards of the Hunter Valley, which includes Pokolbin, Mount
View, Broke, Rothbury,
and Branxton.
The town is located in the rich alluvial and volcanic soils of the
Hunter Valley. Rich coal seams underlie much of the area. The
Brokenback Range (part of the Great
Dividing Range) rises to the west of the city. The Hunter
River flows down the
Hunter Valley approximately 20 km (12 mi) to the north.
Cessnock City Council is a Local
Government Area (LGA) in the
Hunter Region of
New
South Wales, Australia, located to the west of
Newcastle. The largest population centre and council seat is the
city of Cessnock, after which the LGA is named.
Main towns and
villages
The Cessnock City Council area includes Kurri
Kurri, Weston, Pelaw Main, Abermain, Bellbird, Kearsley, Mulbring,
Kitchener, Paxton, Millfield, Ellalong, Wollombi, Neath Branxton and
Greta.
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