Pelican is a suburb of the City of Lake Macquarie in New South Wales, Australia, located 25 kilometres (16 mi) from Newcastle's central business district across the entrance to Lake Macquarie from the town of Swansea. It was known as Pelican Flat until 1991.
| Pelican New South Wales | |||||||||||||||
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  Pelican | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°04′34″S 151°38′50″E / 33.0760°S 151.6472°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 874 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 1,250/km2 (3,230/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 2281 | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 3 m (10 ft) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 0.7 km2 (0.3 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Location |
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| LGA(s) | City of Lake Macquarie | ||||||||||||||
| Parish | Kahibah | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Swansea | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Shortland | ||||||||||||||
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The Aboriginal people, in this area, the Awabakal, were the first people of this land.[2]
The public school opened in 1938.
References edit
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Pelican". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
Material was copied from this source, which is available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
- ^ "Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people". Lake Macquarie City Council. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
External links edit
- History of Pelican Flat (Lake Macquarie City Library)
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