Location
Stockton is a suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, located 600m from Newcastle’s central business district. It is the only residential suburb of Newcastle that lies north of the Hunter River. (wikipedia)
History
Stockton was settled almost as soon as the foundation of Newcastle in 1797. It was originally called “Pirates Point” as the result of escaped convicts being shipwrecked on the peninsula in 1800. The southern tip of the peninsula, near the northern breakwater is still known as “Pirate Point”. For much of the 19th century it served as an industrial and mining base. In 1896 tragedy struck the local colliery, in which a gas leak killed 11 people. (wikipedia)
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