Elermore Vale, New South Wales

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


caption =
lga = City of Newcastle
postcode = 2287
pop = 4728 (2006 census)
area = 2.6
est =
parish = Kahibah
stategov = Wallsend
fedgov = Newcastle
dist1 = 13
dir1 = W
location1= Newcastle
near-nw = Wallsend
near-n = Wallsend
near-ne = Lambton
near-w = Edgeworth
near-e = New Lambton Heights
near-sw = Edgeworth
near-s = Glendale
near-se = Rankin Park

Elermore Vale is a suburb on the western outskirts of Newcastle, New South Wales. Before becoming a residential suburb in the 1900s, the area was used for chicken farming, cattle farming, and coal mining. By the 1960s, the school and the other facilities of the suburb had been established. [cite web|url=http://elermorevale.visitnsw.com/HolidayLocation/TNSW602822CT.htm|title=Elermore Vale|publisher=Tourism New South Wales]

Plans for development of a retirement village, a AUS$6million project by developers Pepperwood Ridge to create 72 self-care units for 800 people, in Elermore Vale have caused controversy. [cite news|title=Elermore Vale village developers set to proceed|date=2006-08-05|work=ABC News (Australia)|url=http://abc.net.au/news/items/200608/1723813.htm] In 2004 Newcastle City Council spent AUS$30,261 (net of GST) defending an appeal made by the developers in the New South Wales Land and Environment Court. [cite paper|publisher=Newcastle City Council|pages=11|format=PDF|url=http://www.newcastle.nsw.gov.au/council/mgtplan/pdfs/annual_report20042005.pdf|title=Annual report 2004/2005]

The suburb is served by Newcastle Buses and Ferries bus routes 101, 222, and 224. [cite web|url=http://www.newcastlebuses.info/suburbs.php|title=Newcastle Suburbs|work=Newcastle Buses]

The Shaft Tavern in Elermore Vale is the starting and finishing point for the annual Shaft Shuffle Fun Run, organized by the Elermore Vale Lions. [cite web|url=http://www.coolrunning.com.au/races/shuffle/|work=Cool Running Australia|title=Shaft Shuffle Fun Run|date=1999-03-27]

References

Further reading

* — a report on the Elermore Vale Shopping Centre

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