Pelican, New South Wales

Pelican
Suburb
Pelican
Coordinates: 33°04′34″S 151°38′50″E / 33.0760°S 151.6472°E / -33.0760; 151.6472
CountryAustralia
StateNew South Wales
LGA
Location
Government
 • State electorate
 • Federal division
Area
 • Total
0.7 km2 (0.27 sq mi)
Elevation
3 m (9.8 ft)
Population
 • Total874 (2021 census)[2]
 • Density1,250/km2 (3,230/sq mi)
Postcode
2281
ParishKahibah
Suburbs around Pelican
Lake Macquarie Marks Point Blacksmiths
Lake Macquarie Pelican Blacksmiths
Little Pelican Blacksmiths Blacksmiths

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.

The Aboriginal people, in this area, the Awabakal, were the first people of this land.[3]

The public school opened in 1938.

References

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Pelican (NSW) (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. 
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people". Lake Macquarie City Council. Retrieved 8 September 2020.


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