Carrington (Newcastle - NSW)

About Carrington (Newcastle - NSW)

Carrington is an inner suburb of Newcastle in the City of Newcastle, New South Wales, occupying a narrow peninsula between the Hunter River and Throsby Creek, 3 kilometres north-northwest of the Newcastle central business district. Named after Lord Carrington, Governor of New South Wales in 1887 when the area was proclaimed a municipality, the Aboriginal name was wuna-r tee meaning place of the mud crab. Originally known as Chapman's Island in 1804 then Bullock Island, the island was originally underwater at high tide and was built up by ships dumping ballast over decades, creating the suburb from mud flats. The heritage-listed Carrington Pump House housed Australia's first large-scale hydraulic power system for coal-loading cranes, built in 1877. The Seven Seas Hotel built in 1938 features Art Deco style and the Carrington Council Chambers from 1888 is a Victorian Italianate building now serving as a community centre. Most streets are named after prominent pre-federation administrators, politicians and monarchs.