Tarro
- Local Government Area
- Newcastle
- Postcode
- 2322
- Population
- 1,703
- Area
- 5.79 km²
- Coordinates
- -32.8083, 151.6767
- Data
- Based on Australian Bureau of Statistics ASGS boundaries, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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About Tarro
Tarro (/tæroʊ/) is a north-western suburb of the Newcastle City Council local government area in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia. It, and parts of nearby Beresfield, was originally known as Upper Hexham, "lower" Hexham being an older settlement located about 5 kilometres (3 mi) to the east on the Hunter River. The name "Tarro" reportedly means "stone" in an Aboriginal language.
Description from Wikipedia, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Nearby localities
- Woodberry 2 km
- Beresfield 3 km
- Hexham (NSW) 5 km
- Thornton (NSW) 5 km
- Millers Forest 6 km
- Tomago 6 km