Aberdare, New South Wales

CountryAustralia

Established1904^[3]

Elevation

^[7]

86.5 m (284 ft)

Time zoneUTC+10 (AEST^[9])

Aberdare
Suburb
Aberdare
Interactive map of Aberdare
Coordinates: 32°50′24″S 151°22′48″E / 32.84000°S 151.38000°E / -32.84000; 151.38000[1]
Country	Australia
State	New South Wales
Region	Hunter
City	Cessnock
LGA	Cessnock[2]
Location	2.3 km (1.4 mi) ESE of Cessnock 48.2 km (30.0 mi) WNW of Newcastle 153 km (95 mi) N of Sydney
Established	1904[3]
Government
• State electorate	Cessnock[4]
• Federal division	Hunter[5]
Area [6]
• Total	3.2961 km2 (1.2726 sq mi)
Elevation [7]	86.5 m (284 ft)
Population
• Total	2,542 (2021 census)[8]
• Density	771.21/km2 (1,997.4/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+10 (AEST[9])
• Summer (DST)	UTC+11 (AEDT[10])
Postcode	2325[11]
County	Northumberland[2]
Parish	Cessnock[2]
Gazetted	14 October 1905 (town)[12] 5 September 1975 (town)[13] 23 October 2015 (locality)[14]
Mean max temp	24.2 °C (75.6 °F)[15]
Mean min temp	10.5 °C (50.9 °F)[15]
Annual rainfall	743.3 mm (29.26 in)[15]
Suburbs around Aberdare Cessnock Cessnock Neath Cessnock Aberdare Kearsley Cessnock Cessnock Kearsley

Aberdare is a suburb of Cessnock, a large town based on coal mining in the Lower Hunter Region, New South Wales, Australia. Aberdare is a small suburb just 15 minutes from wine country, 45 minutes from Newcastle and two hours from Sydney.^[16] George Brown found coal in the area in 1800s.^[16] Coal mining created the land boom of 1903-23 and by 1926 Cessnock had a population of 12,000 within a 1,600 m (1 mi) radius.^[16]