Pelican, New South Wales

Pelican
New South Wales
Pelican ; New South Wales
	Pelican
Coordinates	33°04′34″S 151°38′50″E / 33.0760°S 151.6472°E
Population	874 ( 2021 census )
? Density	1,250/km 2 (3,230/sq mi)
Postcode(s)	2281
Elevation	3 m (10 ft)
Area	0.7 km 2 (0.3 sq mi)
Location	25 km (16 mi) SSW of Newcastle ; 3 km (2 mi) NNE of Swansea ; 40 km (25 mi) NNE of The Entrance ; 62 km (39 mi) NNE of Gosford ; 140 km (87 mi) NNE of Sydney ;
LGA(s)	City of Lake Macquarie
Parish	Kahibah
State electorate(s)	Swansea
Federal division(s)	Shortland
	Suburbs around Pelican:

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. ^[2]

The public school opened in 1938.

References [ edit ]

^ 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 .
^ "Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people" . Lake Macquarie City Council . Retrieved 8 September 2020 .

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