11-550: Download coordinates as: Dakenba is a rural locality in the Shire of Banana , Queensland , Australia. In the 2021 census , Dakenba had a population of 127 people. The Moura railway line passes from the north-west ( Callide ) to the east ( Mount Murchison ). The locality is served by Dakenba railway station ( 24°21′03″S 150°29′45″E / 24.3507°S 150.4957°E / -24.3507; 150.4957 ( Dakenba railway station ) ). Callide Creek flows from
22-484: Is Biloela State High School in neighbouring Biloea to the south. Suburbs and localities (Australia) Suburbs and localities are the names of geographic subdivisions in Australia , used mainly for address purposes. The term locality is used in rural areas, while the term suburb is used in urban areas. Australian postcodes closely align with the boundaries of localities and suburbs. This Australian usage of
33-470: Is served by Westfield Kotara shopping centre, formerly Garden City Kotara, and originally Kotara Fair, on its northern border. Adamstown Heights is located on several Newcastle Transport bus routes and is near two railway stations on the Main Northern railway line , Kotara and Adamstown . Adamstown Heights had a population of 5,299 in 2016. This City of Lake Macquarie geography article
44-532: Is split between the City of Newcastle and City of Lake Macquarie LGAs; and Woodville , which is split between the City of Maitland and Port Stephens Council LGAs. In unincorporated areas , localities are declared by the relevant state authority. Adamstown Heights, New South Wales Adamstown Heights is a southern suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales , Australia , located 8 kilometres (5 mi) west-southwest of Newcastle's central business district along
55-572: The Northern Territory had not completed this process. The CGNA's Gazetteer of Australia recognises two types of locality: bounded and unbounded. Bounded localities include towns, villages, populated places, local government towns and unpopulated town sites, while unbounded localities include place names, road corners and bends, corners, meteorological stations, ocean place names and surfing spots. Sometimes, both localities and suburbs are referred to collectively as "address localities". In
66-502: The Pacific Highway . It is split between the City of Lake Macquarie and City of Newcastle local government areas . On 6 September 1991 Adamstown heights officially become a suburb of Newcastle. The Awabakal are the traditional people of this area. The suburb contains two schools, Kotara High School , established in 1968 and containing 3 hectares of native bushland, and also established in 1968 Belair Public School. The suburb
77-438: The first instance, decisions about the names and boundaries of suburbs and localities are made by the local council in which they are located based on criteria such as community recognition. Local council decisions are, however, subject to approval by the state's geographical names board. The boundaries of some suburbs and localities overlap two or more local government areas (LGAs). Examples of this are Adamstown Heights , which
88-471: The locality boundary with Dakenba. In the 2016 census , Dakenba had a population of 116 people. In the 2021 census , Dakenba had a population of 127 people. There are no schools in Dakenba. The nearest government primary schools are Mount Murchison State School in neighbouring Mount Murchison to the east and Biloela State School in neighbouring Biloela to the south. The nearest government secondary school
99-502: The north-west (Callide) to the south-east ( Valentine Plains ). Callide Bridge State School opened 10 June 1929, but had a number of name changes in 1929 including Melton and Raeworth before becoming Raedon State School. It closed in 1959. It was at 11 Teys Road ( 24°21′58″S 150°29′55″E / 24.3662°S 150.4985°E / -24.3662; 150.4985 ( Raedon State School (former) ) ), now within Biloela but on
110-586: The past as informal units, but in 1996 the Intergovernmental Committee on Surveying and Mapping and the Committee for Geographical Names in Australasia (CGNA) decided to name and establish official boundaries for all localities and suburbs. There has subsequently been a process to formally define their boundaries and to gazette them, which is almost complete. In March 2006, only South Australia and
121-575: The term "suburb" differs from common American and British usage, where it typically means a smaller, frequently separate residential community outside, but close to, a larger city. The Australian usage is closer to the American or British use of "district" or "neighbourhood", and can be used to refer to any portion of a city. Unlike the use in British or American English, this term can include inner-city, outer-metropolitan and industrial areas. Localities existed in
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