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SHORTLAND
Federal House of Representatives
The information on this page was obtained from Australian Electoral Commission publications and the Australian Bureau of Statistics and was correct at February 2008.
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| Current Member
| Jill Griffiths HALL |
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| Current Party
| Australian Labor Party |
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| Description
| Provincial |
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| Location
| Shortland covers an area from Highfields and Kotara South in the north to Budgewoi and Lake Haven in the southland is bounded on the east by the Pacific Ocean and on the west by the Newcastle bypass, Hillsborough Road, King Street, the eastern shoreline of Lake Macquarie and Mannering Lake, Wyee Road, the Pacific Highway, Wallarah Rd, the southern shoreline of Budgewoi Lake, the Budgewoi/ Toukley locality boundary, Budgewoi Road and Werepi Street. The main suburbs include Belmont, Budgewoi, Catherine Hill Bay, Caves Beach, Chain Valley Bay, Charlestown, Dudley, Eleebana, Floraville, Gateshead, Gwandalan, Halekulani, Highfields, Jewells, Kahibah, Kotara South, Lake Haven, Lake Munmorah, Mannering Park, Nords Wharf, Redhead, San Remo, Summerland Point, Swansea, Tingira Heights, Valentine, Whitebridge, Windale and parts of Doyalson, Gorokan, Hillsborough and Warners Bay. |
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| Origin
| Shortland was named after Naval Lieutenant John Shortland, (1739-1803), who discovered coal near Newcastle and the Hunter River Estuary. Shortland was first proclaimed in 1949. The first election was held for the Division in 1949. |
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| Products/Industries
| Coal mining, tourism, fishing, power stations, building industry and poultry farming. |
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| State
| NSW |
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| Area
| 182 sq kms (approx) |
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| Population
| 123,937 as at 2006 |
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| Enrolled Electors
| 93,478 as at 30/11/07 |
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