Population 2,267 (2011 census) LGA(s) City of Lake Macquarie Dudley Bongerinos Pacific Ocean Postal code 2290 Federal division Division of Shortland | Postcode(s) 2290 State electorate(s) Charlestown Area 5.1 km² Parish Kahibah | |
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Location 13 km (8 mi) SW of Newcastle
4 km (2 mi) SE of Charlestown | ||
Dudley is a southern coastal suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 13 kilometres (8 mi) southwest of Newcastle's central business district on the eastern side of Lake Macquarie. It is part of the City of Lake Macquarie local government area.
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Map of Dudley NSW 2290, Australia
History
Dudley started off as a mining town. Dudley developed into a suburb after World War II.
Dudley Public School
Dudley Public school opened in 1892 and has amongst its alumni two recipients of the Victoria Cross. In 1976, the Jeffries and Currey Memorial Library was opened by the Governor of New South Wales, Sir Roden Cutler, himself a VC, at Dudley Public School to honour the two ex-pupils who were decorated with the Victoria Cross during the First World War: Clarence Jeffries and William Currey.
Jeffries and Currey (who survived the war and later went on to become a member of the NSW parliament) are also memorialised on the school's honour board which, in addition, records the names of the 93 other former pupils (of whom 19% were killed in action) who served in the First World War - a remarkable contribution given the small population of the school and the community in the early part of the 20th century.