Carrington, New South Wales
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| Coordinates: 32°54′54″S 151°46′05″E / 32.915°S 151.768°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | New South Wales | ||||||||||||
| City | Newcastle | ||||||||||||
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| Established | 1860s | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 1.4 km2 (0.54 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Elevation | 4 m (13 ft) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 2,061 (SAL 2021) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 2294 | ||||||||||||
| Parish | Newcastle | ||||||||||||
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Carrington is a suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, and is named after Lord Carrington, governor of New South Wales in 1887 when the area was proclaimed a municipality.
Carrington had a population of almost 2,000 in 2016.