Newcastle, New South Wales Timeline of Events

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Newcastle, New South Wales

The Newcastle metropolitan area is the second most populated area in the Australian state of New South Wales and includes most of the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie Local Government Areas...

Timeline of Events

1942

6.8.1942

World War II: Japanese imperial submarines I-21 and I-24 shell the Australian cities of Sydney and Newcastle.

1989

12.28.1989

A magnitude 5.6 earthquake hits Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, killing 13 people.

2007

6.8.2007

Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, is hit by the State's worst storms and flooding in 30 years resulting in the death of nine people and the grounding of trade ship, the MV Pasha Bulker.