Division of Newcastle Watkins, the second-longest serving member of the First Parliament, and Charles Jones, a minister in the Whitlam government. Division of Newcastle The Division of Newcastle is an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales. The division was proclaimed in 1900, and was one of the original 65 divisions to be contested at the first federal election. The division was named after the city of Newcastle, around which the division is centred. The current Member for the Division of Newcastle, since the 2013 federal election, is Sharon Claydon, a member of the Australian Labor Party. It has been
White City Stadium (Newcastle) reported that tote receipts were £75,000 of which £47,000 was taken out by taxation. The government policy continued to make matters difficult for greyhound racing totalisators with close scrutiny and restrictions of gambling still considered in the interests of the general public. The net result for White City was the closure of the track on 26 May 1951, exactly 23 years after it opened. Newcastle had lost its first greyhound track and the site became a depot and then eventually industrial units on Toll Bridge Road. White City Stadium (Newcastle) White City Stadium (Newcastle) was a greyhound racing stadium near