Woodlands, Newcastle Woodlands, Newcastle Woodlands is a heritage-listed house at 51 Church Street, Newcastle, City of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999. It was designed by James Henderson and built in 1877 for Joseph Wood, operator of the Castlemaine Brewery. It housed the Cathedral Hill Grammar School, was an Australian Red Cross home for convalescent soldiers, Iluka in 1916-17, during World War I, reverted to use by the school, became the Centaur Hospital during World War II, served as a boarding house for migrants, then was a private
City of Newcastle the national average, households in the City of Newcastle local government area had a significantly lower than average proportion (10.1 per cent) where two or more languages are spoken (national average was 20.4 per cent); and a significantly higher proportion (87.3 per cent) where English only was spoken at home (national average was 76.8 per cent). Newcastle City Council is composed of thirteen Councillors, including the Lord Mayor, for a fixed four-year term of office. The Lord Mayor is directly elected while the twelve other Councillors are elected proportionally as four separate wards, each electing three Councillors. The most recent