TOP Music CDs new to Lake Macquarie Library this month

Battle studies -- John Mayer POPULAR
"There's no doubting the man's chops. Battle Studies is a real study in craftsmanship and understated guitar ninja-dom, and musos will thrill to Mayer's deconstruction of Robert Johnson's "Crossroads." But the solemnity is suffocating." rollingstone.com


Bible belt -- Diane Birch POPULAR
"Bible Belt percolates an earthy warmth with songs trimmed in the familiar tones of old Wurlitzers, buttery New Orleans bass lines, twangy guitars, and a soulfully inviting voice that pulls from Laura Nyro’s penchant for putting a womanly groove into a melancholy tune." itunes.com


Full circle -- Creed POPULAR
"Creed's first album since 2001 ... Despite half a decade apart, Creed still has that deep understanding of each other’s ability to be able to explore their full range of old." angryape.com



Planet country -- Lee Kernaghan COUNTRY
""People like us" is a dedication to nurses and truckies, title track "Planet Country" is a call to arms for country people everywhere. Overall another excellent album firmly cementing the King back in his throne!" abc.net.au


Soulbook -- Rod Stewart POPULAR
"On his sixth straight album of cover versions, Stewart finally reaches the era and style that defines his musical identity. His affection for the material is obvious, although over-familiarity with these Sixties and Seventies soul classics suggests upmarket karaoke." telegraph.co.uk



The circle -- Bon Jovi POPULAR
"Bon Jovi fans who have not been put off by recent output will find plenty to love here. The band long ago developed into a slick, stadium-filling act, and although this album marks a slight return to their more traditional rock roots , not much has changed." bbc.co.uk



The fall -- Norah Jones JAZZ
"Thanks to the involvement of folks like Ryan Adams (who cowrote one song) and Kings of Leon producer Jacquire King, The Fall has been billed as Norah Jones' rock album. In fact, it's something even more surprising: a hot-blooded soul record from the queen of the even keel." spin.com


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Lake Macquarie Historical Place Names and Meanings

These are places mentioned in the book 'Lake Maquarie: past and present'. Refer to the suburb indicated for more information.

Amersham -- Cardiff
Anderson's Hill -- Belmont
Arcadia Vale : 'ideal rustic paradise' -- Arcadia Vale
Argenton: 'Argent is French for silver and ton short for town' -- Argenton
Awaba Park -- Booragul
Awaba Park Estate -- Marmong Point
Awaba Park Estate -- Teralba
Badge -- Dora Creek
Bailey's Lagoon ( c.1878) -- Morisset Park
Balcolyn : amalgam of the Scottish prefix Bal and the name Colyn -- Balcolyn
Barnsley : Town in the coalmining district of Yorkshire, England -- Barnsley
Barryowen -- Pulbah Island
Belmont Farm -- Belmont
Belmont: possibly from Belmont in the Shetland Islands -- Belmont
Bennetts Green -- Windale
'Big Hill' (also known as 'Billy Goat Hill') -- Teralba
Big Redhead -- Redhead
Black Adams Flat -- Swansea
Black Neds Bay -- Swansea
Blackalls colliery -- Fassifern
Blackalls Park: Tom Blackall, a Newcastle Dentist -- Blackalls Park
Blackfellow's Track -- Nords Wharf
Black's Colliery (1886-) -- Cockle Creek
Blacksmiths: Blacksmiths Shop that used to be situated on the channel -- Blacksmiths
Bluff, The -- Morisset Park
Bonnells Bay: Bonnell Family -- Bonnells Bay
Boolaroo Estate -- Boolaroo
Boolaroo Township -- Boolaroo
Borehole Colliery -- Cockle Creek
Boyce's Point -- Fennell Bay
Bramcote -- Barnsley
Brightwaters Estate (Brightwaters No. 1) -- Brightwaters
Brightwaters No. 2 -- Brightwaters
Brooks Estate -- Arcadia Vale
Brush Creek (Edgeworth) -- Speers Point
Brush Creek (Edgeworth) -- West Wallsend
Bulba -- Pulbah Island
Bulgonia -- Brightwaters
Burwood Estate -- Kahibah
Buttaba Hills -- Arcadia Vale
Camley Estate (c.1937) -- Pelican Flat
Cardiff Point -- Belmont
Cardiff: after Cardiff in Wales -- Cardiff
Charles' Pit -- Charlestown
Coalbrook -- Cardiff
Cocked Hat Creek -- Edgeworth
Cockle (or Sandy) Creek -- Barnsley
Coon Island -- Swansea
Coorumbung -- Cooranbong
Corumbong -- Cooranbong
Cowper, Village of (1875-) -- Catherine Hill Bay
Croudace Street, Edgeworth -- Edgeworth
Deega property -- Killingworth
Depot -- Blacksmiths
Dorah -- Dora Creek
Doree Private Village (subdivision) (1891-) -- Dora Creek
Dorri Brook -- Dora Creek
Ebenezer Estate -- Fennell Bay
Edden Park -- Pulbah Island
Estelville -- Holmesville
Evelien -- Cardiff
Five Islands -- Boolaroo
Five Islands -- Teralba
Flaggy Creek -- Barnsley
Flaggy Creek -- Kahibah
Fletcher Street, Edgeworth -- Edgeworth
Floraville: 'Latin word for flower' -- Floraville
Fresh Water Creek -- Teralba
Freshwater Creek -- Redhead
Galgabba Point -- Swansea
Garden Suburb: 'from the garden city movement' -- Garden Suburb
Gateshead: 'county of Durham, near Newcastle-on-Tyne' -- Gateshead
Glen Mitchell -- Teralba
Glendale: 'valley between hills' -- Glendale
Glenrock -- Whitebridge
Glenrock Lagoon -- Kahibah
Golden Mile -- West Wallsend
Gorrick's Point -- Sunshine
Gravel Pits -- Teralba
Green Point -- Valentine
Gully Line -- Charlestown
Gully Pit, The -- Charlestown
Halton (Thomas H.) Park -- Valentine
Hampton -- Argenton
Hampton Estate (c.1841) -- Argenton
Hansons Bay -- Sunshine
Hansons Bluff -- Sunshine
Hartley Point -- Valentine
Hawkins Masonic Village (1972-) -- Edgeworth
Highgate -- Barnsley
Hillsborough: After Dr. John James Hill of Lambton -- Hillsborough
Hole, The -- Wyee
Holy Flat -- Holmesville
Jonestown -- Cardiff
Kahibah -- Blacksmiths
Kendall Grange ( c.1878) -- Morisset Park
Killingworth in England and one in Connecticut, U.S.A. -- Killingworth
Kinnard Estate subdivision -- Kotara South
Kirkdale -- Arcadia Vale
Kuringbong -- Cooranbong
'Lake Macquarie' railway station -- Fassifern
Lewers Estate -- Belmont
Little Lake ( c.1878) -- Morisset Park
Lochend -- Speers Point
Lorne -- Fassifern
Lorne (subdivision) -- Fennell Bay
Lymington -- Cardiff
Lymington -- Warners Bay
Manering Creek -- Dora Creek
Mannering Creek -- Wyee
Marksville -- Belmont
Mawson -- Caves Beach
Middle Camp (c.1910) -- Catherine Hill Bay
Millers Wharf (c.1876) -- Cockle Creek
Mine Camp (c.1890) -- Catherine Hill Bay
Mirraview -- Mirrabooka
Monkey Town -- Teralba
Moreton Bay Gardens -- Charlestown
Morisset Park - See Morisset. -- Morisset Park
Morisset township (1887-) -- Morisset
Morisset: Morisset, James Thomas (Lieut-colonel, Commandant of Newcastle) ( c.1818) -- Morisset
Mosey's Beach -- Nords Wharf
Muddy Lake -- Dora Creek
Narrows -- Wangi Wangi
Nekinda -- Dora Creek
Nellinda -- Dora Creek
Newport -- Dora Creek
Newstan (1950-) -- Fassifern
Old House Road -- Tingira Heights
Oldstan -- Fassifern
Osborn Estate -- Arcadia Vale
Parbury Estate -- Caves Beach
Pelican Flat: 'after the many pelicans which used to be seen there' -- Pelican Flat
Plains Beach -- Caves Beach
Plains, The -- Caves Beach
Plains, The -- Caves Beach
Point Wollstonecroft was called 'Little Wangi' -- Wangi Wangi
Quigley Estate -- Booragul
Quigley Estate -- Teralba
Ramsgate -- Wyee
Raspberry Gully -- Charlestown
Rathmines: 'after the Hely Family's home-town near Dublin, Ireland' -- Rathmines
Redhead: 'derived from the reddish coloration of the headland' -- Redhead
Reids Mistake -- Swansea
Reid's Mistake -- Coal Point
Saltwater Creek -- Rathmines
Sandy (or Burke's) Creek -- Barnsley
Scrubby Creek -- Mount Hutton
Scrubby Creek -- Windale
Shaggy Point -- Belmont
Shingle Splitters Point -- Balcolyn
Snake Creek -- Tingira Heights
South Beach -- Nords Wharf
South Pacific colliery c.1926 -- Fassifern
South Waratah -- Charlestown
Speers Point: 'named after William Speer' -- Speers Point
Spoon Rocks -- Caves Beach
Stoney Creek -- Blackalls Park
Stoney Pinch (ridge) -- Hillsborough
Styles Point -- Rathmines
Sugar Bay -- Brightwaters
Sunderland -- Blackalls Park
Sunshine Estate -- Sunshine
Sunshine Extended -- Sunshine
Surprise Town -- Windale
Surprise Township -- Windale
Swansea: changed from Pelican Flat to Swansea (1887) -- Swansea
Teralba: 'place where edible bush grows' -- Teralba
Teralba: Tirelbah 'three white things' -- Teralba
Teralba: Trialba -- Barnsley
Terzeny Park -- Blackalls Park
Thomas H. Halton Park -- Valentine
Thriftdale Estate -- Mount Hutton
Tickhole Tunnel -- Cardiff
Tingira Heights: 'open sea' -- Tingira Heights
Tingira: name of a sailing ship -- Tingira Heights
Tingira: name of an aboriginal tribe -- Tingira Heights
Toronto: In honour of Edward Hanlan, world champion sculler, who came from Toronto in Canada -- Toronto
Turnbull Street, Edgeworth -- Edgeworth
Ulinga (Cardiff South Post Office) -- Cardiff
Valentine Estate -- Valentine
Village of Scarborough -- Bonnells Bay
Violet Town -- Tingira Heights
Violet Township -- Tingira Heights
Wangi Wangi: water, night owl or dark green tree -- Wangi Wangi
Warners Bay: named after Jonathan Warner -- Warners Bay
West Wallsend Extended -- Killingworth
West Wallsend: after Wallsend on the River Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom -- West Wallsend
Whitebridge: said to have received this name when the bridge over the Belmont railway line was painted white -- Whitebridge
Windale: named after an early settler Vere James Winn -- Windale
Winding Creek -- Cardiff
Wonde Wonde -- Wangi Wangi
Woods Point ( c.1878) -- Morisset Park
Wyee Creek -- Wyee
'Wyee' railway station (1887-8) -- Fassifern
Wyee: 'place of bushfires' -- Wyee
Wyee: 'Whyee' in early days -- Wyee
Yarrawonga Park -- Balcolyn
Young Wallsend -- Edgeworth
Young Wallsend subdivision -- Edgeworth