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Wallsend is one of Newcastle’s western suburbs, about 13km from the CBD and just to the east of the Sydney-Newcastle Freeway, Wallsend is named for the small town famous for its proximity to Hadrian’s Wall, built in Northumberland, England, by the Romans in 120-123AD as a defence against marauding northern tribes. The southern Wallsend was originally a coal mining town, established in 1858 by the Newcastle-Wallsend Coal Company. The town developed to house and service the miners, most of whom came from England. Wallsend is close to the Awaba State Forest which is a popular escape for the bush-walking. Wallsend is the hub of western Newcastle offering both commercial and residential spaces. An early aboriginal name for the Wallsend area was Barrahinebin. The suburb began as two mining towns, Wallsend and Plattsburg. Wallsend was the more developed and as it grew it linked to Plattsburg via Nelson Street. Wallsend was proclaimed a separate municipality in early 1874 but the two areas had re-joined by 1915. The coal mined at Wallsend was of very good quality and the township prospered creating the commercial hub it is today.