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Wyee (/waɪiː/ WHY-ee)) is a small town in the Lake Macquarie and Central Coast regions of New South Wales, Australia, in the City of Lake Macquarie and Central Coast Council. It is near the Sydney-Newcastle Freeway and has a railway station (opened 1892)[2] on NSW TrainLink's Central Coast & Newcastle Line. It had a population of 1,487 in 2001, which significantly increased to 2,588 in 2011, and decreased to 2,406 in 2016. Wyee is considered a shanty town and remains highly unchanged since World War II.[3]

Wyee New South Wales
Wyee
Coordinates	33.182°S 151.485°E / -33.182; 151.485
Population	2,406 (2016 census)[1]
Postcode(s)	2259
Elevation	25 m (82 ft)
Location	106 km (66 mi) NNE of Sydney 18 km (11 mi) NNE of Wyong 26 km (16 mi) N of The Entrance 36 km (22 mi) N of Gosford 59 km (37 mi) SSW of Newcastle
LGA(s)	City of Lake Macquarie Central Coast Council
Parish	Morisset
State electorate(s)	Lake Macquarie
Federal division(s)	Hunter
Localities around Wyee: Mandalong Morisset Wyee Point Mandalong Wyee Mannering Park Jilliby Bushells Ridge Doyalson

Wyee is said to be derived from an Awabakal Aboriginal term for "fire" or "place of bushfires".[4][5]

The Awabakal are the traditional people of this area.[6]

Wyee is part of the City of Lake Macquarie but it lacks a connection to sewer system; there are the Hunter Water Sewage Treatment Plant and the Wyong Shire Treatment Plant in the area.

Wyee Colliery, when State-owned, operated here 1962–2002.[7][8] It re-opened in 2004-5 as Mannering Colliery, operated by the Centennial Coal Coy.

History

Wyee is located in the traditional lands of the Awabakal people and is an Aboriginal expression meaning place of bushfires.

The town takes its name from the Wyee railway station. It was originally called Norahville, after its nearest coastal village. In 1887, with the breakthrough of the Main Northern railway line it was renamed Wyee.

In 1839, philanthropist Thomas Walker granted the Wyee area of 1120 acres (4 km). He never took residence in attempts to make improvements and the grant was reverted to the Morisset Parish.

References

External links

• History of Wyee (Lake Macquarie City Library)

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