A small suburb under the local government area of the City of Cessnock in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Kitchener is situated 5.1 kilometres south of Cessnock, 52.7 kilometres west of Newcastle, 33.6 kilometres northeast of Wollombi and 150 kilometres north of Sydney. The town was named after Lord Kitchener, the British secretary for War beginning in July 1914. Kitchener was the site of the Aberdare Central Colliery, a historic mine site that has been preserved as a Heritage Park. The town’s centre cuts through the Aberdare State Forest, which flanks it in the west and east. Mainly a residential town surrounded by rural lands and wilderness views of the Hunter Valley, residents and passing travellers head to the more urban area...
A small suburb under the local government area of the City of Cessnock in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Kitchener is situated 5.1 kilometres south of Cessnock, 52.7 kilometres west of Newcastle, 33.6 kilometres northeast of Wollombi and 150 kilometres north of Sydney. The town was named after Lord Kitchener, the British secretary for War beginning in July
A small suburb under the local government area of the City of Cessnock in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Kitchener is situated 5.1 kilometres south of Cessnock, 52.7 kilometres west of Newcastle, 33.6 kilometres northeast of Wollombi and 150 kilometres north of Sydney. The town was named after Lord Kitchener, the British secretary for War beginning in July 1914. Kitchener was the site of the Aberdare Central Colliery, a historic mine site that has been preserved as a Heritage Park. The town’s centre cuts through the Aberdare State Forest, which flanks it in the west and east. Mainly a residential town surrounded by rural lands and wilderness views of the Hunter Valley, residents and passing travellers head to the more urban areas of Cessnock for commercial centres, recreation venues and shopping opportunities.