Rothbury is a small town located in the Hunter Region of New South Wales , Australia . It is 10 km from Cessnock . At the 2006 census , Rothbury had a population of 309 people.[1]
The town became notorious for the Rothbury Riot when police shot into a crowd of miners killing Norman Brown and injuring many more, during a lockout of miners at the local colliery on 16 December 1929. A monument in honour of Norman Brown is located at North Rothbury.[2]
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Coordinates : 32°45′S 151°20′E / -32.75 , 151.333
Towns, suburbs and localities
Aberdare
Aberdare West
Abermain
Abernethy
Allandale
Anvil Creek
Bellbird
Bellbird Heights
Big Yengo
Bishops Bridge
Black Hill
Blaxlands Arm
Boree
Branxton
Brunkerville
Buchanan
Buttai
Campbell
Cedar Creek
Central Wattagan
Cessnock
Cessnock North
Cessnock South
Cessnock West
Cliftleigh
Congewai
Crawfordville
East Branxton
East Cessnock
Eglinford
Ellalong
Elrington
Greta
Greta Main
Heaton
Heddon Greta
Kearsley
Keinbah
Kitchener
Kurri Kurri
Kurri Kurri North
Kurri Kurri West
Laguna
Little Wallabadah
Lovedale
Loxford
Millfield
Mootai
Moruben
Mount View
Mount Vincent
Mulbring
Murrays Run
Narone Creek
Neath
North Rothbury
Nulkaba
Paxton
Paynes Crossing
Pelaw Main
Pelton
Pokolbin
Quorrobolong
Richmond Main
Richmond Vale
Rothbury
Sawyers Gully
South Weston
Spion Kop
Stanford Merthyr
Stockrington
Sweetmans Creek
Tomalpin
Watagan
Watagan Central
Watagan Forest
Weston
Wollombi
Yallambie
Yango
Yango Creek Other places and points of interest
Cessnock Airport
Hunter Valley Railway Trust
Huntlee (proposed town)
Mount Sugarloaf
Richmond Vale Railway
Watagans National Park
Werakata National Park
Towns, suburbs and localities Other places and points of interest
Hunter River
Lone Pine Barracks
Wollemi National Park