Jesmond is a suburb of the City of Newcastle

City of Newcastle

Newcastle City Council is a Local Government Area in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia.-Demographics:According to the Australian Bureau Statistics the City of Newcastle had an estimated resident population of 154,777 as of 30 June 2008...

 LGA

Local Government Areas of New South Wales

The local government areas of New South Wales, Australia have been subject to periodic bouts of restructuring and rationalisation by the State Government, involving voluntary and involuntary amalgamation of areas...

, located about 9.5 km (6 mi) west of the Newcastle

Newcastle, New South Wales

The Newcastle metropolitan area is the second most populated area in the Australian state of New South Wales and includes most of the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie Local Government Areas...

 CBD

Central business district

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 in the Hunter Region of New South Wales

New South Wales

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, Australia

Australia

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. It is both a commercial centre and residential area catering to Newcastle residents including Australian and international students attending the University of Newcastle

University of Newcastle, Australia

The University of Newcastle is an Australian public university that was established in 1965. The University's main and largest campus is located in Callaghan, a suburb of Newcastle in New South Wales...

 in adjacent Callaghan

Callaghan, New South Wales

Callaghan is a suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, located from Newcastle's central business district. It is the location of the main campus of the University of Newcastle, and is served by Warabrook station on CityRail's Hunter line. The suburb was named after Sir Bede Callaghan ,...

. The suburb also has numerous, specific aged housing facilities. The area is very multicultural due to many international university students living in the suburb.

History

Originally known as "Dark Creek", Jesmond was the location of orchards and steam saw-mills. A village was established in the area by 1883 with around 600 residents. A soap works was established in the area in the 1880s. There is some contradiction as to the source of "Jesmond" as the suburb's name with different sources attributing it to the Tyneside town

Jesmond

Jesmond is a residential suburb and is split into two electoral wards just north of the centre of Newcastle upon Tyne, England. The population is about 12,000. It is adjacent to, and to the east of, the Town Moor, providing pedestrian and cycle paths to Spital Tongues and the city's two Universities...

 in the North of England and "Jesmond Dene", a park in Jesmond

Jesmond

Jesmond is a residential suburb and is split into two electoral wards just north of the centre of Newcastle upon Tyne, England. The population is about 12,000. It is adjacent to, and to the east of, the Town Moor, providing pedestrian and cycle paths to Spital Tongues and the city's two Universities...

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Shopping

Sport

Jesmond Football Club are the local soccer team. They are known as "The Rams". Founded in 1928 they have a long and proud history.