Cessnock, New South Wales

Cessnock is a city in the Australian state of New South Wales and is located in the Hunter Valley, about 150 km north of Sydney and 50 km west of Newcastle at about 100 m altitude.

The double - Cessnock community Bellingen has 18 316 inhabitants. The city was named after Cessnock Castle in Ayreshire, Scotland from an early settler.

After the first coal mine was opened in 1891, certain of the 20th century a long time the setting on the largest coal deposits in New South Wales, the fate of the city. After the decline in the 60s, the city turned over to tourism and the wine industry. The lower Hunter Valley at Cessnock is the oldest (since 1866) wine region of Australia and is currently home to about 40 wineries, most of which visitors are open.

The City of Cessnock is the center of the local administrative area in Cessnock City.