St Pius X college at Adamstown or the Anglican-affiliated Newcastle Grammar School. Merewether High School, an academic selective public school, is actually located from Merewether in the suburb of Broadmeadow. General Merewether, once served by electric tramways to the city, and today by buses, has road connections to all sections of Newcastle and the major highways which serve it. Merewether's oldest mansion is Hillcrest, originally the residence of the Merewether family, which later became a private maternity hospital. It is today again a private home. Above it is the Scenic Drive with expensive 'modern' homes, which date from the late 1950s upwards. Following 18 months construction, Merewether Bowling Club, with one green, was opened on 6 February 1954 upon a long-closed old colliery west of the railway line, in Caldwell Street. Following the closure of the railway in late 1954 part of the land it occupied next to the club was purchased and another green established, and on Sunday 12 February 1967, Club President Wallace Frost opened the new club house which had cost $100,000 dollars. The modern (built about 1982) Lingard Private Hospital is in the lower part of Merewether Street. Notes Approximately 44% of Merewether is uninhabited bushland that forms part of the Glenrock State Conservation Area. The density figure represents the average population density in the populated area of the suburb. References Bibliography Newcastle - 150 Years, edited by Eric Lingard, Newcastle, 1947. The Diocese of Newcastle, by A.P.Elkin, Sydney, 1955. Federal Directory of Newcastle and District for 1901, Newcastle, reprinted 1982, External links Glenrock Railway & Burwood Colliery Newcastle City Council item on Merewether History Merewether Weather Suburbs of Newcastle, New South Wales Tourist attractions in Newcastle, New South Wales