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Awabakal Environmental Education Centre

Awabakal Environmental Education Centre is a government combined school in Shortland, New South Wales.

Suburb Shortland 2307

Local government area Newcastle

Remoteness Major Cities

Sector Government

School type Combined

Statistical area (SA2) Shortland - Jesmond

Official website awabakal-e.schools.nsw.gov.au

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Catchment zone shown where matched to official NSW government data.

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Awabakal Environmental Education Centre catchment

We could not match a zone boundary for this school in the published NSW government zone data, so no catchment suburbs are listed. Some government schools, such as selective, specialist and senior-only schools, do not have a local zone. Check an address with the official NSW zone finder.

The suburb: Shortland - Jesmond

$916,000

Median house price

NSW DCJ Sales, Mar 2026

Childcare services

ACECQA register

32.9%

Families that are couples with children

ABS Census 2021

14,339

Residents

ABS, June 2025

Figures are for the Shortland - Jesmond statistical area (SA2), which contains the school. SA2 boundaries do not always equal suburb boundaries, and childcare services are matched by suburb name. See the full Shortland - Jesmond profile →

Nearest schools to Awabakal Environmental Education Centre

School Sector Years Enrolment ICSEA Distance

Shortland Public School Government K-6 271 926 0.6 km

Margaret Jurd College Independent U 103 889 1.3 km

Our Lady of Victories Primary School Catholic K-6 130 1025 1.4 km

Heaton Public School Government K-6 162 955 2.6 km

Callaghan College Jesmond Senior Campus Government 11-12 659 980 2.8 km

Waratah West Public School Government K-6 113 963 3.1 km

Listed nearest first. Distance is a straight line between ACARA school locations, not travel distance, and the order is not a ranking.

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Questions about Awabakal Environmental Education Centre

Is Awabakal Environmental Education Centre a government or non-government school?

Awabakal Environmental Education Centre is a government school in Shortland, New South Wales.

How many childcare services are near Awabakal Environmental Education Centre?

7 childcare services are listed on the ACECQA national register for Shortland - Jesmond, the statistical area around the school. Services are matched by suburb name.

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Source: ACARA School Profile & School Location 2025 (Data Access Program). VIC, NSW and QLD government catchment zones from DET School Zones 2027, NSW DoE School Intake Zones 2026 and Queensland Department of Education state school catchments 2026 (CC BY 4.0). ICSEA is a socio-educational intake index - it measures student background, not teaching quality or outcomes. Methodology →