Boolaroo, New South Wales

Boolaroo is a suburb of Greater Newcastle, city of Lake Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia, located 19 kilometres (12 mi) west of Newcastle's central business district in Lake Macquarie's West Ward.

Boolaroo District & Sulphide Band, 1914

Boolaroo Newcastle, New South Wales
Boolaroo
Coordinates	32°57′30″S 151°37′30″E
Population	1,636 (2021 census)[1]
• Density	399/km2 (1,033/sq mi)
Postcode(s)	2284
Area	4.1 km2 (1.6 sq mi)
Location	19 km (12 mi) W of Newcastle 10 km (6 mi) WNW of Charlestown
LGA(s)	City of Lake Macquarie
Parish	Kahibah
State electorate(s)	Lake Macquarie
Federal division(s)	Shortland
Suburbs around Boolaroo: Argenton Argenton Cardiff Teralba Boolaroo Macquarie Hills Teralba Speers Point Lakelands

It was the epicenter of the 1989 Newcastle earthquake. Boolaroo borders a number of well-known towns and suburbs within the Lake Macquarie Region, including Warners Bay and Speers Point, and, for a small strip of land, fronts onto Lake Macquarie itself.

Within Boolaroo is Cockle Creek railway station, a small station on the Central Coast & Newcastle Line. Also, Boolaroo previously housed a lead/zinc smelter, owned by the former Pasminco (now Zinifex) however the site has been cleared since the smelter ceased operations in 2003.

Boolaroo is home to several churches, of various denominations, as well as Boolaroo Public School, a library, a cinema (which was partially destroyed in the 1989 Newcastle earthquake) and a number of shops, including a small supermarket and a military disposal store.