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Hexham is located on the bank of the Hunter River about 15 kilometres inland from the city of Newcastle . Hexham is also located at the juntion of the Pacific Highway to Brisbane via the coastal route, the New England Highway and the F1 Freeway to Sydney . Settlement occurred at Hexham in the 1820s and it was named after Hexham , England , both towns being near to a Newcastle. Hexham is heavily involved with coal mining, and was the riverine terminus of an early coal hauling railway from Minmi and Stockrington. |
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