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Bar Beach, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
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Bar Beach in Newcastle, New South Wales is home to the Cooks Hill Surf Life Saving Club.
The northern part of the beach is commonly known as Susan Gilmore Beach, named after the American clipper Susan Gilmore that was wrecked there in the early hours of 4 July 1884. Nearby the City of Newcastle (on 12 September 1878) and USS WST-1 (on 27 July 1945) were also wrecked.
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