Frog Hollow

Quite number of locations around Newcastle seem to have attracted the name Frog Hollow …

  1. An area in Wickham near Lindus St.
  2. A stagnant waterhole on the AA Company’s land near Darby Street, Cooks Hill.
  3. In Mayfield, corner of Ingall and Crebert Streets.
  4. An area between Wallsend and Jesmond where the tramline ran beside the Waratah Coal Company railway.
The area in Wallsend known as “Frog Hollow” where the tramline ran parallel to the Newcastle-Wallsend Coal Co railway. 1944 aerial photograph.
The same area in 2024.


This page is part of the collection of Newcastle’s Obsolete Place Names.

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