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{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}}
{{Use Australian English|date=November 2011}}
{{Infobox Australian place
| type                   = suburb
| name                   = Tomago
| city                   = 
| state                  = nsw
| image                  = Hexham.JPG
| caption                = [[Hexham Bridge, New South Wales|Hexham Bridge]] connects Tomago to [[Hexham, New South Wales|Hexham]]
| coordinates            = {{coord|32|49|48|S|151|43|15|E|display=inline,title}}
| pushpin_label_position = left
| pop                    = 277
| pop_year               = {{CensusAU|2016}}
| pop_footnotes          = <ref name=abs2016pop>{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC13748|name=Tomago (State Suburb)|accessdate=26 July 2018|quick=on}}</ref>
| density                = 7.1
| density_footnotes      = 
| est                    = 
| postcode               = 2322
| elevation              = 3
| elevation_footnotes    = <ref group=Note>Average elevation of the suburb as shown on 1:100000 map 9232 NEWCASTLE.</ref>
| area                   = 38.1
| area_footnotes         = <ref group=Note>Area calculation is based on 1:100000 map 9232 NEWCASTLE.</ref>
| timezone               = [[Australian Eastern Standard Time|AEST]]
| utc                    = +10
| timezone-dst           = [[Australian Eastern Daylight Time|AEDT]]
| utc-dst                = +11
| dist1                  = 164
| dir1                   = N
| location1              = Sydney
| dist2                  = 20
| dir2                   = NW
| location2              = [[Newcastle, New South Wales|Newcastle]]
| dist3                  = 8
| dir3                   = S
| location3              = Raymond Terrace
| lga                    = [[Port Stephens Council]]<ref name=lga>{{cite web|url=http://www.dlg.nsw.gov.au/dlg/dlghome/dlg_Regions.asp?regiontype=2&slacode=6400&region=HT|title=Suburb Search - Local Council Boundaries - Hunter (HT) - Port Stephens|publisher=[[New South Wales Division of Local Government]]|accessdate=15 June 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140621120504/http://www.dlg.nsw.gov.au/dlg/dlghome/dlg_Regions.asp?regiontype=2&slacode=6400&region=HT|archive-date=21 June 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>
| region                 = [[Hunter Region|Hunter]]<ref name=lga/>
| county                 = [[Gloucester County, New South Wales|Gloucester]]<ref name=gnbsuburb>{{NSW GNR|id=TRwGwpZTJP|title=Tomago|accessdate=15 June 2008}}</ref>
| parish                 = Stockton<ref name=gnbsuburb/>
| stategov               = [[Electoral district of Port Stephens|Port Stephens]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.elections.nsw.gov.au/District-profiles/port-stephens|title=Port Stephens|publisher=[[New South Wales Electoral Commission]] |accessdate=23 November 2019}}</ref>
| fedgov                 = [[Division of Paterson|Paterson]]
| maxtemp                = 27.9
| maxtemp_footnotes      = <ref name=metdata>{{BoM Aust stats|site_ref=cw_061078|site_name=Williamtown RAAF|accessdate=15 June 2008}}</ref>
| mintemp                = 6.4
| mintemp_footnotes      = <ref name=metdata/>
| rainfall               = 1125.6
| rainfall_footnotes     = <ref name=metdata/>
| near-n                 = [[Heatherbrae]], [[Raymond Terrace]]
| near-ne                = [[Williamtown, New South Wales|Williamtown]]
| near-e                 = [[Williamtown, New South Wales|Williamtown]], [[Fullerton Cove]]
| near-se                = [[Kooragang]]
| near-s                 = [[Hexham, New South Wales|Hexham]], [[Kooragang]]
| near-sw                = [[Hexham, New South Wales|Hexham]]
| near-w                 = [[Tarro]]
| near-nw                = [[Tarro]]
| local_map = yes
| zoom     = 12
}}

'''Tomago''' is a combined industrial/semi-rural suburb of the [[Port Stephens Council|Port Stephens]] [[Local government in Australia|local government area]] in the [[Hunter Region]] of [[New South Wales]], [[Australia]].<ref name=lga/> It is located just north of the [[Hunter River, New South Wales|Hunter River]] and west of the body of water known as [[Fullerton Cove]].<ref name=DoL>{{DoL suburb image|name=Tomago|accessdate=15 June 2008}}</ref> Tomago means "sweet water" in the local [[Australian Aborigines|Aboriginal]] language.<ref name=gnbsuburb/> In 2016 277 lived in Tomago with a median age of 55, 72.7% born in Australia and 80.4% only speaking English at home.<ref>{{Cite web|title=2016 Census QuickStats:Tomago|url=https://quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au/census_services/getproduct/census/2016/quickstat/SSC13889|access-date=9 September 2020|website=[[Australian Bureau of Statistics]]}}</ref>

==Geography==
Tomago is primarily flat with sandy soil and is surrounded on three sides by water. The [[Hunter River, New South Wales|Hunter River]] flows around the western and southern borders of the suburb. To the east is Fullerton Cove. There is no direct access to the land portion of the neighbouring suburbs of [[Tarro]], [[Kooragang]] or [[Fullerton Cove]]. Access to and from Hexham is only possible via the Hexham bridges, which are actually located in the suburb of Tarro.

==Industry==
Major industrial sites in the area are the [[Tomago aluminium smelter]], [[Forgacs Shipyard]], and the Tomago Sandbeds water treatment works. Until 1999, ABB Engineering Construction manufactured coal wagons for the [[Hunter Valley Coal Chain]].<ref>ABB closes plant as coal wagons delivered ''[[Railway Digest]]'' August 1999 page 13</ref><ref>Here & There ''[[Australian Railway History|Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin]]'' issue 744 October 1999 page 392</ref> In 2009 [[Volgren]] opened a factory to body buses, it closed in 2012.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200407132620/https://www.busnews.com.au/industry-news/0906/first-nsw-made-volgren-bus-hits-the-streets First NSW made Volgren hits the streets] ''[[Australasian Bus & Coach]]'' 29 June 2009</ref><ref>Volgren Tomago Closes ''[[Australian Bus Panorama]]'' issue 28/2 September 2012 page 35</ref>

==Hunter Region Botanic Gardens==
The Hunter Region Botanic Gardens are adjacent to the eastern side of the [[Pacific Highway, Australia|Pacific Highway]] in the north of the suburb. The gardens cover an area of {{convert|140|ha|acre|0|abbr=on}}, including {{convert|30|ha|acre|0|abbr=on}} of themed parks and {{convert|105|ha|acre|0|abbr=on}} of natural bushland.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.huntergardens.org.au/about-us|title=About Us|publisher=Hunter Region Botanic Gardens|accessdate=9 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160917060023/http://www.huntergardens.org.au/about-us|archive-date=17 September 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Tomago House==
[[Tomago House]] and its nearby chapel are heritage listed buildings on Tomago Road, the main road through the suburb, which provides access from the [[Pacific Highway, Australia|Pacific Highway]] to [[Newcastle Airport, New South Wales|Newcastle Airport]].<ref name=nswshr-207>{{cite NSW SHR|5045718|Tomago House & Tomago Chapel|hr=00207|fn=EF14/5201; S90/5859; HC 32443|accessdate=18 May 2018}}</ref> The chapel is approximately {{convert|250|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} to the west of Tomago House on a different block of land.

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==External links==
{{commons category-inline|Tomago, New South Wales}}

{{Suburbs of Port Stephens|state=collapsed}}

[[Category:Suburbs of Port Stephens Council]]