Question: What city is adjacent to Newcastle?
Context: The Newcastle metropolitan area is the second most populated area in the Australian state of New South Wales and includes most of the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie local government areas.  It is the hub of the Greater Newcastle area which includes most parts of the local government areas of City of Newcastle, City of Lake Macquarie, City of Cessnock, City of Maitland and Port Stephens Council. Elswick is a ward of the city of Newcastle upon Tyne, England, in the western part of the city, bordering the River Tyne.  Historically in Northumberland, Elswick became part of Newcastle in 1835.  The usual resident population of the ward in 2011 was 13,198, 4.7% of the total population of Newcastle upon Tyne, comprising 5,116 households.  The ward profile shows Elswick is the ward with the highest percentage of children under 14 years in Newcastle and has a lower than average number of senior citizens (10%) than Newcastle as a whole.  Elswick has a lower than average number of houses in owner-occupation (26.3% compared with 49.9% for Newcastle city). Patrick Darren Atkinson (born 22 May 1970 in Singapore) is an English former professional footballer.  As a schoolboy he went to several clubs, Newcastle Utd, Sunderland, Notts County, and West Bromwich Albion where he shared digs with Alan Shearer.  Paddy signed apprentice forms with Sheffield Utd in 1986 with Ian Portifield as manager.  After 3 managers in 2 years (Ian Portifield, Billy McEwan, and Dave Bassett) Paddy went on loan to Hartlepool Utd and signed as a professional at 18 with John Bird as manager.  He scored 2 goals on his debut Vs Lincoln City at the Victoria Ground in 1986.  After 3 seasons making 30+ appearances and playing for a further 2 managers, Bob Moncur and Cyril Kowles, Paddy moved to Gateshead in the Conference.  He scored Gateshead's 1st goal in the Conference league.  Paddy moved to Barrow making 40+ appearances with Ray Wilkie as manager.  Paddy moved to Workington for 2 seasons before a successful trial seen him move to Newcastle Utd.  Paddy played in Newcastle Reserves Team scoring 12 goals in 3 seasons when Kevin Keegan was manager of the club.  It was Kevin who recommended Paddy to the Singapore National Team and to York City in the 1st Division.  Paddy Signed for York City making over 60 appearances in 3 seasons.  Paddy moved on to Scarbrough in the 2nd Division and Mick Wadsworth was manager before moving and playing for Blyth Spartans while recovering from an operation.  He moved north of the border playing for Queen of the South for 4 seasons in the Scottish 1st & 2nd Division.  John Connelly was the manager and Paddy won a Second Division Championship and a Bells Scottish Cup.  At 34 Paddy decided to take up his 1st coaching role and took Queen of the South's Reserve Team.  In his first season, he won the Reserve League and Cup.  Paddy later moved back home to the North East (Newcastle upon Tyne) and took on the Assistant Manager and 1st Team Coach's role at Newcastle Benfield in the Northern League.  With Paul Baker as manager he won the League Cup.  Paddy later took on the managers role with Tom wade and won the League, League Cup and Cleator Cup (4 trophies in 4 seasons).  He then took on the 1st Team Coaches role at Bedlington Terriers before leaving in the summer of 2012 to take up a post at Blyth Spartans where he was assistant to Tommy Cassidy at the Northern Premier League side, before later a being appointed manager, a post he resigned from in 2013.  On 9 January 2015 Paddy was appointed manager of Whitley Bay. Jesmond is a suburb of the City of Newcastle LGA, located about 9.5 km west of the Newcastle CBD in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia.  It is both a commercial centre and dormitory suburb of Newcastle.  Residents include Australian and international students attending the University of Newcastle in adjacent Callaghan.  The suburb also has numerous aged housing facilities.  The suburb is very multicultural due to many international university students.  According to the 2006 Census there were 2,442 people in 1,144 dwellings (in 2001 there were 2376 people in 1140 dwellings). Newcastle upon Tyne ( ; ), commonly known as Newcastle, is a city in Tyne and Wear, North East England, 103 miles (166 km) south of Edinburgh and 277 miles (446 km) north of London on the northern bank of the River Tyne, 8.5 mi from the North Sea.  Newcastle is the most populous city in the North East, and forms the core of the Tyneside conurbation, the eighth most populous urban area in the United Kingdom.  Newcastle is a member of the English Core Cities Group and is a member of the Eurocities network of European cities.  Newcastle was part of the county of Northumberland until 1400, when it became a county of itself, a status it retained until becoming part of Tyne and Wear in 1974.  The regional nickname and dialect for people from Newcastle and the surrounding area is Geordie.  Newcastle also houses Newcastle University, a member of the Russell Group, as well as Northumbria University. This is a list of the Mayors and Lord Mayors of Newcastle City Council and its predecessors, a local government area of New South Wales, Australia.  The official title of Lord Mayors while holding office is: The Right Worshipful Lord Mayor of Newcastle.  First incorporated on 7 June 1859 as the 'Municipality of Newcastle', the council became known as 'The Borough of Newcastle' on 23 December 1867 following the enactment of The Municipalities Act of 1867, and on 1 April 1938 the 'City of Greater Newcastle' was proclaimed.  In recognition of Newcastle's role as NSW's second oldest and largest city, the council applied to have the title 'Lord Mayor', which was granted in October 1947 by King George VI and applied in October 1948.  This made Newcastle the first Australian city that was not a capital to receive such an honour.  On 1 April 1949 the official title of the council became the 'City of Newcastle'. Newcastle Great Park is a new suburb of Newcastle upon Tyne, England.  It is located in North Newcastle, some four miles north of the City Centre.  Much of Newcastle Great Park is still under development and is sandwiched in between older areas of Newcastle, namely Gosforth, Fawdon and Kingston Park.  Newcastle Great Park is the largest housing development in the North East of England. Islington is a suburb of the city of Newcastle in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia.  Located only 3.4 km from the Newcastle CBD on one of Newcastle's major arterial roads, it was initially developed as a residential suburb.  Today it includes a small industrial area and is adjacent to the Newcastle campus of the Hunter Institute of Technology.  Its southeastern border is occupied entirely by the Hunter and Newcastle and Central Coast railway lines.  The suburb has one railway station, which is shared with, and named after, adjacent Hamilton. Newcastle East is an inner city suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, located immediately east of Newcastle's central business district at the mouth of the Hunter River.  The suburb includes Fort Scratchley, Newcastle Ocean Baths and Newcastle Beach.  Formerly a site of heavy industry and railway yards, the suburb now contains the large Foreshore Park, and historic terraced housing. The City of Lake Macquarie is a local government area in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia.  The area is situated adjacent to the city of Newcastle and is part of the Greater Newcastle Metropolitan Area.  It was proclaimed as a city from 7 September 1984.  The city is approximately 150 km north of Sydney.  One of its major tourist attractions is its lake, also named Lake Macquarie.
Answer: New South Wales, Australia