Boolaroo is a suburb of the city of Lake
Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia, located
19 kilometres (12 mi) west of Newcastle's central
business district in Lake Macquarie's West Ward.

Boolaroo was the epicenter of the 1989
Newcastle earthquake. Boolaroo borders a
number of well-known towns and suburbs
within the Lake Macquarie Region, including
Warners Bay and Speers Point, and, for a small
strip of land, fronts onto Lake Macquarie itself.

Within Boolaroo is Cockle Creek railway station,
a small station on the Central Coast &
Newcastle Line. Also, Boolaroo previously
housed a lead/zinc smelter, owned by the
former Pasminco (now Zinifex) however the
site has been cleared since the smelter ceased
operations in 2003.

Boolaroo is home to several churches, of
various denominations, as well as Boolaroo
Public School, a library, a cinema (which was
partially destroyed in the 1989 Newcastle
earthquake) and a number of shops, including
a small supermarket and a military disposal
store.