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Port Macquarie, sometimes shortened to Port Mac and commonly locally nicknamed Port, [2] is a coastal city on the Mid North Coast of New South Wales, Australia, 390 km (242 mi) north of Sydney, and 570 km (354 mi) south of Brisbane, on the Tasman Sea coast at the mouth of the Hastings River, and the eastern end of the Oxley Highway (B56).
Port Macquarie: New South Wales 1821 Mudgee: New South Wales 1821 Perth: Tasmania 1823 Gosford: New South Wales One of the two mergers of the Central Coast with Wyong: 1823 Richmond: Tasmania 1823 Wellington: New South Wales 1824 Redcliffe: Queensland: First European settlement in Queensland 1825 Brisbane: Queensland Largest city and capital of ...
North Shore is a suburb of Port Macquarie, a city in New South Wales. It is located on the north side of the Hastings River. North Shore is mostly reached by ferry. The Settlement Point Ferry offers scheduled ferry services for cars to cross the 5km of water separating the North Shore from Settlement Point. [2] North Shore is a coastal and ...
The Mid North Coast includes six local government areas: the City of Coffs Harbour, the Bellingen Shire, the Kempsey Shire, the Mid-Coast Council, the Nambucca Shire and the Port Macquarie-Hastings Council. It also includes four state electorates (Coffs Harbour, Myall Lakes, Oxley and Port Macquarie) and two federal electorates (Cowper and Lyne).
The first Government House in Port Macquarie was an 1821 one-storey weatherboard building built for the commandant, Francis Allman, and his family.In c. 1825-26, Government House was shifted to an existing brick building (built c. 1824) next to the military barracks, which was heavily extended and adapted for its new role.
Kendall is located 3 kilometres west from Kew and 36 kilometres southwest of Port Macquarie via the Pacific Highway. It is one of the seven villages that make up the Camden Haven region of the Port Macquarie/Hastings Local Government Area. At the 2021 census, it had a population of 890 people.
The largest school in the district, Camden Haven High School, is located approximately 5 km away from Laurieton's shopping and business centre. Captain James Cook named "the Brothers" on 12 May 1770 for their resemblance to mountains in his native Yorkshire. He was unwittingly mirroring the name given to them by the Birpai.
South of the main shopping area is the Wauchope Golf Course and Country Club, which occupies a premium site within the middle of the town. Further west is Timbertown, on the edge of large tracts of forestry land leading into the Bago Mountain area. East of the main shopping area is the railway line from Sydney.