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Likewise, when the ACT and Jervis Bay Territory were broken off from New South Wales, they retained Eastern Standard Time. Since 1899, the only major changes in Australian time zones have been setting of clocks half an hour later than Eastern time (GMT plus 10:30) on the territory of Lord Howe Island , and Norfolk Island changing from UTC+11:30 ...
The bay is known in Māori as Tokerau, a name given by early Māori ancestors referencing a place in the Māori homeland. [1] The wider Bay of Islands area, including the plain surrounding Waimate North, is traditionally known as Taiamai, a name shortened from the Ngāpuhi whakataukī (proverb) Ka kata ngā pūriri ō Taiamai ("the pūriri trees are laughing with joy"), a phrase used to ...
Motuarohia Island Roberton Island View eastward over the island from the lookout Motuarohia Island Geography Location Bay of Islands Coordinates 35°14′0″S 174°10′0″E / 35.23333°S 174.16667°E / -35.23333; 174.16667 Area 0.634 km 2 (0.245 sq mi) Length 2 km (1.2 mi) Highest elevation 78 m (256 ft) Administration New Zealand View across the eastern lagoon to Motuoi Island ...
Amherst Island, in Lake Mummuga; Ash Island, in the lower Hunter River; Bare Island, near the north headland of Botany Bay; Belowla Island, off Kioloa Beach; Bird Island, located near Budgewoi, 1.4 kilometres (0.87 mi) east of the Central Coast
North Solitary Island is one of the largest islands found off the New South Wales coast and inside the continental shelf. It is located 40 km north-east of Coffs Harbour and about 13 km east-south-east of Wooli. The island is divided into two sections by a channel. An automated lighthouse is found on the northern section of the island.
The surface area of the bay comprises 34.5 square kilometres (13.3 sq mi) [2] and generally stretches from the confluence of the Clyde River with the bay east of the town of Batemans Bay, near Snapper Island; to its mouth with the Tasman Sea at the Tollgate Islands, located between North Head and Circuit Beach.
Shark Island. Shark Island is an island located within Sydney Harbour, in New South Wales, Australia.The island is 1.5 hectares (3.7 acres) in area, [1] measuring some 250 metres by 100 metres, and lies off the Sydney suburbs of Point Piper, Rose Bay and Vaucluse, in the eastern section of the harbour between the Harbour Bridge and the harbour entrance.
In the middle of the region is Lake Illawarra, a shallow lake formed when sediment built up at the entrance to a bay. The district extends from the southern hills of the Royal National Park in the north to the Shoalhaven River in the south, and contains the city of Wollongong, the fourth largest urban area in New South Wales.