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Moruya (/ m ɔːr uː j ə / MOR-oo-yə) is a town located on the far south coast of New South Wales, Australia, situated on the Moruya River. The Princes Highway runs through the town that is about 305 km (190 mi) south of Sydney and 175 km (109 mi) from Canberra. [2] [3] At the 2021 census, Moruya had a population of 4,295. [4]
It is situated approximately halfway between the townships of Moruya and Narooma, a few kilometres off the Princes Highway. As of the 2016 census, Tuross Head had a population of 2,241 people. [2] This quiet, seaside community is located on a headland that juts out into the Tasman Sea, connected to the mainland by a thin isthmus.
South Durras is a small village on the South Coast of New South Wales, Australia.Often fondly referred to as Eldingustahn because of its cheerful tourists, South Durras is located approximately 280 kilometres south of Sydney and 15 kilometres north of Batemans Bay, in the local government area of Eurobodalla Shire.
Congo is located 315 km south of Sydney, and 10 km south of Moruya. The population of Congo and the surrounding area was 245 at the 2016 census. [2] Congo Creek flows to the Tasman Sea at the northern end of the village. Congo's beach is noted as a good location for surfing, with a colloquial name "The Suck". [3]
Eurobodalla Shire is a local government area located in the South Coast region of New South Wales, Australia.The Shire is located in a largely mountainous coastal region and situated adjacent to the Tasman Sea, the Princes Highway and the Kings Highway.
2013 - Greenland ends the territory's 25-year ban on the mining of radioactive materials such as uranium, leading to a boom in mineral resource exports. 2021 - Greenland bans all new oil and gas ...
In 1841 a flood washed away the sandbar at the mouth of the Moruya River. Land up the river was for sale from 1848 and the Moruya town site surveyed in 1850 and the town gazetted in 1851. That year gold was discovered at Araluen inland from Moruya and near Braidwood. The road from Moruya to Araluen became the preferred route and the functions ...
John Hawdon (1801—1881) was an English-born colonial settler of New South Wales. He is associated with the area around Moruya, particularly Kiora and Tuross Head, on the South Coast of New South Wales, Australia, although he was also a pioneering landholder of other areas of the colony.