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Ferry Shortland travelling between Stockton and Newcastle. Prior to the opening of the Stockton Bridge in 1971, the main transport access to Stockton was a system of vehicular and passenger ferries. [26] Today there is the frequent Stockton ferry service to Stockton from Queens Wharf, close to the former Newcastle railway station. The ferry ...
The Stockton Bridge was officially opened by Premier Robert Askin on 1 November 1971. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] At 1,024 m (3,360 ft), at the time of its opening, it was the longest bridge to have been built by the Department of Main Roads and the second longest bridge in New South Wales after the Sydney Harbour Bridge .
Prior to the construction of various road projects connecting the outer western suburbs of Newcastle and crossing the Hunter River, including the Stockton Bridge, numerous ferry services, both privately run and publicly operated, shuttled across the Hunter River to link the locality of Stockton with the rest of Newcastle during the 19th and 20th centuries, [1] including a car ferry service ...
New South Wales (commonly abbreviated as NSW) is a state on the east coast of Australia. It borders Queensland to the north, Victoria to the south, and South Australia to the west. Its coast borders the Coral and Tasman Seas to the east. The Australian Capital Territory and Jervis Bay Territory are enclaves within the state.
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Stockton Beach is located north of the Hunter River in New South Wales, Australia. It is 32 km (20 mi) long and stretches from Stockton, to Anna Bay. Over many years Stockton Beach has been the site of numerous shipwrecks and aircraft crashes. In World War II it was fortified against a possible attack by Imperial Japanese forces. [1]
Literature. Naguib Mahfouz's 1967 novel, Miramar, focuses on the lives of the long-term residents of the eponymous pension in Alexandria in the 1960s.; E. M. Forster's 1908 novel, A Room with a View, opens with the protagonist Lucy Honeychurch and her spinster cousin and chaperone Charlotte Bartlett complaining about the Pensione Bertolini, where they are staying in Florence, Italy.
The Tcard bus trial was being conducted during negotiation of a new enterprise agreement, [33] and it is possible that the trial was being used as leverage, by the RTBU, in wage negotiations. On 9 November 2007, the Government of NSW issued a notice of intention to terminate the contract with ERG. [34]