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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).
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Usage note: In Australia, "suburbs" are the official postal subdivisions of a city.Inner suburbs are subdivisions within the denser urban areas of the cities and outer suburbs are the postal divisions found in the outer rings of the metropolitan areas, and usually lying within the boundaries of a separate municipality.
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.
This is a list of officeholders of Port Macquarie-Hastings Council and its predecessors, a local government area of New South Wales, Australia. The Mayor of the Port Macquarie-Hastings Council since 4 August 2017 is Peta Pinson, an independent politician who joined the National Party in 2023. [1]
It includes Port Macquarie and the area around it. Macquarie County was named in honour of Governor Lachlan Macquarie (1762–1824). [1] Parishes within this county
This region (officially the Newcastle statistical subdivision) comprises the local government areas (LGAs) of City of Newcastle, City of Lake Macquarie, City of Cessnock, City of Maitland and Port Stephens Council. [1] [2] The 2021 Australian Census recorded the Newcastle Greater Metropolitan area as having a population of 682,465. [n 1]
Port Macquarie Airport (IATA: PQQ, ICAO: YPMQ) is an airport in Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia.The airport is 2.25 nautical miles (4.17 km; 2.59 mi) west [2] of the city centre and is owned and managed by the Port Macquarie-Hastings Council on behalf of its owners - the constituents of the Hastings.