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Vincentia is a town in New South Wales, Australia in the City of Shoalhaven, on the shores of Jervis Bay. It is roughly 25 kilometres (16 mi) southeast of Nowra , and approximately 200 kilometres (120 mi) south of Sydney .
2540: Location: 196 km (122 mi) S of Sydney; 26 km (16 mi) S of Nowra; LGA(s) ... It lies west of Vincentia, which is on Jervis Bay, and north of St Georges Basin.
The origin of Huskisson dates to the early 1840s. The land south of Moona Moona Creek—now Vincentia—was the site of the settlement of South Huskisson, founded in 1841 as a seaport and terminus of The Wool Road. South Huskisson lay on land originally owned by Edward Deas Thompson [17] and was a ‘private town’.
The Jervis Bay Territory (/ ˈ dʒ ɜːr v ɪ s, ˈ dʒ ɑːr-/; "JBT") [2] [3] [4] is an internal Australian territory. [5] It was established in 1915 by the transfer of jurisdiction from the state of New South Wales to the federal Commonwealth of Australia, [6] [7] in order to give the federal government control of a port in the vicinity of the landlocked Australian Capital Territory (ACT).
The last portion of the road to South Huskisson (now Vincentia) was reopened as a public road around 1911-12 and that involved the resumption of some private land—land being used at the time as 'private road' or 'private track'—to do so (South Huskisson—now Vincentia—was, at that time, still a 'private town').
vincentia-h.schools.nsw.gov.au [ 3 ] Vincentia High School is a government-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school , located in the town of Vincentia in the South Coast region of New South Wales , Australia.
A 23-year-old hiker who survived 13 days lost in the Australian wilderness after stumbling on two granola bars has thanked his rescuers for enduring “tough conditions” to find him.
It is just south of the towns of Vincentia and Huskisson, with which it shares a postcode. Mail to the Jervis Bay Territory is addressed to the ACT. The numerals used to show the state on each radio callsign in Australia are the same numeral as the first numeral for postcodes in that state, e.g. 2xx in New South Wales, 3xx in Victoria, etc ...