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On 1 December 2005 the Port Stephens–Great Lakes Marine Park was established pursuant to the Marine Parks Act, 1997 (NSW). [20] The park comprises approximately 97,200 hectares (240,000 acres) and includes all of Port Stephens, the Karuah and Myall rivers and all their creeks and tributaries under tidal influence. [21]
Port Stephens Council (also known simply as Port Stephens) is a local government area in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia. The area is just north of Newcastle and is adjacent to the Pacific Highway which runs through Raymond Terrace , the largest town and Council seat.
Fingal Bay is the easternmost suburb of the Port Stephens local government area in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia. [1] The only population centre is the township of the same name, which itself is named after the adjacent, small, semi-circular bay. [10]
Boat Harbour is a suburb of the Port Stephens local government area in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia. [1] [3] The main population centre of the suburb is the village also known as Boat Harbour. [5] Both lie adjacent to the bay after which they were named. [6] [7] The traditional owners of the land are Worimi people. [8]
Shoal Bay is the most eastern suburb of the Port Stephens local government area in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia. [1] It is located on the southern shore of Port Stephens , adjacent to the bay of the same name at the entrance to the port. [ 7 ]
Port Stephens was under consideration as the main seaport for New South Wales, [6] as well as the national capital, and a large city-style subdivision of the peninsula was designed by Walter Burley Griffin. [7] Walter Burley Griffin's original plan for Port Stephens City - May 06, 1918
Anna Bay is the name of a suburb, a town and a bay in the Port Stephens local government area in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia. [1] [4] [5] [9] The suburb and town are immediately adjacent to the north-eastern end of Stockton Beach and provide one of the major entry points to the beach at Birubi Point. [10]
Taylors Beach is a suburb of the Port Stephens local government area in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia. [1] [3] It is largely undeveloped except for some commercial and light industrial developments in the southern part of the suburb.