Fingal Bay, New South Wales
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| Fingal Bay New South Wales |
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| Population: | 1,473 [1] | ||||||||||||
| • Density: | 1473/km² (3815.1/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode: | 2315 | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates: | Coordinates: | ||||||||||||
| Area: | 9.3 km² (3.6 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
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| Property Value: | AUD $460,631[2] | ||||||||||||
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| LGA: | Port Stephens Council[3] | ||||||||||||
| Region: | Hunter | ||||||||||||
| County: | Gloucester[4] | ||||||||||||
| Parish: | Tomaree[4] | ||||||||||||
| State District: | Port Stephens | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | Paterson | ||||||||||||
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Fingal Bay is the eastern-most suburb of the Port Stephens Local Government Area in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia.[3] The only population centre is the township of the same name, which itself is named after the adjacent, small, semi-circular bay.[5]
Except for the township, most of Fingal Bay is included in the Tomaree National Park, which includes forested areas, coastal scrubland, beaches and the Fingal headland. The northern head of the bay itself is Fingal Spit and Point Stephens, the southern head is Fingal Head. Fingal Spit was a location for the So where the bloody hell are you? advertising campaign filmed for Tourism Australia and appears at the end of the advertisement.
The name first appeared on chart 1070, prepared by by Captain Phillip Parker King in 1845.[5]
According to a sign on the beach, people have died crossing the bar which can be covered by breaking waves at times.
[edit] Notes
- ^ Only 1 square kilometre (0.4 sq mi) (approximately 11%) of the suburb is inhabited.[6] For this reason, the population density figure shown is that of the inhabited area, rather than for the whole suburb, as this is more representative of the actual population density. The average population density for the whole suburb is 158.4 inhabitants per square kilometre (410.3/sq mi).
- ^ Area calculation is based on 1:100000 map 9332 PORT STEPHENS.
[edit] References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). Fingal Bay (State Suburb). 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved on 2008-05-27. Map
- ^ Fingal Bay suburb profile @ domain.com.au. domain.com.au. Retrieved on 2008-05-27.
- ^ a b Suburb Search - Local Council Boundaries - Hunter (HT) - Port Stephens. New South Wales Department of Local Government. Retrieved on 2008-06-08.
- ^ a b Geographical Names Register Extract: Fingal Bay (suburb). Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved on 2008-05-27.
- ^ a b Geographical Names Register Extract: Fingal Bay (bay). Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved on 2008-05-27.
- ^ Fingal Bay. Department of Lands - Spatial Information eXchange. New South Wales Department of Lands. Retrieved on 2008-05-27.
- Nelson Bay (Nelson Head). Climate statistics for Australian locations. Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved on 2008-06-02.
[edit] External links
- Coastal Explorer Pacific Touring Route Sydney to Brisbane, Cartoscope, 4th edition, 2004
- Fingal Bay page at the Port Stephens Council website
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