Hastings River
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| Hastings River | |
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| Origin | Great Dividing Range |
| Mouth | Tasman Sea |
| Basin countries | Australia |
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The Hastings River is a large river on the mid-North Coast of the Australian state of New South Wales that empties into the Tasman Sea, a branch of the South Pacific Ocean.
The river was first charted by European explorers in 1818, after its discovery by John Oxley who named the river for the then Governor-General of India, Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings.
A number of important settlements exist on the river:
- Port Macquarie - situated at the mouth of the Hastings River
- Wauchope
The Hastings River gives its name to a surrounding wine district and to an endangered species of marsupial, the Hastings River Mouse (Pseudomys oralis).
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