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Mid-Coast Council
MidCoast Council is a local government area (LGA) located in the Mid North Coast region of New South Wales, Australia. The council was formed on 12 May 2016 through a merger of the Gloucester Shire, Great Lakes and City of Greater Taree councils. The council comprises an area of and occupies the southern portion of the Mid North Coast of New South Wales stretching between the coastal towns of and and northwards to Crowdy Bay National Park. The council region includes the three great lakes, the coastal towns of , , Taree, and onto Crowdy Head north of . The LGA extends inland to the Barrington Tops National Park west of , plus Stroud, Bulahdelah and Wingham. It includes the Manning River and valley adjoining the Three Brothers mountains. At the time of its establishment the council had an estimated population of . The Mayor of the MidCoast Council is Councillor Claire Pontin, who was elected on 12 January 2022. Towns and localities The following towns and localities are loca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mid North Coast
The Mid North Coast is a country region in the north-east of the state of New South Wales, Australia. The region covers the mid northern coast of the state, beginning from Port Stephens north of Sydney, and extending as far north as Woolgoolga, north of Sydney, a distance of roughly . Heading northwards beyond Newcastle, the Mid North Coast region's main towns include the towns of Bulahdelah, Forster, Tuncurry, Wingham, Taree, Port Macquarie, Kempsey, South West Rocks, Macksville, Nambucca Heads, Bellingen and Coffs Harbour. Of these Taree, Port Macquarie and Coffs Harbour are the major commercial centres, all with large shopping centres, public facilities and attractions. Kempsey and Forster-Tuncurry are considered semi-major commercial centres. Smaller towns that are popular tourist spots are North Haven, South West Rocks, Urunga, Gloucester and Pacific Palms. The region has a subtropical climate and is known for its waterways, beaches and hinterland of forests a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Government Of New South Wales
The Government of New South Wales, also known as the NSW Government, is the Australian state democratic administrative authority of New South Wales. It is currently held by a coalition of the Liberal Party and the National Party. The Government of New South Wales, a parliamentary constitutional monarchy, was formed in 1856 as prescribed in its Constitution, as amended from time to time. Since the Federation of Australia in 1901, New South Wales has been a state of the Commonwealth of Australia, and the Constitution of Australia regulates its relationship with the Commonwealth. Under the Australian Constitution, New South Wales, as with all states, ceded legislative and judicial supremacy to the Commonwealth, but retained powers in all matters not in conflict with the Commonwealth. Executive and judicial powers New South Wales is governed according to the principles of the Westminster system, a form of parliamentary government based on the model of the United Kingdom. Legisl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baxters Ridge, New South Wales
Baxters Food Group Limited, also known as Baxters of Speyside or Baxters, is a food processing company, based in Fochabers, Scotland. It produces foods such as Soup, canned soups, canned meat products, Pickling, sour pickles, sauces, vinegars, Antipasto, anti-pasti, chutneys, fruit preserves and salad and meat condiments. Products are sold under the Baxters brand as well as a variety of brands owned, or Brand licensing, licensed, to the group. Baxters has remained a Privately held company, private family company for four generations, during which time it has expanded significantly by acquiring other business within the United Kingdom and internationally. Baxters holds a Royal Warrant of Appointment (United Kingdom), Royal Warrant from Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, Her Majesty the Queen as purveyors of Scottish specialities. The company was known as W.A. Baxter & Sons Ltd. prior to 21 December 2006. History Origins and early to mid 20th century Baxters was founded in 1868 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barrington Tops, New South Wales
Barrington may refer to: People * Barrington (name) * Barrington baronets, holders of a title in the baronetage of England * Viscount Barrington, a title in the peerage of Ireland Places Australia * Barrington, New South Wales * Barrington, Tasmania * Barrington River (New South Wales) * Barrington Tops National Park, New South Wales * Lower Barrington, Tasmania Canada * Municipality of the District of Barrington, Nova Scotia * Barrington, Nova Scotia (community) * Barrington Head, Nova Scotia * Barrington Passage, Nova Scotia * Barrington, Quebec * Barrington Street, Halifax * CFS Barrington, Nova Scotia, a former Canadian Forces Station New Zealand * Barrington, New Zealand, a suburb in Christchurch United Kingdom * Barrington, Cambridgeshire * Barrington, Gloucestershire, a civil parish **Great Barrington, Gloucestershire, a village ** Little Barrington, Gloucestershire, a village * Barrington, Somerset United States * Barrington, Illinois * Great Barringto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barrington, New South Wales
Barrington is a small village on the Barrington River, north-west of Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia on Thunderbolts Way. The small town is considered a main gateway to the Barrington Tops National Park. Its population in 361 and until 2016 was the main tourist attraction in the Gloucester Shire Gloucester Shire ( ) was a local government area in the Mid North Coast and Upper Hunter regions of New South Wales, Australia. The Shire was situated adjacent to the Bucketts Way and the North Coast railway line. The last mayor of the Glou .... The town is also home to a range of heritage structures including the historic Barrington River Bridge, Barrington River Cottage, the pioneer cemetery, and the Barrington Public School (c. 1910). References Suburbs of Mid-Coast Council Towns in the Hunter Region {{MidCoastCouncil-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bakers Creek, New South Wales
A baker is a tradesperson who bakes and sometimes sells breads and other products made of flour by using an oven or other concentrated heat source. The place where a baker works is called a bakery. History Ancient history Since grains have been a staple food for millennia, the activity of baking is a very old one. Control of yeast, however, is relatively recent.Wayne Gisslen, ''Professional Baking'' (4th ed.: John Wiley & Sons, 2005), p. 4. By the fifth and sixth centuries BCE, the ancient Greeks used enclosed ovens heated by wood fires; communities usually baked bread in a large communal oven. Greeks baked dozens and possibly hundreds of types of bread; Athenaeus described seventy-two varieties. In ancient Rome several centuries later, the first mass production of breads occurred, and "the baking profession can be said to have started at that time." Ancient Roman bakers used honey and oil in their products, creating pastries rather than breads. In ancient Rome, bakers (L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Back Creek, New South Wales (Mid-Coast Council)
Back Creek is a small rural locality in the Mid-Coast Council, part of the Mid North Coast region of New South Wales, Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma .... At the , the town recorded a population of 20. References {{Suburbs of Mid-Coast Council Suburbs of Mid-Coast Council ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allworth, New South Wales
Allworth is a small village in New South Wales, Australia. It is located north of Sydney, and north of Newcastle Newcastle usually refers to: *Newcastle upon Tyne, a city and metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear, England *Newcastle-under-Lyme, a town in Staffordshire, England *Newcastle, New South Wales, a metropolitan area in Australia, named after Newcastle .... At the , Allworth had a population of 196. History The Allworth Post Office, which was originally named New Wharf Post Office, opened on 15 July 1911 and closed on 14 March 1973. References Towns in the Hunter Region Suburbs of Mid-Coast Council {{MidCoastCouncil-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Three Brothers (New South Wales)
Three Brothers, three separate mountains of the Mid North Coast region of New South Wales, Australia, are situated approximately north of Sydney. Location and features Collectively referred to as the Three Brothers, the mountains are three separate mountains named and located as follows: *North Brother: with an elevation of *Middle Brother: with an elevation of *South Brother: with an elevation of The South Brother lies within the Mid-Coast Council local government area; while the Middle and North Brothers are located with the Port Macquarie-Hastings Council area, The North and Middle Brothers have been declared national parks, named Dooragan National Park and Middle Brother National Park respectively. The main radio and television transmitters for the Mid North Coast region are located on the summit of Middle Brother. Etymology The Australian Aboriginal local Birpai people tell a dreamtime story of three brothers who were killed by a witch called Widjirriejuggi an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manning River
Manning River (Birpai language, Biripi: ''Boolumbahtee''), an open and Breakwater (structure), trained mature wind wave, wave dominated estuary#Lagoon-type or bar-built, barrier estuary, is located in the Northern Tablelands and Mid North Coast districts of New South Wales, Australia. It is the only double delta river in the southern hemisphere in which there are two permanent entrances to the river, one at Old Bar, New South Wales, Old Bar and another at Harrington, New South Wales, Harrington, and is famously one of only two rivers in the world to have permanent multiple entrances with the other being the Nile, Nile river in Egypt. Course and features Manning River rises below Barrington Volcano, Mount Barrington, on the northeastern slopes of the Great Dividing Range within Barrington Tops National Park, east southeast of Ellerston, New South Wales, Ellerston, and flows generally southeast, joined by eleven tributary, tributaries including the Pigna Barney River, Pigna Barney ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barrington Tops National Park
The Barrington Tops National Park is a protected national park located in the Hunter Valley in New South Wales, Australia. Gazetted in 1969, the park is situated between Scone, Singleton, Dungog, Gloucester and East Gresford. The park is part of the Barrington Tops group World Heritage Site Gondwana Rainforests of Australia inscribed in 1986 and added to the Australian National Heritage List in 2007. It is also part of the Barrington Tops and Gloucester Tops Important Bird Area. Environment Geology Barrington Tops is part of the Mount Royal Range, a spur of the Great Dividing Range. Barrington Tops is a plateau between two of the large peaks in the range. The park is believed to be an extinct volcano and the mountain ranges are made up of a mixture of sedimentary rocks with a granite top. Erosion has weathered the granite and rounded granite boulders can be seen in some areas of the park. Estimates put the age of the rock at 300 to 400 million years, well before Australia sep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
