Sussex Inlet is a town in the

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region of

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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 ...

. The town lies on the west bank of the waterway called Sussex Inlet, which divides New South Wales from the

Jervis Bay Territory The Jervis Bay Territory (; JBT) is an internal territory of Australia. It was established in 1915 from part of New South Wales (NSW), in order to give the landlocked Australian Capital Territory (ACT) access to the sea. It was administered b ...

. The town lies within the

City of Shoalhaven The City of Shoalhaven is a local government area in the south-eastern coastal region of New South Wales, Australia. The area is about south of Sydney. The Princes Highway passes through the area, and the South Coast railway line traverses t ...

. As at the , the population of Sussex Inlet was .

Geography

The town of Sussex Inlet is located on the west bank of Sussex Inlet, a narrow

inlet An inlet is a (usually long and narrow) indentation of a shoreline, such as a small arm, bay, sound, fjord, lagoon or marsh, that leads to an enclosed larger body of water such as a lake, estuary, gulf or marginal sea. Overview In marine geogra ...

connecting

Wreck Bay Wreck or The Wreck may refer to: Common uses * Wreck, a collision of an automobile, aircraft or other vehicle * Shipwreck, the remains of a ship after a crisis at sea Places * The Wreck (surf spot), a surf spot at Byron Bay, New South Wales, Aus ...

to the waterbody of

St Georges Basin St Georges Basin is a town in the South Coast region of New South Wales, Australia. St George Basin is located on the shores of St Georges Basin, within the City of Shoalhaven. It is roughly south of Nowra, and approximately south of Sydney. ...

. The east bank of Sussex Inlet is the

Booderee National Park Booderee National Park and Botanic Gardens, formerly Jervis Bay National Park and Jervis Bay Botanic Gardens, are located in the Jervis Bay Territory of Australia. The reserve is composed of two sections: * the Bherwerre Peninsula, on the souther ...

. Sussex Inlet is located roughly 150km south of Sydney (203km by road). Jervis Bay Airport is located about east of Sussex Inlet.

References

External links

SussexInlet.com

Sussex Inlet Info. WebsiteVISITNSW.com - Sussex-Inlet
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