Extract
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| GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES REGISTER EXTRACT | |
| 19th June 2013 | |
| Reference: | 9293 |
| Placename: | Brisbane Water |
| Designation: | Arm |
| Status: | Assigned 19th March 1971 |
| LGA: | Gosford |
| Approx. AGD66 Lat: | -33 29 00 |
| Approx. AGD66 Long: | 151 20 00 |
| Approx. GDA94 Lat: | -33 28 54 |
| Approx. GDA94 Long: | 151 20 04 |
| Topographic Map: | Gosford |
| 1:100000 Map: | Gosford 9131 |
| Parish: | Gosford |
| County: | Northumberland |
| Description: | A northern arm of Broken Bay which joins the bay at The Bar opposite Wagstaff Point. It extends for about 11km in a northerly direction and its width varies considerably to a maximum of 5km. Its almost landlocked waters are generally shallow, its irregular shoreline forms many bays and inlets and several islands stud its waters. A number of towns surround its shores including Gosford, Phegans Bay Woy Woy, Booker Bay, Ettalong Beach, Wagstaff, Kincumber, Davistown, Saratoga and Green Point. |
| Origin: | Named after Governor Brisbane. P8. (Information from Gosford and the Kendall County - Charles Swancott). |
| History: | Named in 1825 in honour of Sir Thomas Mcdougall Brisbane (1773-1860). Governor of NSW from 1821 to 1825. (Reed, 1969). |
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