Old Bar, New South Wales
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Old Bar is a coastal town in New South Wales, Australia in Mid-Coast Council. It lies around 18 kilometres (11 mi) east of Taree on the Mid North Coast,[3] and around 315 kilometres (196 mi) north of Sydney.
Geography
Old Bar is on the southern side of the mouth of the Manning River.[4]
Demographics
The population of the urban centre was measured at 3,650 people in the 2011 census,[5] and that of the suburb proper which includes some surrounding rural area at 4,272 people.[6] It grew rapidly during a boom in housing in 1988.[7]
Airstrip
Old Bar is a common place for light aircraft to land. Old Bar Airfield is an authorised landing area and is heritage listed.[8]
2019 Bushfire
In November 2019, a bushfire that started at Hillville, south of Taree, jumped the Pacific Highway into the path of Old Bar and Wallabi Point. The day before, the NSW Rural Fire Service told residents in these areas to get out or defend. One home was confirmed lost on Old Bar Road.[citation needed]
Heritage listings
Old Bar has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:
- 0.5 km off Old Bar Road: Old Bar Airfield[9]
References
- ^ "FirstVoices".
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Old Bar". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
- ^ a b c d e "Old Bar". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 July 2009.
- ^ Driscoll, Julia (12 December 2019). "The river runs dry: Manning River at zero flow". The Canberra Times. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Old Bar (UCL)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Old Bar (State Suburb)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
- ^ Dow L, Guyon D, Irving R, McPhee M, Matthews A, Prineas P, Rubinich T, Simpson J (1995). Reader's Digest Illustrated Guide to Australian Places. Surry Hills, NSW: Reader's Digest. p. 70. ISBN 0-86438-399-1.
- ^ Siossian, Emma, "Aviation tales from Old Bar Airfield portray a tiny airstrip with a big history still in use today", ABC Mid North Coast, Saturday, 12 February 2022.
- ^ "Old Bar Airfield". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Department of Planning & Environment. H01304. Retrieved 18 May 2018. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC-BY 4.0 licence.
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- Alderley Creek
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- Back Creek
- Bakers Creek
- Barrington
- Baxters Ridge
- Belbora
- Bennetts Head
- Bennys Tops
- Berrico
- Bindera
- Black Head
- Blueys Beach
- Bobin
- Bohnock
- Bombah Point
- Boolambayte
- Boomerang Beach
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- Bootawa
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- Bowman
- Bowman Farm
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- Bulahdelah
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- Bulga Forest
- Bulliac
- Bundabah
- Bundook
- Bungwahl
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- Bunyah Upper
- Burgess Beach
- Burraduc
- Burrell Creek
- Cabbage Tree Island
- Caffreys Flat
- Callaghans Creek
- Caparra
- Cape Hawke
- Caramea
- Carrington
- Cedar Party
- Cells River
- Charlottes Bay
- Clareval
- Cobark
- Coneac
- Coolongolook
- Coomba
- Coomba Bay
- Coomba Park
- Coopernook
- Cooplacurripa
- Copeland
- Coralville
- Corroboree Flat
- Craven
- Craven Plateau
- Cravens Creek
- Crawford River
- Croki
- Crowdy Bay National Park
- Crowdy Head
- Cundle Flat
- Cundletown
- Cureeki Creek
- Curricabark
- Darawank
- Dewitt
- Dewrang
- Diamond Beach
- Dingo Forest
- Dirty Creek
- Dollys Flat
- Doon Ayre
- Dumaresq Island
- Dungog
- Dyers Crossing
- Elands
- Elizabeth Beach
- Failford
- Faulkland
- Fernhill
- Firefly
- Forbesdale
- Forster
- Forster Keys
- Forster Waters
- Friendship Key
- Gangat
- Gereeba Island
- Ghinni Ghinni
- Giro
- Girvan
- Glen Ward
- Glenthorne
- Gloucester
- Gloucester River
- Gloucester South
- Gloucester Tops
- Green Point
- Hallidays Point
- Hannam Vale
- Harrington
- Hawks Nest
- Heatherdale
- Hillville
- Invergordon
- Johns River
- Johnsons Creek
- Jones Island
- Karaak Flat
- Karuah
- Kauthi
- Khatambuhl
- Kia Ora
- Killabakh
- Killawarra
- Kimbriki
- Kippaxs
- Kiwarrak
- Knorrit Flat
- Knorrit Forest
- Koorainghat
- Krambach
- Kundibakh
- Kundle Kundle
- Langley Vale
- Lansdowne
- Lansdowne Forest
- Legges Camp
- Lime Kiln
- Limeburners Creek
- Lower Bowman
- Manning Point
- Mares Run
- Markwell
- Marlee
- Maudville
- Mayers Flat
- Melinga
- Mernot
- Milbrook
- Mill Creek Upper
- Minimbah
- Mitchells Island
- Mograni Creek
- Mograni
- Mondrook
- Monkerai
- Mooral Creek
- Moorland
- Moppy
- Moto
- Mount George
- Mount Peerless
- Mungo Brush
- Myall Lakes
- Myall Upper
- Myra
- Nabiac
- Nerong
- New Forster
- Newells Creek
- Nooroo
- North Arm Cove
- North Pindimar
- Nugra
- Nugramudgee
- Number One
- Old Bar
- Oxley Island
- Pacific Palms
- Pampoolah
- Pindimar
- Pioneer Park
- Pipers Bay
- Pitlochry
- Possum Brush
- Purfleet
- Rainbow Flat
- Rawdon Vale
- Red Head
- Rocky Crossing
- Rookhurst
- Rosenthal
- Saltwater
- Sandbar
- Seal Rocks
- Smiths Lake
- South Pindimar
- Stewarts River
- Stratford
- Stratford South
- Strathcedar
- Stroud
- Stroud Road
- Sugarloaf Point
- Tahlee
- Tallwoods Village
- Tamboy
- Taravale
- Tarbuck Bay
- Taree
- Taree South
- Tea Gardens
- Telegherry
- Terreel
- The Bight
- The Branch
- Tibbuc
- Tinonee
- Tiona
- Tipperary
- Titaatee Creek
- Topi Topi
- Tugrabakh
- Tuncurry
- Upper Bowman
- Upper Karuah River
- Upper Lansdowne
- Upper Monkerai
- Violet Hill
- Waitui
- Wallabi Point
- Wallamba Island
- Wallanbah
- Wallingat
- Wallingat River
- Wallis Island
- Wallis Lake
- Wang Wauk
- Wapra
- Wards River
- Warranulla
- Washpool
- Wattley Hill
- Waukivory
- Waukivory Upper
- Weismantels
- Wherrol Flat
- Whoota
- Willina
- Winda Woppa
- Wingham
- Wirradgurie
- Woko
- Wootton
- Yagon
- Yagon Beach
- Yarratt Forest
- Yumbunga
other waterways
- Avon River
- Barnard River
- Barrington River
- Bowman River
- Coolongolook River
- Cooplacurripa River
- Crawford River
- Curricabark River
- Gloucester River
- Karuah River
- Mammy Johnsons River
- Manning River
- Myall Lakes
- Myall River
- Smiths Lake
- Telegherry River
- The Branch River
- Wallamba River
- Wallingat River
- Wallis Lake
- Wards River
points of interest
- Broughton Island
- Cape Hawke
- Gloucester Tops
- Mitchells Island
- Oxley Island
- Port Stephens
- Singing Bridge
- Tahlee historic property
- Tops to Myall Heritage Trail