| Hinton New South Wales | |||||||||||||||
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 Historic Hinton bridge, built in 1901 | |||||||||||||||
  Hinton | |||||||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 32°43′S 151°39′E / 32.717°S 151.650°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 471 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 48.06/km2 (124.5/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 2321 | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 6 m (20 ft)[Note 1] | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 9.8 km2 (3.8 sq mi)[Note 2] | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | AEST (UTC+10) | ||||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | AEDT (UTC+11) | ||||||||||||||
| Location |
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| LGA(s) | Port Stephens Council | ||||||||||||||
| Region | Hunter | ||||||||||||||
| County | Durham[2] | ||||||||||||||
| Parish | Seaham[2] | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Port Stephens | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Paterson | ||||||||||||||
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Hinton is a suburb of the Port Stephens local government area in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia.[3] Primarily rural, the largest population centre is the township of Hinton, which is situated on the Paterson River, near to the confluence of the Hunter and Paterson rivers.[4] In 1835 the post office requested a name for the town and the surveyor general suggested Hinton prior to this it was known as the second arm of the Hunter river.[5] The first European settlers were 12 ex convicts in 1818.[6]
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Hinton". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
Material was copied from this source, which is available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
- ^ a b "Hinton". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 27 May 2008.
- ^ "Suburb Search - Local Council Boundaries - Hunter (HT)". New South Wales Division of Local Government. Archived from the original on 7 June 2008. Retrieved 27 May 2008.
- ^ "Hinton". Land and Property Management Authority - Spatial Information eXchange. New South Wales Land and Property Information. Retrieved 27 May 2008.
- ^ "How Hinton got its name". Victoria Hotel. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
- ^ "Hinton, NSW". Aussie Towns. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
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