Salamander Bay is a suburb of the
Port Stephens local government area
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in the
Hunter Region
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of
New South Wales
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, Australia.
[ The ]Worimi
The Worimi (also spelt Warrimay) people are Aboriginal Australians from the eastern Port Stephens and Great Lakes regions of coastal New South Wales, Australia. Before contact with settlers, their people extended from Port Stephens in the sou ...
people are the traditional owners
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of the Port Stephens area. Named after the adjacent shallow bay, itself named after ''Salamander'', a convict ship from the Third Fleet, which was the first European vessel to enter Port Stephens (1791), it is a mainly residential suburb with a large shopping centre.[ (see "Early development of Port Stephens" section)] At th
2021 census
Salamander Bay had a population of 4,991.TAFE
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facility and St Phillips Christian College (Port Stephens Campus).
Notes
References
Suburbs of Port Stephens Council
Bays of New South Wales
Beaches of New South Wales
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