Carey Bay, New South Wales Explained

Type:suburb
Carey Bay
State:nsw
Alternative Location Map:Australia Hunter Central Coast
Lga:City of Lake Macquarie
Postcode:2283
Pop:865
Area:0.5
Parish:Awaba
Stategov:Lake Macquarie
Fedgov:Hunter
Dist1:2
Dir1:SE
Location1:Toronto
Near-Nw:Kilaben Bay
Near-N:Toronto
Near-Ne:Lake Macquarie
Near-W:Kilaben Bay
Near-E:Lake Macquarie
Near-S:Coal Point
Near-Se:Coal Point

Carey Bay is a suburb of the City of Lake Macquarie in New South Wales, Australia, and is located on a peninsula southeast of the town of Toronto on the western side of Lake Macquarie.

The spelling "Cary Bay" was gazetted on 31 August 1973, but was gazetted and signed "Carey Bay" on 31 May 1991 when the boundaries were determined. In 2001, the Lake Macquarie City Council voted to use the latter name for the suburb.

Carey Bay was named after William Cary of the Excelsior Land Investment and Building Company and Bank Limited.

Excelsior Land was an early property developer of the Toronto district in Lake Macquarie releasing subdivisions from 1887. William Cary was a director of the company for twelve years from 1880.

Originally named "Cary Bay" and describing only a geographical feature of the coastline of Lake Macquarie, the growth of the area lead to the creation of the suburb of the same name with a change of spelling to "Carey Bay", gazetted as such in 1991.

Dewey Point is located at the north-eastern corner of Carey Bay and forms the boundary between the Suburbs of Carey Bay and Toronto

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