Salt Ash, New South Wales Explained

Type:suburb
Salt Ash
State:nsw
Coordinates:-32.7944°N 151.9222°W
Pop:1103
Density:22.37
Postcode:2318
Elevation:3
Elevation Footnotes:[1]
Area:49.3
Area Footnotes:[2]
Timezone:AEST
Utc:+10
Timezone-Dst:AEDT
Utc-Dst:+11
Dist1:180
Dir1:NNE
Location1:Sydney
Dist2:33
Dir2:NNE
Location2:Newcastle
Dist3:19
Dir3:E
Location3:Raymond Terrace
Lga:Port Stephens Council[3]
Region:Hunter
County:Gloucester
Parish:Stowell
Stategov:Port Stephens[4]
Fedgov:Paterson[5]
Maxtemp:27.9
Mintemp:6.4
Rainfall:1125.6
Near-N:Medowie, Oyster Cove
Near-Ne:Tanilba Bay
Near-E:Tilligerry Creek, Bobs Farm
Near-Se:Tasman Sea
Near-S:Tasman Sea
Near-Sw:Williamtown
Near-W:Medowie, Campvale, Williamtown
Near-Nw:Medowie
Local Map:yes
Zoom:12

Salt Ash is a rural suburb of the Port Stephens local government areas in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia.[3] It is located on the main road between Newcastle and Nelson Bay but is largely undeveloped, partly because it is the location of the Salt Ash Air Weapons Range which is used by pilots from RAAF Base Williamtown for training purposes.

The southern border of Salt Ash is occupied entirely by Stockton Beach. There is co-ed government primary school called Salt Ash Public School located on 4 Salt Ash Avenue.[6]

Tourism

Oakvale Farm & Fauna World is a local tourist attraction.[7]

World War II aircraft crashes

On 14 April 1943 a RAAF Supermarine Spitfire made a forced landing at the "Oaklands" property near Salt Ash.[8]

On 31 January 1945 a RAAF Mosquito broke up in flight over the firing range, killing both crew members.[9]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Average elevation of the suburb as shown on 1:100000 map 9232 NEWCASTLE.
  2. Area calculation is based on 1:100000 map 9232 NEWCASTLE.
  3. Web site: Suburb Search – Local Council Boundaries – Hunter (HT) – Port Stephens. New South Wales Division of Local Government. 10 June 2008.
  4. Web site: Port Stephens. . 23 November 2019.
  5. Web site: Paterson. Australian Electoral Commission. 19 October 2007. 10 June 2008. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20091029100345/http://apps.aec.gov.au/esearch/LocalitySearchResults.aspx?filter=Paterson&filterby=Electorate. 29 October 2009.
  6. Web site: Primary schools – Salt Ash Public School. 2020-10-07. saltash-p.schools.nsw.gov.au.
  7. Web site: Salt Ash Attractions. Australian Explorer. 10 June 2008.
  8. Web site: Forced landing of a Spitfire at "Oaklands" near Salt Ash, via Newcastle on 14 April 1943. Dunn. Peter. ozatwar.com. 21 June 2007. 15 January 2013.
  9. Web site: Crash of a Mosquito Saltash range near Williamtown, NSW on 31 January 1945. Dunn. Peter. ozatwar.com. 21 June 2007. 15 January 2013.