Williams River (New South Wales)

Williams
River
The Williams River at Dungog
Country	Australia
State	New South Wales
Region	Hunter Region

Landmark	Seaham Weir


Source
- location	Salisbury
- elevation	250 m (820 ft) ^[1]
- coordinates	^[1]
Mouth	Hunter River
- location	Raymond Terrace
- elevation	1 m (3 ft) ^[2]
- coordinates	^[2]

Length	120 km (75 mi) ^[3]

Towns	Raymond Terrace Seaham Clarence Town Dungog

The Williams River is a river that flows through Dungog, Clarence Town and Seaham in New South Wales, Australia. The river flows generally south east and south for about 120 kilometres (75 mi) to its confluence with the Hunter River, just to the west of the Fitzgerald Bridge at Raymond Terrace. Previously it was known as Dooribang River.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b Topographic maps 9233 Dungog, 92334S Chichester
^ ^a ^b Topographic maps 9232 Newcastle, 92323N Beresfield
^ ^a ^b "Geographical Names Register Extract: Williams River". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. http://www.gnb.nsw.gov.au/name_search/extract?id=SXYbWysyan. Retrieved 23 July 2009.

Towns, suburbs and localities of Port Stephens Council \| Hunter Region \| New South Wales

Towns, suburbs & localities	Anna Bay Balickera Boat Harbour Bobs Farm Brandy Hill Butterwick Campvale Corlette Duns Creek Eagleton East Seaham Fern Bay Ferodale Fingal Bay Fishermans Bay Fullerton Cove Glen Oak Heatherbrae Hinton Karuah Lemon Tree Passage Mallabula Medowie Nelson Bay Nelsons Plains One Mile Osterley Oyster Cove Raymond Terrace Salamander Bay Salt Ash Seaham Shoal Bay Soldiers Point Swan Bay Tanilba Bay Taylors Beach Tomago Twelve Mile Creek Wallalong Williamtown Woodville

Other places & points of interest	Edgeworth David quarry Hunter River Karuah River Newcastle Airport Paterson River Port Stephens RAAF Base Williamtown Stockton Beach MV Sygna shipwreck Tomaree National Park Williams River

Towns, suburbs and localities of Dungog Shire \| Hunter Region \| New South Wales

Towns, suburbs & localities	Alison Allynbrook Anleys Creek Bandon Grove Barrington Tops Bendolba Bingleburra Black Camp Bonnington Bonnington Park Brookfield Brownmore Cairnsmore Cambra Camyr Allyn Cangon Carrabolla Cawarra Chads Creek Chichester Cintra Clarence Town Clarence Town West Clay Hill Colstoun Cooreei Coulston Crooks Park Dingadee Douribang Dungog Dusodie East Gresford Eccleston Elms Hall Fishers Hill Flat Tops Fosterton Glen Martin Glen Oak Glen William Gresford Halton Hanleys Creek Hilldale Kenilworth Kilbride Lennoxton Lewinsbrook Lostock Lyndhurst Vale Main Creek Marshdale Martins Creek Masseys Creek Maxwells Creek Melbee Mill Hills Mount Rivers Munni Paterson Pine Brush Quartpot Raglan Salisbury Sugarloaf Summerhill Tabbil Creek Tillegra Tillimby Torryburn Trevallyn Tunnibuc Underbank Upper Allyn Upper Chichester Vacy Wallaringa Wallarobba Wangat Webbers Creek Welshmans Creek Wirragulla Woerden

Other places & points of interest	Barrington River Barrington Tops National Park Chichester Dam Chichester River Gloucester River Lostock Dam Mount Royal National Park Mount Royal Range Paterson River Williams River

Significant places and items of interest in the Hunter Region of New South Wales

Commerce and industry

Industry	Darley Stud • Hunter Valley Coal Chain • Hunter Valley wine • Kia-Ora stud • Kooragang Island • Newcastle Port Corporation • Tomago aluminium smelter

Shopping	Charlestown Square • Hunter Street • Stockland Glendale • Stockland Green Hills • Westfield Kotara

Other	National Stock Exchange of Australia

Education

Primary	Avondale School • Hunter Valley Grammar School • Kahibah Public School • Newcastle Grammar School

Secondary	All Saints College, St Joseph's Campus • Avondale School • Hunter School of the Performing Arts • Hunter Valley Grammar School • Irrawang High School • Lambton High School • Maitland Grossmann High School • Maitland High School • Merewether High School • Newcastle Grammar School • Newcastle High School • Rutherford Technology High School • Tomaree High School

Tertiary	Avondale College • University of Newcastle

Entertainment, sport & culture

Broadmeadow Basketball Stadium • Dungog Film Festival • Hunter Valley Steamfest • Newcastle Civic Theatre • Newcastle Entertainment Centre • Newcastle International Sports Centre • Newcastle Number 1 Sports Ground • Newcastle Regional Show

Geography

General	Broughton Island • Burning Mountain • Cape Hawke • Glenrock Lagoon • Lake Macquarie • Myall Lakes • Mount Royal Range • Mount Sugarloaf • Port Stephens • Stockton Beach • Tops to Myall Heritage Trail

National parks	Barrington Tops National Park • Black Bulga State Conservation Area • Booti Booti National Park • Ghin-Doo-Ee National Park • Mount Royal National Park • Myall Lakes National Park • Tomaree National Park • Towarri National Park • Wallingat National Park • Watagans National Park • Werakata National Park

Rivers	Avon River • Barrington River • Chichester River • Gloucester River • Goulburn River • Hunter River • Karuah River • Manning River • Myall River • Pages River • Paterson River • Williams River

Historical

Air transport

Broadmeadow Aerodrome

Defence

Fort Scratchley

Education

Newcastle Boys' High School

General

History of Newcastle, New South Wales • Hunter Valley cannabis infestation • Lake Macquarie Petrified Forest • Maitland Gaol • Nobbys Head • Royal Newcastle Hospital • Tahlee historic property

Industry

Cockle Creek Power Station • Cockle Creek Smelter • South Maitland coalfields • South Waratah Colliery • State Dockyard • Teralba Colliery • Walka Water Works • Wangi Power Station

Maritime

Bluebell Collision • Cawarra shipwreck • Maianbar shipwreck • MV Sygna shipwreck

Natural disasters

1989 Newcastle earthquake • June 2007 Hunter Region and Central Coast storms • Seaham bushfires (1939)

People

Leo Clarke • Henry Dangar • William Dobell • Francis Greenway • James Hannell • Charles Menzies

Rail

General	Hunter Valley Railway Trust • Hunter Valley Steamfest • Murulla rail accident

Railway lines	Belmont railway line • East Maitland – Morpeth railway line • Fernleigh Track • Richmond Vale Railway • South Maitland Railway • Toronto railway line

Railway stations	Allandale • Antiene • Belford • Blackalls Park • Dingadee • Farley • Grasstree • Minimbah • Nundah • Ravensworth • Toronto • Whittingham

Trams	Trams in Newcastle • West Wallsend Steam Tram Line

Wine making

Lindemans (wine)

World War II

No. 2 Fighter Sector RAAF • No. 208 Radar Station RAAF • HMAS Assault • Belmont Anti-Tank Ditch • Lake Macquarie anti-submarine boom • Newcastle Covering Force • RAAF Base Rathmines • Shelling of Newcastle

Infrastructure

Transport

Road	Bus routes in Newcastle, New South Wales • Bucketts Way • Golden Highway • Hunter Expressway • New England Highway • Newcastle Inner City Bypass • Pacific Highway • Putty Road • Sydney-Newcastle Freeway • Tea Gardens-Hawks Nest Bridge • Thunderbolts Way

Railway lines	Hunter • Main North • Newcastle and Central Coast

Railway stations	Aberdeen • Adamstown • Awaba • Beresfield • Booragul • Branxton • Broadmeadow • Cardiff • Civic • Cockle Creek • Dora Creek • Dungog • East Maitland • Fassifern • Glendale • Greta • Hamilton • Hexham • High Street • Hilldale • Kotara • Lochinvar • Maitland • Martins Creek • Metford • Mindaribba • Morisset • Muswellbrook • Newcastle • Paterson • Sandgate • Scone • Singleton • Tarro • Telarah • Teralba • Thornton • Victoria Street • Wallarobba • Warabrook • Waratah • Wickham • Wirragulla • Wyee

Air	Cessnock Airport • Newcastle Airport • Scone Airport

Utilities

Electricity generation	Bayswater Power Station • Eraring Power Station • Lake Liddell • Liddell Power Station • Redbank Power Station • Teralba Colliery • Vales Point Power Station

Water supply	Chichester Dam • Glenbawn Dam • Lostock Dam • Tillegra Dam proposal

Media

Maitland Mercury • NBN Television • Newcastle Herald

Other

Defence	No. 26 Squadron RAAF • RAAF Base Williamtown

General	Cessnock Correctional Centre • Christ Church Cathedral

Hospitals	John Hunter Hospital

Williams River (New South Wales)

See also

References