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Mooney Mooney

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Central Coast Council NSW, PO Box 21, Mooney Mooney, NSW 2083
02 4325 8222

Description

Mooney Mooney is a suburb of the Central Coast region of New South Wales, Australia, at the end of a peninsula extending southwards into the Hawkesbury River estuary situated 48 kilometres (30 mi) north of Sydney.

Mooney Mooney is a suburb of the Central Coast region of New South Wales, Australia, at the end of a peninsula extending southwards into the Hawkesbury River estuary situated 48 kilometres (30 mi) north of Sydney. It is where the Pacific Motorway and Pacific Highway cross from the Central Coast into Sydney's metropolitan area at Brooklyn in the Hornsby Shire.

History

Mooney Mooney is significant 'for its association with the early settlement of coastal NSW', according to a plaque at Deerubbun Reserve. In 1844, an early-colonial settler, George Peat, commenced a ferry service across the Hawkesbury River, from Mooney Mooney Point to Kangaroo Point on the southern bank. By 1930 this service was replaced by two diesel-powered vehicular ferries which became obsolete on completion of the Peats Ferry Road Bridge in 1945. Remnant timber piles of the former ferry docks, preserved in situ for posterity, can be seen on the foreshore of Mooney Mooney Point.

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Type: Suburbs

Population: 101-1000

Time zone: UTC +11:00

Area: 1.9 km2

Elevation: 11-50 metres

Town elevation: 13 m

Population number: 310

Local Government Area: Central Coast Council

Location

Central Coast Council NSW, PO Box 21, Mooney Mooney, NSW 2083

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This article contains content imported from the English Wikipedia article on Mooney Mooney, New South Wales

Mooney Mooney - Localista

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