Forster (Australia)

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State :  Australia State : New South Wales
Coordinates : 32 ° 11 ′  S , 152 ° 31 ′  E Coordinates: 32 ° 11 ′  S , 152 ° 31 ′  E Height : 6  m
Residents : 19,918 (20116)
Time zone : AEST (UTC + 10) Postal code : 2428 LGA : Great Lakes Council
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J F. M. A. M. J J A. S. O N D.     119   26th 20th     113   26th 20th     201   25th 18th     136   24 15th     111   21st 12     132   19th 10     59   18th 9     63   19th 9     62   22nd 12     89   23 14th     81   23 16     80   26th 18th Temperature in ° C ,  precipitation in mm Source: Bureau of Meteorology, Australia, data: 1961–1990

Forster is a coastal city in the Australian state of New South Wales . It forms with the opposite bank of the Wallis Lake lying Tuncurry a double city . The population of Forster-Tuncurry is 19,918 (as of 2016).

The Great Lakes region around the two cities, about 300 km northeast of Sydney , is a holiday resort for the inhabitants of the metropolis.

The city was named after an early New South Wales Prime Minister William Forster; Tuncurry means "a lot of fish" in the language of the local Aborigines .

Forster-Tuncurry is part of the administrative area of Great Lakes Council .

Web links

• Page about Forster at Great Lakes Tourism

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Australian Bureau of Statistics : Forster-Tuncurry ( English ) In: 2016 Census QuickStats . June 27, 2017. Retrieved January 26, 2020.
2. ^ Bureau of Meteorology, Australia: Klimainformationen Forster. World Meteorological Organization, accessed April 6, 2012 . 
3. ^ UBD (1994) New South Wales: Cities and Towns