Mooney Mooney, New South Wales
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Mooney Mooney Central Coast, New South Wales |
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| Population | 313 (2002 estimate) | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 2083 | ||||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | Central Coast Council | ||||||||||||||
| Parish | Cowan | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Gosford | ||||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Robertson | ||||||||||||||
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Mooney Mooney is a suburb of the Central Coast region of New South Wales, Australia, located at the end of a peninsula extending southwards into the Hawkesbury River estuary. 48 kilometres (30 mi) north of Sydney. Mooney Mooney is the location at which the Sydney-Newcastle Freeway and Pacific Highway cross from the Central Coast into Sydney's metropolitan area at Brooklyn in the Hornsby Shire.
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.
Mooney Mooney is part of the Central Coast Council local government area. The locality includes Peat Island and Spectacle Island, and formerly included Cheero Point to the north, but this locality was separately gazetted on 21 March 2003.
Mooney Mooney's topography is characterised by a rocky foreshore onto the Hawkesbury River and a hilly landscape with slopes ranging from moderate to very steep. Land use is dominated by the north-south transport corridors, comprising the F3 Sydney-Newcastle Freeway and the Pacific Highway, and two adjoining residential areas east of the highway. Oyster farms and related depuration depots are located in the suburb's south. The locality is serviced by sealed roads, electricity, telephone and reticulated water supply.
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