Osterley, New South Wales

Suburb of Port Stephens Council, New South Wales, Australia

32°43′24″S 151°42′04″E / 32.72333°S 151.70111°E / -32.72333; 151.70111Population132 (SAL 2021)^[2]Elevation5 m (16 ft)^{[Note 1]}Area3.8 km² (1.5 sq mi)^{[Note 2]}Time zoneAEST (UTC+10) • Summer (DST)AEDT (UTC+11)Location

173 km (107 mi) N of Sydney
34 km (21 mi) NNW of Newcastle
8.4 km (5 mi) NW of Raymond Terrace

LGA(s)Port Stephens Council^[1]RegionHunter^[1]County Durham^[3]ParishSeaham^[3]State electorate(s)Port Stephens^[4]Federal division(s)Paterson^[5]

Suburbs around Osterley:
Brandy Hill	Brandy Hill, Nelsons Plains	Nelsons Plains
Hinton	Osterley	Nelsons Plains
Duckenfield	Millers Forest	Millers Forest

Osterley is a small rural suburb of the Port Stephens local government area in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia.^[1]^[3] Most of the small population lives in the elevated part of the suburb along Hinton Road, east of Barties Creek which is a tributary of the Hunter River. The area to the west of Barties creek is low-lying and subject to periodic flooding.^[6] .In 2016 117 people live there with a median age of 46.^[7]

Osterley Creamery

Osterley was the first creamery in the lower Hunter in April 1892. It was officially known as Hunter River Pioneer Co-operative Creamery but many referred to it as Osterley Creamery. It closed down in November 1903.^[8]

Notes

^ Even though it is a small suburb, elevations in Osterley vary considerably from 0–18.9 m (0–62 ft). The average elevation along Hinton Road in the residential section of the suburb is approximately 5 m (16 ft). Elevations are as shown on 1:100000 map 9232 NEWCASTLE.
^ Area calculation is based on 1:100000 map 9232 NEWCASTLE.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Suburb Search - Local Council Boundaries - Hunter (HT) - Port Stephens". New South Wales Division of Local Government. Retrieved 23 June 2008.
^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Osterley (NSW) (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Osterley". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 June 2008.
^ "Port Stephens". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
^ "Paterson". Australian Electoral Commission. 19 October 2007. Archived from the original on 29 October 2009. Retrieved 23 June 2008.
^ "Osterley". Land and Property Management Authority - Spatial Information eXchange. New South Wales Land and Property Information. Retrieved 23 June 2008.
^ "2016 Census QuickStats: Osterley (NSW)". quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
^ "Osterley Creamery". patersonriver.com.au. Retrieved 10 March 2021.