Type: | suburb |
Osterley | |
State: | nsw |
Coordinates: | -32.7233°N 151.7011°W |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Elevation: | 5 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Area: | 3.8 |
Area Footnotes: | [2] |
Timezone: | AEST |
Utc: | +10 |
Timezone-Dst: | AEDT |
Utc-Dst: | +11 |
Dist1: | 173 |
Dir1: | N |
Location1: | Sydney |
Dist2: | 34 |
Dir2: | NNW |
Location2: | Newcastle |
Dist3: | 8.4 |
Dir3: | NW |
Location3: | Raymond Terrace |
Lga: | Port Stephens Council[3] |
Region: | Hunter |
County: | Durham |
Parish: | Seaham |
Stategov: | Port Stephens[4] |
Fedgov: | Paterson[5] |
Near-N: | Brandy Hill, Nelsons Plains |
Near-Ne: | Nelsons Plains |
Near-E: | Nelsons Plains |
Near-Se: | Millers Forest |
Near-S: | Millers Forest |
Near-Sw: | Duckenfield |
Near-W: | Hinton |
Near-Nw: | Brandy Hill |
Local Map: | yes |
Zoom: | 12 |
Osterley is a small rural suburb of the Port Stephens local government area in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia.[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. .In 2016 117 people live there with a median age of 46.[6]
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.[7]