Pottsville, New South Wales

Pottsville New South Wales
Pottsville
Coordinates	28°23′S 153°34′E / 28.383°S 153.567°E / -28.383; 153.567Coordinates: 28°23′S 153°34′E / 28.383°S 153.567°E / -28.383; 153.567
Population	5,735 (2011 census)^[1]
Postcode(s)	2489
LGA(s)	Tweed Shire
Region	Northern Rivers

Pottsville is a town in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, Australia in Tweed Shire. At the 2011 census, Pottsville had a population of 5,735.^[1] Bill Potts owned the first house in Pottsville around 1930 and the location was initially named Potts Point. Soon though, the town was renamed Pottsville to alleviate any confusion with the place of the same name in Sydney.

Pottsville includes housing developments such as Pottsville Waters, Koala Beach, Seabreeze and Black Rocks Estate.

References

1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Pottsville (Urban Centre/Locality)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 5 October 2016.

Suburbs and localities of Tweed Shire, New South Wales

Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, Australia

Federal divisions	Cowper Page Richmond

State electorates	Ballina Clarence Lismore Tweed

Local government areas	Ballina Byron Clarence Valley Lismore Richmond Valley Tweed

Major cities	Ballina Byron Bay Casino Grafton Lismore Tweed Heads

Minor towns	Alstonville Bangalow Billinudgel Bogangar Brunswick Heads Evans Head Iluka Kyogle Lennox Head Maclean Mullumbimby Murwillumbah Nimbin Nymboida Ocean Shores Pottsville Suffolk Park Wollongbar Yamba

Rivers	Back Barcoongere Beaury Bielsdown Boundary (Glen Fernaigh) Boundary (Nymboida) Brunswick Clarence Coldstream Coopers Corindi Esk Evans Glen Fernaigh Leycester Little Nymboida Mann Nymboida Orara Oxley Richmond Rous Sandon Sandy Shannon Brook Tweed Wilsons Wooli Wooli

Ranges and mountains	Lamington Plateau McPherson Tweed Tweed Volcano

National parks	Bellinger River Border Ranges Chaelundi Nightcap Nymboida Nymboi-Binderay Richmond Range Tooloom Yabbra

Nature reserves	Andrew Johnston Big Scrub Booyong Broken Head Brunswick Heads Davis Scrub Limpinwood Numinbah Victoria Park

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