Vincentia, New South Wales
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Vincentia is a town in
Nowra, and approximately 200 kilometres (120 mi) south of Sydney. At the 2016 census, the population of Vincentia was 6’686.[2]
It is also a tourist spot with a beach area featuring white sand and a number of motels.
The village itself has grown over the past decade, with a new district center and housing development being built from 2014-2017, Vincentia HomeCo.
For anyone wanting to know about investing within the area, it has slumped to nearly 4% in property value in 2024.
History
The
Wandandian people[3][4] and spoke Dharamba,[5] which was probably the northernmost dialect of the Dhurga language.[6][7]
Vincentia was originally known as "
The Wool Road from Nerriga. South Huskisson lay on land originally owned by Edward Deas Thompson[9] and was a "private town". In 1842, a wharf was built near the current location of the Holden Street boat ramp.[10][11]
The road and port were not successes and, by 1867, the town of South Huskisson was deserted[12]—any buildings were just ruins by 1885—and there was virtually nothing remaining of the old town by the 1930s.[13][14] Many street names from The Old Township are still in use and much of the original street plan remains.[8]
In 1952, developer
battle of Cape St Vincent
. Jervis Bay was also named after him.
In the 1950sholiday homes, also known as "weekenders".
References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Vincentia (urban centre and locality)". Australian Census 2021.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Vincentia (State Suburb)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
- ISBN 086418 112 4.
- ^ Tindale, N.B. (1974). Aboriginal Tribes of Australia. Berkeley: University of California Press.
- ^ "S56: Dharamba". collection.aiatsis.gov.au. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
- OCLC 2948202.
- ^ "S53: Dhurga". collection.aiatsis.gov.au. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
- ^ a b "Sketch of the township of South Huskisson [cartographic material]". nla.gov.au. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
- ^ "Classified Advertising". Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1803–1842). 5 July 1834. p. 4. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
- ^ Commemorative plaque for South Huskisson wharf (located adjacent to the Holden St boat-ramp in Vincentia).
- ^ "MECHANICS' SCHOOL OF ARTS". Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842–1954). 16 September 1842. p. 2. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
- ^ "The Terminus". Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842–1954). 13 October 1908. p. 7. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
- ^ "HUSKISSON. Past and Present". Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842–1954). 11 March 1933. p. 9. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
- ^ "Jervis Bay". Australian Town and Country Journal (Sydney, NSW : 1870–1907). 31 October 1885. p. 26. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
- ^ "Shoalhaven Family Local and Cultural History Fair NSW". Retrieved 16 August 2014.
- ^ "Advertising". The Sun (Sydney, NSW : 1910–1954). 6 January 1954. p. 13. Retrieved 27 February 2019 – via Trove.
- ^ "Vincentia Jervis Bay: formerly known as the Deas-Thomson Estate or South Huskisson / for private sale by Reality Realizations Ltd., agents for vendor 153 Elizabeth St. Sydney". Realty Realizations Ltd. 1963. Archived from the original on 1 March 2019. Retrieved 30 April 2024 – via Trove.
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