- Hastings River
Infobox River | river_name = Hastings River
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origin =Great Dividing Range
mouth =Tasman Sea
basin_countries =Australia
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watershed =The Hastings River is a large river on the mid-North Coast of the
Australia n state ofNew South Wales that empties into theTasman Sea , a branch of the SouthPacific Ocean . This river rises on the eastern slopes of theGreat Dividing Range .The river was first charted by European explorers in
1818 , after its discovery byJohn Oxley who named the river for the thenGovernor-General of India ,Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings .A number of important settlements exist on the river:
*Port Macquarie - situated at the mouth of the Hastings River
*WauchopeThe Hastings River gives its name to a surrounding wine district and to an endangered species of
marsupial , theHastings River Mouse (Pseudomys oralis).
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