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[[File:New_Brighton_Beach,_New_South_Wales.jpg|thumb|New Brighton Beach, New South Wales]] |
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Originally inhabited by the Aboriginal [[Bundjalung people]], the town of what is today New Brighton was originally called North Beach. |
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On 6 May 1849, during its encounter with a fierce cyclone, the schooner ''Swift'', led by Captain Robb, en route from [[Brisbane]] to [[Sydney]], was capsized and drifted to a beach north of present-day New Brighton. |
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In the 1960s, New Brighton appeared on a postcard as advertisement for a [[tourist destination]]. Today a small coastal town, it offers direct beach access for [[surfing]] as a recreation, popular among locals as well as international celebrities. |
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New Brighton, New South Wales, is a small town located north-west of Ocean Shores. It includes a soccer field home to the Shores United Soccer Club and is very close to the Ocean Shores Public School located in North Ocean Shores. At the 2016 census, New Brighton had a population of 356 people.[1]
Originally inhabited by the Aboriginal Bundjalung people, the town of what is today New Brighton was originally called North Beach.
On 6 May 1849, during its encounter with a fierce cyclone, the schooner Swift, led by Captain Robb, en route from BrisbanetoSydney, was capsized and drifted to a beach north of present-day New Brighton.
In the 1960s, New Brighton appeared on a postcard as advertisement for a tourist destination. Today a small coastal town, it offers direct beach access for surfing as a recreation, popular among locals as well as international celebrities.
28°31′S 153°33′E / 28.517°S 153.550°E / -28.517; 153.550
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