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-33.0887512610011
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151.664376202125
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29P Reids MistakeSwansea - named after Captain William Reid who mistook the entrance - entering Lake Macquarie instead of Port Hunter. Ref: Stretch Ledger A9082 Note:named after the discoverer, Captain William Reid, Master of a small coasting vessel "Martha", who in 1834 mistook the island outside for Nobbys and instead of entering Port Hunter as was his intention, took his vessel into this opening or entrance to Lake Macquarie.

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