Explore Kooragang, New South Wales, Australia, with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Kooragang, NSW map and move it around to re-centre it. You can change between standard map view and satellite map view by clicking the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. You can use the zoom buttons on the lower right side of the map to zoom in or out to street-level detail.
This page also offers TOPO MAPS — Geoscience Australia topographic mapping and the classic NATMAP 1:250 000 sheets — plus a labelled MGA grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below. You will find live weather, local and world news further down the page.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Kooragang, New South Wales, Australia. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture to zoom in and out.
Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen for a larger view. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key on your keyboard, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).
Drag the map to pan to any area of New South Wales or beyond. Switch to Satellite view to see high-resolution aerial photography of Kooragang and surrounding areas, including streets, buildings, parks and waterways.
TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the Geoscience Australia National Base Map — seamless topographic mapping covering the mainland, Tasmania and the external territories. NATMAP 250K shows the classic NATMAP 1:250 000 map sheets, mosaicked nationwide — the printed sheets generations of Australians navigated the outback with. The search box finds any Australian town, suburb or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Kooragang.
Reading the map like a paper sheet. Click Grid to overlay the Map Grid of Australia (MGA), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.
Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as an MGA grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — the grid reference being what emergency services and search and rescue work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need mobile coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load, which across much of inland Australia is most of the time.
Map search is available for a limited number of queries per session to manage costs. Be specific — search precisely for best results.
| Locality | Kooragang |
| State | New South Wales (NSW) |
| Local Government Area | Newcastle City Council |
| Country | Australia |
| Timezone | Australian Eastern Time (AEST/AEDT) |
| Remoteness | Major Cities of Australia |
| Latitude | -32.86404 |
| Longitude | 151.74867 |
| Area | 35.5 km² |
| Elevation | 20 m |
| Postcode | 2304 |
| Area Code | 02 |
| Distance to Sydney | 122 km north-northeast |
Kooragang is a locality in the Newcastle City Council local government area of New South Wales, Australia. The locality covers an area of 35.5 km². It sits at an elevation of around 20 m above sea level. It lies approximately 122 km north-northeast of Sydney. Kooragang is located at 32.8640°S, 151.7487°E. It observes Australian Eastern Time (AEST/AEDT). Postcode: 2304.
Kooragang is a place of shifting sands and patient reclamation. It lies 7.4 km north-west of Newcastle, NSW (from Newcastle, NSW: bearing 325°T), and is situated 12.2 km south of Raymond Terrace. The island landscape, a tapestry of tidal flats, saltmarsh, and pockets of tenacious woodland, breathes with the estuary's ebb and flow. Here, the Hunter River, thick with the sediment of upstream journeys, exhales its final breath into the vast sweep of Newcastle Harbour. The air, perpetually tinged with the briny tang of the sea and the faint, metallic scent of industry, carries the mournful cry of distant gulls. Low-lying and broad, Kooragang feels less like solid ground and more like a breathing entity, a porous borderland between the restless ocean and the established continent. The light at dusk often paints the water in bruised purples and molten golds, a fleeting spectacle before the industrial glow of the neighbouring mainland asserts its dominance.
Historically, Kooragang was a land shaped by the river's bounty and the harbour's strategic importance. Its early days were marked by agricultural endeavours, particularly dairying, where the rich alluvial soil fostered lush pastures. However, the island’s destiny became inextricably linked with the industrial might of Newcastle, with its flat expanses proving ideal for expansion. Large tracts were transformed to accommodate the burgeoning coal-loading facilities and related industries, a process that redefined its character from rural idyll to a functional, working landscape. Today, while remnants of its past agricultural life persist in quieter corners, Kooragang is primarily defined by its role as a vital hub for trade and industry, a testament to the enduring human drive to harness the power of this significant waterway.
Sources: curated tourist landmarks, CAPAD 2024 (Australian protected areas), OpenStreetMap.
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This page provides a street and satellite map of Kooragang, New South Wales. Live weather conditions with current observations and a 7-day forecast are powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while an editorially written description provides background on Kooragang, in the Newcastle City Council local government area.
Detailed location data for Kooragang includes the postcode (2304), telephone area code (02), and local government area (Newcastle City Council), with an ABS remoteness classification of Major Cities of Australia. These are among the most commonly searched location details for any Australian city, town or locality.
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any Australian town, suburb or landmark by name; offers Geoscience Australia topographic mapping and the classic NATMAP 1:250 000 sheets as base layers; overlays a labelled Map Grid of Australia (MGA) so the map can be read like a printed topographic sheet; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as an MGA grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require mobile coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data is drawn from Geoscape Administrative Boundaries (GDA2020) and enriched with GeoNames and Australian Bureau of Statistics data, matched by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Kooragang is identified even where the name is shared across multiple localities.
| Page generated | October 2026 |
| Location data | Geoscape Administrative Boundaries (GDA2020); enriched with GeoNames and ABS 2021 Census data, matched by coordinate proximity |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; © Geoscience Australia National Base Map and NATMAP 1:250 000 (CC BY 4.0); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Description | Editorial description generated with AI assistance from verified Geoscape, ABS and GeoNames location data. |