Corlette, New South Wales

Corlette
Corlette
Suburb
	Corlette
	Interactive map of Corlette
	Coordinates: 32°43′29″S 152°06′53″E
Country	Australia
State	New South Wales
Region	Hunter
LGA	Port Stephens Council;
Location	205 km (127 mi) NNE of Sydney; 58 km (36 mi) NE of Newcastle; 44 km (27 mi) ENE of Raymond Terrace;
Government
• State electorate	Port Stephens;
• Federal division	Paterson;
Area
• Total	3.1 km2 (1.2 sq mi)
Population
• Total	5,699 (2021 census)
• Density	1,838.39/km2 (4,761.4/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+10 (AEST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+11 (AEDT)
Postcode	2315
County	Gloucester
Parish	Tomaree
Mean max temp	27.3 °C (81.1 °F)
Mean min temp	8.4 °C (47.1 °F)
Annual rainfall	1,348.9 mm (53.11 in)
	Suburbs around Corlette

Corlette is a suburb of the Port Stephens local government area in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia.^[1] It is located just west of Nelson Bay on the shores of Port Stephens.^[3]^[5] It was named after Captain James Corlette who skippered the 63 tonnes (62 long tons) cutter Lambton which was the first privately owned local vessel.^[3] Corlette first used it to ship timber and wool out of Port Stephens in 1816.^[6] While property values throughout the suburb average around A$1,100,000 in the most affluent areas on the shores of Salamander Bay individual sale prices of $3.7 million have been realised.^[7] It has many local tourism attractions including Bagnalls Beach Reserve, Port Stephens Shell Museum, Blue Water Sailing and Nude Kayaks.^[8]