Salamander Bay is a suburb of the Port Stephens Local Government Area in the Hunter Region of New South Wales

New South Wales

New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...

, Australia

Australia

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. Named after the adjacent shallow bay, itself named after the Salamander

Salamander (1776)

Salamander was a convict ship dispatched in 1791 from England to Australia. She was built on the Thames River and launched in 1776. Under the command of Master John Nichol, she departed Portsmouth on 27 March 1791, with 160 male convicts as part of the third fleet and arrived on 21 August 1791 in...

, a convict ship from the Third Fleet

Third Fleet (Australia)

The Third Fleet consisted of 11 ships which set sail from United Kingdom in February, March and April 1791 bound for the Sydney penal settlement, with over 2000 convicts. The passengers consisted of convicts, military personnel and notable people sent to fill high positions in the colony...

, which was the first European vessel to enter Port Stephens (1791), it is a mainly residential suburb with a large shopping centre. It is home to Tomaree High School

Tomaree High School

Tomaree High School is a secondary, state run high school located in Salamander Bay, a suburb of the Port Stephens Council Local Government Area in New South Wales, Australia.Tomaree High School is a PBL school....

, a TAFE

Technical and Further Education

In Australia, training and further education or TAFE institutions provide a wide range of predominantly vocational tertiary education courses, mostly qualifying courses under the National Training System/Australian Qualifications Framework/Australian Quality Training Framework...

facility and St Phillips Christian College (Port Stephens Campus).