Wrights Beach, New South Wales
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Wrights Beach is a town
Town
A town is a human settlement larger than a village but smaller than a city. The size a settlement must be in order to be called a "town" varies considerably in different parts of the world, so that, for example, many American "small towns" seem to British people to be no more than villages, while...

 in the Shoalhaven
Shoalhaven
The City of Shoalhaven is a Local Government Area in south-eastern New South Wales , Australia, two hours south of Sydney. It is more or less conterminous with an area referred to as The Shoalhaven. It is on the Pacific Ocean and the Princes Highway and is the terminus of the South Coast line...

 local government area, in 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
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

. It is on the shores of St Georges Basin, near the Jervis Bay Territory
Jervis Bay Territory
The Jervis Bay Territory is a territory of the Commonwealth of Australia. It was surrendered by the state of New South Wales to the Commonwealth Government in 1915 so that the Federal capital at Canberra would have "access to the sea"....

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Geography

Wrights Beach is located on the eastern shore of St Georges Basin, a sort of estuary. It is located southwest of Hyams Beach
Hyams Beach, New South Wales
Hyams Beach is a small seaside village in the Shoalhaven, New South Wales, Australia, on the shores of Jervis Bay. The village, roughly 3 hours drive south of Sydney, is bordered by 3 beaches, Chinaman's Beach to the north, Hyams Beach and Seaman's Beach to the south...

. To the north is Erowal Bay
Erowal Bay, New South Wales
Erowal Bay is a small village in the Shoalhaven local government area on the New South Wales south coast, on the northern side of St Georges Basin. It lies west of Hyams Beach and east of Old Erowal Bay. At the 2006 census, Erowal Bay had a population of 631 people.-References:...

, to the east is Hyams Beach, to the south is located Bream Beach
Bream Beach, New South Wales
Bream Beach is suburb in the Shoalhaven local government area, consisting of holiday resort located near the Jervis Bay Territory in Australia.-Demographics:...

, to the southwest is located Cabbage Tree Point and to the southeast is located Jervis Bay Village
Jervis Bay Village, Jervis Bay Territory
Jervis Bay Village is a town in the Jervis Bay Territory. HMAS Creswell navy base is located in the town. Apart from the navy base there is an Aboriginal Community in the town...

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