Oxley Highway | |
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General information | |
Type | Highway |
Length | 653 km (406 mi)[1] |
Gazetted | August 1928 (as Main Road 11)[2] |
Route number(s) | ![]() (Coonabarabran–Port Macquarie) |
Former route number | ![]() Entire route |
Major junctions | |
West end | ![]() Nevertire, New South Wales |
East end | Gordon Street Port Macquarie, New South Wales |
Location(s) | |
Major settlements | Warren, Gilgandra, Coonabarabran, Gunnedah, Tamworth, Bendemeer, Walcha, Wauchope |
Highway system | |
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Oxley Highway is a rural highway in New South Wales, Australia,[3] linking Nevertire, Gilgandra, Coonabarabran, Tamworth, and Walcha to Port Macquarie, on the coast of the Tasman Sea. It was named to commemorate John Oxley, the first European to explore much of inland New South Wales in 1818.