found: Work cat.: Williams, J. Primary industries in the North Coast region of NSW, 2006:p. 5 (The New South Wales North Coast is a planning region comprising twelve Local Government Areas and extends some 500 kilometres from the Hastings Valley in the south to the Queensland border; region comprises a narrow coastal plain plus parts of the adjacent New England Tableland and the intervening Great Escarpment; includes all of the Tweed, Brunswick, Richmond, Bellinger, and Nambucca catchments, most of the Hastings catchment and large parts of Clarence and Macleay catchments; also comprises the eastern half of the Northern Rivers Catchment Management Area; ocean waters adjacent to the North Coast are also considered to be part of the region)
found: Wikipedia, Oct. 6, 2008(North Coast (New South Wales). The North Coast refers to the region adjoining the Pacific Ocean in the north-eastern part of the State of New South Wales, Australia. The North Coast region is traversed by the Pacific Highway and the North Coast Line which links Sydney to Brisbane in Queensland. Major towns on the North Coast include Coffs Harbour, Byron Bay, Lismore, Ballina, Grafton, Casino, Evans Head and Murwillumbah. The region takes in the local council areas of Richmond Valley, Lismore City, Ballina Shire, Byron Shire, Coffs Harbour City Council and Tweed Shire)
found: Visitnsw.com Web site, viewed Oct. 6, 2008:North Coast (North Coast; from the Central Coast north of Sydney to the Queensland border; North Coast NSW)
found: North Coast New South Wales Australia Web site, viewed Oct. 6, 2008(North Coast NSW is flanked by the South Pacific Ocean and the Great Dividing Range)
found: OCLC, Oct. 6, 2008(in titles: North Coast; North Coast, New South Wales; North Coast New South Wales; North Coast of New South Wales; North Coast NSW; NSW North Coast; north coast of NSW; NSW north coast; New South Wales north coast; North Coast region; North Coast Region; north coast region of New South Wales)
found: GEOnet, Oct. 6, 2008(North Coast Statistical Division, short name North Coast, administrative division, Australia, N.S.W., 30°25ʹ00ʺS 152°55ʹ00ʺE)
notfound: Geoscience Australia place name search, via WWW, Oct. 6, 2008