town, eastern New South Wales, Australia, on Cape Hawke south of the entrance to Lake Wallis, a 30-square-mile (80-square-km) coastal lagoon. Founded in 1862 and named after William Forster, secretary for lands (1868–70), it was proclaimed a town in 1961. It is linked by a 1.25-mile (2-km) bridge (completed in 1959) north across the lake entrance to Tuncurry, a centre for logging operations carried on in the adjacent highlands. Both towns draw heavily upon the resources of the lake, the waters of which yield fish, prawns, and oysters for Sydney (140 miles 【225 km】 southwest) as well as game fish for tourists. Pop. (2006) 12,696.