Lower Portland, New South Wales

Lower Portland is a suburb on the Hawkesbury River, New South Wales, Australia. Lower Portland is located at the junction of the Colo and Hawkesbury rivers. Lower Portland was named in 1805 after William Cavendish-Bentinck Duke of Portland, who was Prime Minister of Great Britain in 1783, and between 1807- 1809. Lower Portland was the area settled downstream from Portland Head.