The river was first charted by European explorers in 1818, after its discovery by John Oxley who named the river for the then Governor-General of India, Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings.
White arrived in Port Macquarie in August 1836 and is believed to have established the first vineyard in the Hastings River region of Australia in 1837.
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The Dennis Bridge is a steel truss bridge which carries the Pacific Highway across the Hastings River near Port Macquarie, Australia.