What is "kooragang"

Kooragang is the northernmost and largest suburb of the city of Newcastle, in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia. Dominated by Kooragang Island, the eastern part of the suburb is primarily industrial, while the western part of the suburb consists of nature reserves. Covering an area of , it has a tiny permanent population. At the 2011 census, the population of Kooragang and industrial areas in neighbouring and was only 18.