Nabiac, New South Wales

Nabiac New South Wales
Nabiac shops
Nabiac
Coordinates	32°06′S 152°23′E / 32.100°S 152.383°E / -32.100; 152.383Coordinates: 32°06′S 152°23′E / 32.100°S 152.383°E / -32.100; 152.383
Population	1,508 (2011 census)^[1]
Postcode(s)	2312
Location	281 km (175 mi) NNE of Sydney 29 km (18 mi) SSW of Taree
LGA(s)	Great Lakes Council City of Greater Taree
State electorate(s)	Myall Lakes
Federal Division(s)	Paterson Lyne

Nabiac is a small town on the Mid North Coast, New South Wales, Australia mainly in Great Lakes Council. A small part of the locality is in the City of Greater Taree: the border is defined by the Pacific Highway. It is north-west of Forster, and south of Taree. At the 2011 census, the population of Nabiac and the surrounding area was 1,508.^[1]

Nabiac is the central town of the Wallamba Valley. As is typical of small North Coast towns, it developed in the second half of the 19th century as a small river port (later called Bullocks Wharf on the eastern edge of the town) for the hardwood-cutting (mainly Australian red cedar) trade. Later as the valley was cleared, small-scale dairying and corn-growing became dominant. At first milk was mainly bought by the dairy at Dyers Crossing (about 6 km west of Nabiac). Later fresh milk was also supplied to the Sydney market via the Sydney Milk Board. Prior to the mid-1950s, Nabiac was relatively isolated, but the relocation of the Pacific Highway at that time changed its nature, and it has steadily become more of a highway service town and tourist stopping point.

Nabiac school

The poet Les Murray was born in Nabiac, although his family lived in nearby Bunyah. He travelled to school in Nabiac for his primary and early high school education.

References

1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Nabiac (State Suburb)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 12 April 2015.

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Towns, suburbs and localities of Great Lakes Council, in the Hunter & Mid North Coast Regions, New South Wales

Towns, suburbs and localities	Alderley Alderley Creek Allworth Bennetts Head Blueys Beach Bombah Point Boolambayte Boomerang Beach Booral Booti Booti Bulahdelah Bulby Brush Bundabah Bungwahl Bunyah Bunyah Upper Burgess Beach Burraduc Cape Hawke Carrington Charlottes Bay Clareval Coolongolook Coomba Coomba Bay Coomba Park Craven Crawford River Cureeki Creek Darawank Dewrang Dirty Creek Dungog Elizabeth Beach Failford Fernhill Forster Forster Keys Forster Waters Friendship Key Gereeba Island Girvan Green Point Hawks Nest Johnsons Creek Karuah Legges Camp Lime Kiln Limeburners Creek Markwell Mayers Flat Milbrook Mill Creek Upper Minimbah Monkerai Mungo Brush Myall Lakes Myall Upper Nabiac Nerong New Forster Newells Creek Nooroo North Arm Cove North Pindimar Nugra Nugramudgee Pacific Palms Pindimar Pioneer Park Pipers Bay Rosenthal Sandbar Seal Rocks Smiths Lake South Pindimar Stroud Stroud Road Sugarloaf Point Tahlee Tamboy Tarbuck Bay Tea Gardens Telegherry Terreel The Branch Tiona Topi Topi Tuncurry Upper Karuah River Upper Monkerai Violet Hill Wallamba Island Wallingat Wallingat River Wallis Island Wallis Lake Wards River Warranulla Washpool Wattley Hill Weismantels Whoota Willina Winda Woppa Wootton Yagon Yagon Beach

Rivers and other waterways	Coolongolook River Crawford River Karuah River Manning River Mammy Johnsons River Myall Lakes Myall River Smiths Lake Telegherry River The Branch River Wallamba River Wallingat River Wallis Lake Wards River

National parks	Booti Booti Ghin-Doo-Ee Myall Lakes Wallingat

Other places and points of interest	Broughton Island Cape Hawke Mitchells Island Oxley Island Port Stephens Singing Bridge Tahlee historic property Tops to Myall Heritage Trail

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