Skip to content
Surf Wiki
Save to docs
general/suburbs-of-mid-coast-council

From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base

Nabiac, New South Wales

Nabiac, New South Wales

FieldValue
typetown
nameNabiac
native_name
statensw
imageNabiac.JPG
captionNabiac shops
coordinates
pushpin_label_positionleft
pop1294
pop_year
pop_footnotes
postcode2312
elevation9
dist1281
dir1NNE
location1Sydney
dist229
dir2SSW
location2Taree
dist323
dir3NW
location3Forster
dist445
dir4NE
location4Bulahdelah
dist5142
dir5NNE
location5Newcastle
lgaMid-Coast Council
stategovMyall Lakes
fedgovLyne
near-nwHillville
near-nPossum Brush
near-neFailford
near-eDarawank
near-seTuncurry
near-sMinimbah
near-swWang Wauk
near-wDyers Crossing

| timezone-dst = | utc-dst = | near-nw = Hillville | near-n = Possum Brush | near-ne = Failford | near-e = Darawank | near-se = Tuncurry | near-s = Minimbah | near-sw = Wang Wauk | near-w = Dyers Crossing

Nabiac ( ) is a small town on the Mid North Coast, New South Wales, Australia in Mid-Coast Council. It is north-west of Forster, and south of Taree. At the , the population of Nabiac was 1,294.

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 but its importance has since declined. 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.

The first post office in the area was established in May 1870 on the south side of the Wallamba and was initially called "Cape Hawke Post Office" after Cape Hawke, which is 30 km away. It was renamed "Clarkson's Crossing" in February 1880 and Nabiac on 1 June 1894. The Pacific Highway was rerouted through Nabiac in 1963. This included the opening of a bridge over the Wallamba to replace Clarkson's Crossing on 15 November 1958. Since then Nabiac has steadily become more of a highway service town and tourist stopping point.

Nabiac Public 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

References

  1. "FirstVoices".
  2. "2021 Nabiac, Census All persons QuickStats {{!}} Australian Bureau of Statistics".
  3. (2020). "A Historical Perspective". nabiac.com.
  4. New Route of the Pacific Highway ''[[Main Roads (periodical). Main Roads]]'' March 1964 page 83
  5. (9 May 2019). "Obituary: Les Murray died on April 29th". [[The Economist]].
Info: Wikipedia Source

This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page.

Want to explore this topic further?

Ask Mako anything about Nabiac, New South Wales — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.

Research with Mako

Free with your Surf account

Content sourced from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

This content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.

Report