Harrington, New South Wales
Town in New South Wales, Australia
31°52′S 152°41′E / 31.867°S 152.683°E / -31.867; 152.683- 335 km (208 mi) NE of Sydney
- 73 km (45 mi) SW of Port Macquarie
- 30 km (19 mi) NE of Taree
Mean max temp | Mean min temp | Annual rainfall |
22.2 °C 72 °F | 13.0 °C 55 °F | 1,338.4 mm 52.7 in |
Harrington is a fishing village located on the northern entrance of the Manning River in New South Wales, Australia. It was established in 1853 and proclaimed a village on 26 September 1896. It is 15 km north-east of Taree[3] on the Mid North Coast, and 335 kilometres (208 mi) north east of the state capital, Sydney. At the 2021 census, Harrington had a population of 3,381.[1] It was named after the Earl of Harrington by the explorer, John Oxley.[3]
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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1966 | 543 | — |
1971 | 608 | +12.0% |
1976 | 896 | +47.4% |
1981 | 1,183 | +32.0% |
1986 | 1,234 | +4.3% |
1991 | 1,414 | +14.6% |
1996 | 1,397 | −1.2% |
2001 | 1,412 | +1.1% |
2006 | 1,753 | +24.2% |
2011 | 2,257 | +28.8% |
2016 | 2,896 | +28.3% |
2021 | 3,240 | +11.9% |
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics data.[4][5] |
Schools
- Harrington Public School[6]
Emergency Services
- Marine Rescue Crowdy Harrington
- SES
- RFS
References
- ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Harrington". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
- ^ Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved on 2007-11-12.
- ^ a b "Harrington, New South Wales". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
- ^ "Statistics by Catalogue Number". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
- ^ "Search Census data". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
- ^ "Home". harrington-p.schools.nsw.edu.au.
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Towns, suburbs and localities of Mid-Coast Council, in the Hunter & Mid North Coast Regions, New South Wales
and localities
- Alderley
- Alderley Creek
- Allworth
- Back Creek
- Bakers Creek
- Barrington
- Baxters Ridge
- Belbora
- Bennetts Head
- Bennys Tops
- Berrico
- Bindera
- Black Head
- Blueys Beach
- Bobin
- Bohnock
- Bombah Point
- Boolambayte
- Boomerang Beach
- Booral
- Bootawa
- Booti Booti
- Bowman
- Bowman Farm
- Bretti
- Brimbin
- Bucca Wauka
- Bulahdelah
- Bulby Brush
- Bulga Forest
- Bulliac
- Bundabah
- Bundook
- Bungwahl
- Bunyah
- Bunyah Upper
- Burgess Beach
- Burraduc
- Burrell Creek
- Cabbage Tree Island
- Caffreys Flat
- Callaghans Creek
- Caparra
- Cape Hawke
- Caramea
- Carrington
- Cedar Party
- Cells River
- Charlottes Bay
- Clareval
- Cobark
- Coneac
- Coolongolook
- Coomba
- Coomba Bay
- Coomba Park
- Coopernook
- Cooplacurripa
- Copeland
- Coralville
- Corroboree Flat
- Craven
- Craven Plateau
- Cravens Creek
- Crawford River
- Croki
- Crowdy Bay National Park
- Crowdy Head
- Cundle Flat
- Cundletown
- Cureeki Creek
- Curricabark
- Darawank
- Dewitt
- Dewrang
- Diamond Beach
- Dingo Forest
- Dirty Creek
- Dollys Flat
- Doon Ayre
- Dumaresq Island
- Dungog
- Dyers Crossing
- Elands
- Elizabeth Beach
- Failford
- Faulkland
- Fernhill
- Firefly
- Forbesdale
- Forster
- Forster Keys
- Forster Waters
- Friendship Key
- Gangat
- Gereeba Island
- Ghinni Ghinni
- Giro
- Girvan
- Glen Ward
- Glenthorne
- Gloucester
- Gloucester River
- Gloucester South
- Gloucester Tops
- Green Point
- Hallidays Point
- Hannam Vale
- Harrington
- Hawks Nest
- Heatherdale
- Hillville
- Invergordon
- Johns River
- Johnsons Creek
- Jones Island
- Karaak Flat
- Karuah
- Kauthi
- Khatambuhl
- Kia Ora
- Killabakh
- Killawarra
- Kimbriki
- Kippaxs
- Kiwarrak
- Knorrit Flat
- Knorrit Forest
- Koorainghat
- Krambach
- Kundibakh
- Kundle Kundle
- Langley Vale
- Lansdowne
- Lansdowne Forest
- Legges Camp
- Lime Kiln
- Limeburners Creek
- Lower Bowman
- Manning Point
- Mares Run
- Markwell
- Marlee
- Maudville
- Mayers Flat
- Melinga
- Mernot
- Milbrook
- Mill Creek Upper
- Minimbah
- Mitchells Island
- Mograni Creek
- Mograni
- Mondrook
- Monkerai
- Mooral Creek
- Moorland
- Moppy
- Moto
- Mount George
- Mount Peerless
- Mungo Brush
- Myall Lakes
- Myall Upper
- Myra
- Nabiac
- Nerong
- New Forster
- Newells Creek
- Nooroo
- North Arm Cove
- North Pindimar
- Nugra
- Nugramudgee
- Number One
- Old Bar
- Oxley Island
- Pacific Palms
- Pampoolah
- Pindimar
- Pioneer Park
- Pipers Bay
- Pitlochry
- Possum Brush
- Purfleet
- Rainbow Flat
- Rawdon Vale
- Red Head
- Rocky Crossing
- Rookhurst
- Rosenthal
- Saltwater
- Sandbar
- Seal Rocks
- Smiths Lake
- South Pindimar
- Stewarts River
- Stratford
- Stratford South
- Strathcedar
- Stroud
- Stroud Road
- Sugarloaf Point
- Tahlee
- Tallwoods Village
- Tamboy
- Taravale
- Tarbuck Bay
- Taree
- Taree South
- Tea Gardens
- Telegherry
- Terreel
- The Bight
- The Branch
- Tibbuc
- Tinonee
- Tiona
- Tipperary
- Titaatee Creek
- Topi Topi
- Tugrabakh
- Tuncurry
- Upper Bowman
- Upper Karuah River
- Upper Lansdowne
- Upper Monkerai
- Violet Hill
- Waitui
- Wallabi Point
- Wallamba Island
- Wallanbah
- Wallingat
- Wallingat River
- Wallis Island
- Wallis Lake
- Wang Wauk
- Wapra
- Wards River
- Warranulla
- Washpool
- Wattley Hill
- Waukivory
- Waukivory Upper
- Weismantels
- Wherrol Flat
- Whoota
- Willina
- Winda Woppa
- Wingham
- Wirradgurie
- Woko
- Wootton
- Yagon
- Yagon Beach
- Yarratt Forest
- Yumbunga
other waterways
- Avon River
- Barnard River
- Barrington River
- Bowman River
- Coolongolook River
- Cooplacurripa River
- Crawford River
- Curricabark River
- Gloucester River
- Karuah River
- Mammy Johnsons River
- Manning River
- Myall Lakes
- Myall River
- Smiths Lake
- Telegherry River
- The Branch River
- Wallamba River
- Wallingat River
- Wallis Lake
- Wards River
points of interest
- Broughton Island
- Cape Hawke
- Gloucester Tops
- Mitchells Island
- Oxley Island
- Port Stephens
- Singing Bridge
- Tahlee historic property
- Tops to Myall Heritage Trail
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