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Grafton (Bundjalung: Gumbin Gir) [2] is a city [3] in the Northern Rivers region of the Australian state of New South Wales. It is located on the Clarence River , on a floodplain , approximately 620 kilometres (385 mi) by road north-northeast of the state capital Sydney .
Grafton railway station is a railway station on the North Coast line in South Grafton, New South Wales, Australia. It serves the city of Grafton, opening on 12 October 1915 as South Grafton when the line opened from Glenreagh. [1] It was renamed Grafton City on 1 October 1976 when the original Grafton station north of the Clarence River closed. [2]
South Grafton is a suburb of Grafton, New South Wales, taking in most of the area of the city south of the Clarence River. At the time of the 2021 Australian census , South Grafton had a population of 6288 people, about one-third of Grafton's total population. [ 1 ]
The locality is accessible 44km south of Tabulam [10].Its also accessible 88kms north of Grafton. [5] The road that runs through Deep Creek is Clarance Way which connect to Deep Creek Road. [ 11 ]
Summerland Way is a 199–kilometre state route, designated B91, in New South Wales. It runs generally north from Grafton to the state border with Queensland just west of Mount Lindesay, and continues from there into Queensland as Mount Lindesay Highway. It was named as the region in runs through is a popular tourist area for people during summer.
The highway was allocated National Route 38 in 1962, from Grafton to Collarenebri, later extended with the highway to north of Walgett in 1993. With New South Wales' conversion to the newer alphanumeric system in 2013, this was replaced with route B76 across the whole highway. [11]
In December 2019, Clarence Valley Council voted to endorse Big River Way as the new name for submission to the Geographical Names Board of New South Wales (GNB), [4] and in February 2020, the new name was approved by the GNB. [5] [6] The new alignment of the highway between Tyndale and Maclean opened on 1 April 2020. [7]
Central New South Wales; Riverina; The Murray; Outback New South Wales; This classification subdivides the most commonly accepted notion of "The Riverina" into two separate regions, "Riverina" and "The Murray". The "Blue Mountains" is also included as it own distinct region, which is usually considered a district of the state capital "Sydney".