About Nabiac
Nabiac is a small town on the Mid North Coast in the MidCoast Council area, north-west of Forster and south of Taree. It is the central town of the Wallamba Valley.
It grew in the second half of the nineteenth century as a small river port, later called Bullocks Wharf, on the eastern edge of town, for the hardwood-cutting trade, mainly Australian red cedar. As the valley was cleared, small-scale dairying and corn-growing became dominant.
How Nabiac got here
A few dates and facts that shaped the place.
May 1870
The first post office is established south of the Wallamba, as “Cape Hawke Post Office”.
1 June 1894
The post office takes the name Nabiac, after being Clarkson’s Crossing from 1880.
1963
The Pacific Highway is rerouted through Nabiac, after a bridge replaced Clarkson’s Crossing in 1958.
More about Nabiac
Milk was bought at first by the dairy at Dyers Crossing, about 6 km west, and later fresh milk was supplied to the Sydney market. Since the highway came through, Nabiac has become more of a highway service town and tourist stopping point. The poet Les Murray was born in Nabiac, though his family lived in nearby Bunyah.
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Where is Nabiac?
Nabiac is in the MidCoast Council area on the Mid North Coast of New South Wales.
Nearby towns with hubs on OurHub, with straight-line distances: Hallidays Point (12 km east), Krambach (12 km north-west), Coolongolook (14 km south), Tuncurry (14 km south-east).
What the Nabiac directory lists
To eat and drink: Greenhouse Cafe, Nabiac Hotel, Sidetracked coffee. Shops and services: Nabiac Post Office. For health: Max Value Pharmacy. Halls and community places: Nabiac Branch Library.
Parks, beaches and recreation: Memorial Park, Village Green. Schools and learning: Nabiac Public School. Emergency services: Nabiac Pollic Station, Nabiac Rural Fire Brigade.
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Photo: “Nabiac” by Grahamec (CC BY-SA 4.0), via Wikimedia Commons. Town facts: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites the Australian Bureau of Statistics census. Straight-line distances are worked out from the hub’s coordinates. Directory locations © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).