Type: | town |
Harrington | |
State: | nsw |
Coordinates: | -31.8667°N 193°W |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Lga: | Mid-Coast Council |
Postcode: | 2427 |
Pop: | 3381 |
Elevation: | 6 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Maxtemp: | 22.2 |
Mintemp: | 13.0 |
Rainfall: | 1338.4 |
Stategov: | Port Macquarie |
Fedgov: | Lyne |
Dist1: | 335 |
Dir1: | NE |
Location1: | Sydney |
Dist2: | 73 |
Dir2: | SW |
Location2: | Port Macquarie |
Dist3: | 30 |
Dir3: | NE |
Location3: | Taree |
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 on the Mid North Coast, and 335km (208miles) north east of the state capital, Sydney. At the 2021 census, Harrington had a population of 3,381. It was named after the Earl of Harrington by the explorer, John Oxley.