About Harrington
Harrington is a fishing village on the northern entrance of the Manning River on the Mid North Coast. It was established in 1853 and proclaimed a village on 26 September 1896.
It lies 15 km north-east of Taree and 335 km north-east of Sydney. The explorer John Oxley named it after the Earl of Harrington.
How Harrington got here
A few dates and facts that shaped the place.
1853
The village is established at the mouth of the Manning River.
26 September 1896
Harrington is proclaimed a village.
Today
A primary school, Marine Rescue Crowdy Harrington, and SES and RFS units serve the village.
More about Harrington
Harrington has a public school, and its emergency services include Marine Rescue Crowdy Harrington, the SES and the Rural Fire Service. The river entrance has a long working history: before the railway, goods from the Manning went to sea across the bar at Harrington, where many ships were lost.
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Where is Harrington?
Harrington 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: Manning Point (4 km south-west), Crowdy Head (7 km north-east), Coopernook (8 km north-west), Moorland (12 km north).
What the Harrington directory lists
To eat and drink: Harrington Hotel. Shops and services: Harrington Post Office. For health: Harrington Waters Medical Clinic, HealthHub, Village Pharmacy. Halls and community places: Harrington Library.
Parks, beaches and recreation: Captain Cook Bicentennial Park, Esmond Hogan Park, Harrington Waters Golf Course. Schools and learning: Harrington Public School. Churches: Harrington Community Church. Emergency services: Harrington Rural Fire Brigade.
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Photo: “The Harrigan's Irish Pub - Taken on Monday, 3rd January 2011 at 11-01am. - panoramio” by Christopher Wood (CC BY-SA 3.0), 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).