Australian Towns & Cities: New South Wales: Macksville

Australian Towns & Cities
New South Wales: Macksville
Incorporating photos and Information from Michael Greenslade's former Australian Towns, Cities and Highways site

Macksville, an attractive town located along the Nambucca River, lies just off the Pacific Highway between Kempsey & Coffs Harbour and is the civic centre of the Nambucca Shire. Established in the mid 1860's as Central Nambucca (name was later changed), the town served as a port for paddle steamers and for the local timber (cedar) industries although once sufficient land was cleared, the town also became important for dairy, fishing and a variety of tropical fruits and vegetables. Of interest in the area include the Cosmopolitan Pub (30km west at Taylors Arm), Mt Yarrahapinni Lookout, Nambucca Heads (10km north), the historic Star Hotel, the Macksville Bridge plus the town has several interesting riverside parks and a prosperous shopping precinct. The town is named after Angus Mackay and Hugh McNally who built the Star Hotel in 1885 - the town became Macks Village before changing to Macksville.

Population: 2598 1
Postcode: 2447
Location: 502 km north of Sydney
Main Roads: Pacific Hwy M1
Radio Stations: FM: ABC Classic (97.9 MHz), ABC Coffs Coast (92.3 MHz), ABC News on Radio (90.7 MHz), ABC RN (99.5 MHz), Hit 102.3 (102.3 MHz), Nambucca Valley Radio (105.9 MHz), Radio 531 (93.5 MHz), Triple J (91.5 MHz) and Triple M (100.7 & 106.7 MHz). AM: ABC Mid North Coast (684 kHz), ABC North Coast (738 kHz) and Radio 531 (531 kHz)

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	Macksville: Former Pacific Hwy (Cooper St) as it enters the town of Macksville from the north, December 2013. Image © Michael Greenslade
	Nambucca River: Nambucca River at Macksville, December 2013. Image © Michael Greenslade
	Nambucca River: Nambucca River at Macksville, December 2013. Image © Michael Greenslade
	River Street: River St, Macksville, looking west, December 2013. Image © Michael Greenslade

1 Australian Bureau of Statistics, Quickstats 2016, Macksville SSC

Last updated: 22-Aug-2020 2:22

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