Grafton, New South Wales

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Grafton
Graftonbridge1.jpg
State : AustraliaAustralia Australia
State : Flag of New South Wales.svg New South Wales
Founded : 1851
Coordinates : 29 ° 41 ′  S , 152 ° 56 ′  E Coordinates: 29 ° 41 ′  S , 152 ° 56 ′  E
Residents : 16,787 (2016)
Time zone : AEST (UTC + 10)
Postal code : 2460
LGA : Clarence Valley Council
Grafton, New South Wales
Grafton
Grafton

Grafton is a city in the northeast of the Australian state of New South Wales and is located about 350 km from Brisbane on Highway 1 . It lies on both sides of the Clarence River just above sea level.

Grafton was founded in 1851 and has a population of 16,787. Grafton gained its importance as a transit station for trade between the metropolises of Brisbane and Sydney and lives mainly from agriculture and cattle breeding. The city also owes its most famous building to trade. The Grafton Bridge , which was completed in 1932, spanned the Clarence River on two floors, one for car traffic and one for the North Coast railway line, and was originally even a bascule bridge .

The city is also called Jacaranda City because of the city's streets lined with jacaranda trees and the Jacaranda Festival, which is named after it.

Grafton is the administrative seat of the Clarence Valley Council local authority .

climate

Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Grafton
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Max. Temperature ( ° C ) 30.0 29.2 28.3 26.2 23.0 20.8 20.3 21.9 24.6 26.5 28.0 29.6 O 25.7
Min. Temperature (° C) 19.6 19.5 18.1 14.8 11.6 8.1 6.3 7.2 10.1 13.7 16.2 18.3 O 13.6
Precipitation ( mm ) 139.0 141.7 127.7 94.6 87.0 62.5 44.4 34.0 34.9 73.9 105.9 121.3 Σ 1,066.9
Rainy days ( d ) 14.5 14.5 14.5 10.6 11.3 7.8 7.3 6.7 7.3 9.8 12.4 12.7 Σ 129.4
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30.0
19.6
29.2
19.5
28.3
18.1
26.2
14.8
23.0
11.6
20.8
8.1
20.3
6.3
21.9
7.2
24.6
10.1
26.5
13.7
28.0
16.2
29.6
18.3
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g 		139.0
141.7
127.7
94.6
87.0
62.5
44.4
34.0
34.9
73.9
105.9
121.3
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Source: Bureau of Meteorology, Australia, data: 1966–2002

Famous sons and daughters of the city

Web links

Commons : Grafton (New South Wales)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics : Grafton ( English ) In: 2016 Census QuickStats . June 27, 2017. Retrieved January 26, 2020.
  2. ^ Bureau of Meteorology, Australia: Klimeinformationen Grafton. World Meteorological Organization, accessed April 6, 2012 .