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Grafton, city and port, northeastern New South Wales, eastern Australia. It is located approximately 40 miles (65 km) from the mouth of the Clarence River (and its port at the Pacific Ocean, Yamba), in the North Coast district. The site was first settled in 1838 by lumbermen who sought to exploit the area’s cedar forests. The city was proclaimed in 1885 and increased in size in 1956 through the merger of the municipalities of Grafton...

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