Smithtown (31°00′S 152°56′E / 31°S 152.933°E / -31; 152.933) is a small town on the banks of the Macleay River in New South Wales, Australia. The town of Gladstone lies across on the southern side of the river. At the 2006 census, Smithtown had a population of 591 people.
The town was named after Robert Burdett Smith, a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, when the post office was established in 1877.
Nestlé has a 90+ year old factory in the town, which is one of the NSW Mid-North Coasts biggest private-sector employers, which traditionally produced Milo. It is now also the only site worldwide that produces Nestlé's "Café Menu" range of products for the whole world.
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| Federal divisions |
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| State electorates |
- Coffs Harbour
- Myall Lakes
- Oxley
- Port Macquarie
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| Cities |
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| Towns / suburbs |
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| Rivers |
- Apsley
- Barnard
- Barrington
- Bellinger
- Bowman
- Camden Haven
- Cells
- Christmas
- Coolongolook
- Cooplacurripa
- Crawford
- Dawson
- Doyles
- Ellenborough
- Forbes
- Georges
- Hastings
- Kalang
- Kunderang
- Lansdowne
- Macleay
- Manning
- Maria
- Mummel
- Myall Lakes
- Myall
- Nambucca
- Never Never
- Nowendoc
- Pappinbarra
- Pipers
- Ralfes
- Rosewood
- Rowleys
- Smiths Lake
- Stewarts
- Taylors
- Throne
- Tobins
- Walcrow
- Wallamba
- Wallingat
- Wallis Lake
- Wang Wauk
- Williams
- Wilson
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| Ranges and mountains |
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National parks / Nature reserves /
Important Bird Areas |
- Coocumbac Island Nature Reserve
- Dooragan NP
- Ellenborough Falls
- Hastings-Macleay IBA
- Hat Head NP
- Kattang Nature Reserve
- Maria NP
- Middle Brother NP
- Sea Acres NP
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| Major tourist attractions |
- Big Banana
- Billabong Zoo
- North Coast Regional Botanic Garden
- Willi Willi Caves
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