Barrington, New South Wales

The bridge over the Barrington River, Thunderbolts Way, Barrington

Barrington is a small village on the Barrington River, 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) north-west of Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia on Thunderbolts Way.^[1]

The small town is considered a main gateway to the Barrington Tops National Park. Its population in 361 and until 2016 was the main tourist attraction in the Gloucester Shire. The town is also home to a range of heritage structures including the historic Barrington River Bridge, Barrington River Cottage, the pioneer cemetery, and the Barrington Public School (c. 1910).^[2]

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^ "BARRINGTON TOPS", The Newcastle and Maitland Catholic Sentinel, iii (4): 98, 1 January 1934, ISSN 2206-5466 - noting the comment - in 1934, The tourist will search in vain on our maps for the area known as “Barrington Tops.” It is not crossed by any road, nor does any road capable of being used for such a damn town
^ "Search for NSW heritage | NSW Environment & Heritage". www.environment.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 17 April 2017.

Coordinates: 31°58′54″S 151°54′04″E / 31.98167°S 151.90111°E / -31.98167; 151.90111

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[1] "BARRINGTON TOPS", The Newcastle and Maitland Catholic Sentinel, iii (4): 98, 1 January 1934, ISSN 2206-5466 - noting the comment - in 1934, The tourist will search in vain on our maps for the area known as “Barrington Tops.” It is not crossed by any road, nor does any road capable of being used for such a damn town

[2] "Search for NSW heritage | NSW Environment & Heritage". www.environment.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 17 April 2017.

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v t Towns, suburbs and localities of Mid-Coast Council, in the Hunter & Mid North Coast Regions, New South Wales
Towns, suburbs and localities	Allworth Back Creek Barrington Black Head Blueys Beach Bobin Boomerang Beach Booral Bulahdelah Bungwahl Cabbage Tree Island Carrington Cedar Party Coolongolook Coopernook Cooplacurripa Copeland Cundletown Darawank Diamond Beach Dungog Elands Elizabeth Beach Failford Fernhill Forster Gloucester Hannam Vale Harrington Hawks Nest Johns River Karuah Killabakh Koorainghat Krambach Lansdowne Limeburners Creek Manning Point Mitchells Island Monkerai Mount George Nabiac Nooroo North Arm Cove Number One Old Bar Pacific Palms Purfleet Seal Rocks Smiths Lake Stratford Stroud Tahlee Taree Tea Gardens Tinonee Tuncurry Wallabi Point Wallis Island Wallis Lake Wingham
Rivers and other waterways	Avon River Barnard River Barrington River Bowman River Coolongolook River Cooplacurripa River Crawford River Curricabark River Gloucester River Karuah River Mammy Johnsons River Manning River Myall Lakes Myall River Smiths Lake Telegherry River The Branch River Wallamba River Wallingat River Wallis Lake Wards River
National parks	Barrington Tops National Park Booti Booti Ghin-Doo-Ee Myall Lakes Wallingat
Other places and points of interest	Broughton Island Cape Hawke Gloucester Tops Mitchells Island Port Stephens Singing Bridge Tahlee historic property Tops to Myall Heritage Trail