Grafton

Grafton, a rising town of New South Wales, 350 miles NE. of Sydney, situated on both sides of the Clarence River, and 45 miles from the sea. The river is navigable. The agricultural district yields sugar and tobacco; and gold, silver, coal, and copper are found. Pop. 4770.—Grafton is also a town of 5000 inhabitants, 9 miles SE. of Worcester in Massachusetts; and of a railway centre (pop. 3100) in West Virginia, 99 miles SE. of Wheeling.