Grafton - a commercial centre of a valley of the river Klarens. Based in 1855, Grafton has kept many historical buildings and streets along which trees grow. Located approximately in 630 km to the north from Sydney and in 340 km to the south from Brisbane, in Grafton it is possible to get on highway, the railway or air transport. The city has appeared thanks to extraction of a red cedar in this area. In 1831 fugitive from justice Richard Krejg has found out this place and for that. That he has informed on it to the authorities, has received amnesty and 100 pounds. It has been connected by that the cedar was very much appreciated then. In 1885 Grafton has been declared by a city. From industries it is possible to allocate except wood, cattle breeding, fishery, sugar manufacture. Recently the local economy gets the increasing profit on tourism. In a city country music is popular.
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