| Type: | suburb |
| Vacy | |
| State: | nsw |
| Coordinates: | -32.5314°N 151.5689°W |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| Pop: | 547 |
| Density: | 9.2 |
| Est: | c. 1828[1] |
| Postcode: | 2421 |
| Area: | 59.5 |
| Timezone: | AEST |
| Utc: | +10 |
| Timezone-Dst: | AEDT |
| Utc-Dst: | +11 |
| Dist1: | 189 |
| Dir1: | N |
| Location1: | Sydney |
| Dist2: | 60 |
| Dir2: | NW |
| Location2: | Newcastle |
| Dist3: | 30 |
| Dir3: | SW |
| Location3: | Dungog |
| Lga: | Dungog Shire[2] |
| Region: | Hunter |
| County: | Durham |
| Parish: | Gresford |
| Stategov: | Upper Hunter[3] |
| Fedgov: | Paterson[4] |
Vacy is a locality of the Dungog Shire local government area in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia.[2] Situated between Gresford and Paterson, it includes the village of Vacy, which was founded in the 1820s as a private town by John Cory, the owner of a large land grant.[1] Vacy began to prosper in the 1850s and was a busy town by the 1870s. It remained a private town until it was sold in 1927 by the Cory family.[5] The village is located at the junction of the Paterson and Allyn rivers. At the, Vacy had a population of 547.
Vacy includes a public school, general store, oval, school of arts hall, the Farmers Hotel, a motel, "Eaglereach" resort, a hairdressing salon, post office, cafe and a church.
Gilbert Cory, the son of John Cory developed the Vacy estate after his first marriage to Jeanette Rens. He lived there for the remainder of his life.
The rural nature of Vacy is demonstrated in the work of farmers managing beef cattle, dairy cattle, sheep, poultry and equine establishments, as well as other residents, retirees and working families with hobby farms and small acreages.
Vacy was established in 1828 as a private township by groups of the Cory family. From the 1850s, the town experienced prosperity and was a busy centre for livestock farming and tobacco cultivation during the 1870s. It continued to remain private until being sold by auction in 1927.
Vacy has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:
There are approximately five buses every week in each direction. Buses depart at the general store.[7]