ðə tˈaʊn wʌz nˈeɪmd ˈæftɚ ɹˈɑːbɚt bˈɜːdɪt smˈɪθ, ɐ mˈɛmbɚɹ ʌvðə nˈuː sˈaʊθ wˈeɪlz lˈɛdʒɪslətˌɪv ɐsˈɛmbli, wˌɛn ðə pˈoʊst ˈɑːfɪs wʌz ɪstˈæblɪʃt ɪn wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd sˈɛvənti sˈɛvən.
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.