Tweed Shire is a

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located in the

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region of

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. It is adjacent to the border with

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, where that meets the

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. Administered from the town of

Murwillumbah Murwillumbah ( ) is a town in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, Australia, in the Tweed Shire, on the Tweed River. Sitting on the south eastern foothills of the McPherson Range in the Tweed Volcano valley, Murwillumbah is 848&nbs ...

, Tweed Shire covers an area of , and has existed as a local government entity since 1947. It was named for the Tweed River. The current

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of Tweed Shire Council is Cr. Chris Cherry.

History

The European history of the Tweed Shire began in 1823 when the Tweed River was explored by

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. After sheltering on Cook Island (4 km from the river's mouth), Oxely travelled up river. In 1828, Captain H. J. Rous explored up the river. Settlers began to arrive in 1828, the first of which were the cedar getters, who came to harvest Great Red Cedars and send them back to England. During the height of the cedar logging industry, the Tweed Valley was one of the wealthiest districts in Australia. The Municipality of Murwillumbah was created on 25 May 1902, and held its first meeting on 22 August 1902, at which Peter Street was elected its first mayor. The Shire of Tweed, with its primary centre of population at

Tumbulgum Tumbulgum ( ) is a village in northern New South Wales, Australia. It is in the Tweed Shire local government area, at the confluence of the Rous and Tweed Rivers, north east of the state capital, Sydney and south east of Brisbane. At the , ...

on the Tweed River, came into being in the surrounding area on 7 March 1906 with the enactment of the . On 1 January 1947, the two amalgamated to form Tweed Shire.

Heritage listings

The Tweed Shire has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: * Murwillumbah, Casino-Murwillumbah railway:

Murwillumbah railway station The Murwillumbah railway station is a heritage-listed former terminus railway station located on the Murwillumbah line in South Murwillumbah, in the Tweed Shire local government area of New South Wales, Australia. The former railway station ...

High Conservation Value Old Growth forest The High Conservation Value Old Growth forest is a heritage-listed forest located across twelve local government areas in the Northern Rivers, Mid North Coast, and New England regions of New South Wales, Australia. The conservation area is also ...

Towns and localities

; Tweed Heads *

Tweed Heads Tweed Heads is a coastal city at the mouth of the Tweed River in the Northern Rivers region of the state of New South Wales, Australia. Tweed Heads is the northernmost town in New South Wales, and is located in the Tweed Shire local government ...

Banora Point Banora Point is a suburb located in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, Australia in Tweed Shire. Together with Tweed Heads South and Terranora it had a combined population of 27,368 in 2001, including 21,457 (78.4%) Australian-bo ...

* Bilambil *

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* Chinderah *

Fingal Head Fingal Head is a village on the Tasman Sea coast in the far northeast of New South Wales, Australia, about 5 km south of the New South Wales and Queensland border. The village is often just called Fingal. The headland and the small off-shor ...

Kingscliff Kingscliff is a coastal town just south of Tweed Heads in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, Australia, and is a beach community offering a variety of holiday accommodations. Together with the villages of Chinderah and Fingal, it i ...

* Piggabeen *

Terranora Terranora is a town located on the northern boundary of New South Wales, Australia. At the , Terranora had a population of 3,365 people. The town is part of the Tweed Shire local Government area. Its postcode is 2486. Two schools are locate ...

* Tweed Heads South * Tweed Heads West ; Tweed Coast *

Bogangar Bogangar () is a town in the Tweed Shire located in north-eastern New South Wales, Australia, and includes Cudgen Lake, Norries Headland and the locality of Cabarita Beach on the east. Locally, the names Bogangar and Cabarita Beach are interch ...

* Cabarita Beach *

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Cudgen Cudgen () is a town located in north-eastern New South Wales, Australia, in the Tweed Shire. It is built on the former land of the Coodjingburra clan of the Minyungbal. There is a primary school on Collier Street, the Cudgen Public School. De ...

* Duranbah * Hastings Point *

* Pottsville * Round Mountain *

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* Wooyung ; Murwillumbah *

* Bray Park *

Byangum Byangum is a town located in north-eastern New South Wales, Australia, in the Tweed Shire Tweed Shire is a local government area located in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, Australia. It is adjacent to the border with Queen ...

* Fernvale * South Murwillumbah ; Villages * Burringbar * Chillingham *

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* Kunghur * Tomewin *

Tyalgum Tyalgum is a rural village located in north-eastern New South Wales, Australia. At the time of the , Tyalgum had a population of 521 people. By road, Tyalgum is located approximately west of Murwillumbah, from the Gold Coast, and from Brisb ...

* Uki ; Other localities *

Brays Creek Brays Creek is a perennial stream located in Northern Rivers region in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is the namesake of the locality of the same name. See also * Rivers of New South Wales * List of rivers of New South Wales (A- ...

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* Cedar Creek * Carool * Clothiers Creek * Cobaki * Cobaki Lakes *

Crystal Creek Crystal Creek (also known as Saltwater Creek) is a creek in the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. It runs for 17.5 km, beginning just below Paluma, flowing through the township of Mutarnee and emptying into the Coral Sea T ...

* Cudgera Creek * Doon Doon *

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Dunbible Dunbible is a town located in north-eastern New South Wales, Australia, in the Tweed Shire and it is on the lands of the Bundjalung people or the Coodjingburra Clan. The Northern Rivers Rail Trail passes through the village. Origin of place ...

Dungay Dungay is a town located in north-eastern New South Wales, Australia, in the Tweed Shire. Publicity The area is used for the filming of the British reality series, '' I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!'', and has been since 2003 except fo ...

* Duroby * Eungella * Glengarrie * Kielvale *

Kings Forest Kings Forest is a small settlement located on the far north coast of New South Wales, Australia, in the Tweed Shire Tweed Shire is a local government area located in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, Australia. It is adjace ...

* Kynnumboon * Limpinwood * Midginbil * Mooball *

Mount Burrell Mount Burrell is a town and a mountain in the Nightcap Range in the Tweed Shire in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, Australia. The peak of Mount Burrell has an elevation of above sea level, approximately north of . Demographic ...

Mount Warning Mount Warning ( Bundjalung: ''Wollumbin''), a mountain in the Tweed Range in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, Australia, was formed from a volcanic plug of the now-gone Tweed Volcano. The mountain is located west-south-west of ...

* Nobbys Creek * North Arm * Numinbah * Pumpenbil * Reserve Creek * Stokers Siding * Stotts Creek * Terragon * Tygalgah * Upper Burringbar * Upper Crystal Creek * Upper Duroby * Urliup ; Queensland *

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(Tweed Heads part)

Demographics

At the 2011 census, there were people in the Tweed local government area, of these 48.2 per cent were male and 51.8 per cent were female.

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made up 3.5 per cent of the population, which was significantly higher than the national and state averages of 2.5 per cent. The

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age of people in the Tweed Shire area was 45 years, which was significantly higher than the national median of 37 years. Children aged 0 to 14 years made up 17.8 per cent of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 22.9 per cent of the population. Of people in the area aged 15 years and over, 47.5 per cent were married and 15.3 per cent were either divorced or separated. Population growth in the Tweed Shire area between the and the was 7.45 per cent; and in the subsequent five years to the 2011 census, population growth was 7.29 per cent. When compared with total population growth of Australia for the same periods, being 5.78 per cent and 8.32 per cent, respectively, population growth in the Tweed local government area was marginally higher than the national average. The median weekly income for residents within the Tweed Shire area was significantly lower than the national average. At the 2011 census, the proportion of residents in the Tweed local government area who stated their

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exceeded 80 per cent of all residents (national average was 65.2 per cent). In excess of 59 per cent of all residents in the Tweed Shire nominated a

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affiliation with

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at the 2011 census, which was slightly higher than the national average of 50.2 per cent. Meanwhile, as at the census date, compared to the national average, households in the Tweed local government area had a significantly lower than average proportion (5.5 per cent) where two or more languages are spoken (national average was 20.4 per cent); and a significantly higher proportion (91.6 per cent) where

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only was spoken at home (national average was 76.8 per cent).

Population

Council

In May 2005, the

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dismissed the Tweed Shire Council of Mayor Warren Polglase, following a public inquiry which found that the council was improperly influenced by developers involved in a property boom in the area. The inquiry was commissioned by the Minister for Local Government, Tony Kelly, following community concern about the way planning decisions were made. The Minister appointed the director-general of the Department of Local Government, Garry Payne, former Sydney Lord Mayor

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and former Tweed Shire councillor, Max Boyd as

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for the ensuing three years.

Shire Presidents and Mayors

Election results

2024

2016

References

{{Authority control Local government areas of New South Wales Tweed Heads, New South Wales