Wilsons Creek is a locality in the

Northern Rivers Northern Rivers is the most northeasterly Regions of New South Wales, region of the Australian state of New South Wales, located between north of the state capital, Sydney, and encompasses the catchments and fertile valleys of the Clarence Ri ...

region of

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Byron Shire Byron Shire is a Local government areas of New South Wales, local government area located in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, Australia. The shire is located adjacent to the ''Coral Sea'' about south of the Queensland border. The ...

. It is in the valley of what is now named the

Wilsons River Wilsons River, a perennial river and part of the Richmond River catchment, is situated in the Northern Rivers district of New South Wales, Australia. Course and features The river rises on the eastern slopes of Jerusalem Mountain within the Ni ...

and is 5 km from

Mullumbimby file:BigThingsMullumbimby.jpg, Welcome sign in Mullumbimby Mullumbimby, locally nicknamed Mullum, is a town in the Byron Shire in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, Australia. It promotes itself as "The Biggest Little Town in Austra ...

. It has a public school and numerous farms along the river. The town has a proportionately large

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community, with 5.2% of the town's 466 residents identifying as Jewish as of the 2021 census. However, this only sums up to 24 individuals, due to the town's small population. Furthermore, 2.4% of the town's residents (11 people) were born in

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and 4.7% (22 people) speak

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at home.https://abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/SAL14328

Politics

At the 2016 federal election, the Wilsons Creek polling booth recorded one of the highest Greens votes in the nation, with over 60% of voters giving the

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their first preference.

References

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