Tweed Shire
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Tweed Shire New South Wales |
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Location within New South Wales
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| Coordinates | 28°20′S 153°23′E / 28.333°S 153.383°ECoordinates: 28°20′S 153°23′E / 28.333°S 153.383°E | ||||||||||||
| Population | 92,460 (2015 Est.) | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 69.992/km2 (181.28/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Established | 1906 | ||||||||||||
| Area | 1,321 km2 (510.0 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Mayor | Katie Milne | ||||||||||||
| Council seat | Murwillumbah | ||||||||||||
| Region | Northern Rivers | ||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | |||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Richmond | ||||||||||||
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| Website | Tweed Shire | ||||||||||||
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Tweed Shire is a local government area located in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, Australia. The shire is located adjacent to the border with Queensland where it meets the Tasman Sea coast. The shire, administered from the town of Murwillumbah, covers an area of 1,321.0 square kilometres (510.0 sq mi), and has existed as a local government entity since 1947. It was named for the Tweed River. It is also the location of the jungle used in the U.K. TV series I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!
The current Mayor of Tweed Shire Council is Cr. Katie Milne of The Greens.
The European history of the Tweed Shire began in 1823 when the Tweed River was discovered by John Oxley. After sheltering on Cook Island, (4 km from the River's mouth), Oxely travelled 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) up river. In 1828, Captain H. J. Rous explored 50 kilometres (31 mi) 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 on the Tweed River, came into being in the surrounding area on 7 March 1906 with the enactment of the Local Government Act 1906 (NSW). On 1 January 1947, the two amalgamated to form Tweed Shire.
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