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Cobaki Lakes, New South Wales
Cobaki Lakes is a suburb of Tweed Heads, located in the Northern Rivers Region of New South Wales, along the Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , established_ ... and New South Wales border. History Cobaki Lakes is situated in the Bundjalung traditional Aboriginal country. Cobaki Lakes was approved in May 2011 by the New South Wales Northern Joint Regional Planning Panel, appointed by the NSW Government and Tweed Shire. References Towns in New South Wales Northern Rivers {{NorthernRivers-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Queensland, where that meets the Tasman Sea. Administered from the town of Murwillumbah, 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 mayor 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 John Oxley. 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District Of Tweed
Tweed is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Geoff Provest of The Nationals. It is located in the Tweed valley and eastern Tweed Shire, including Tweed Heads, Kingscliff, Fingal Head, Chinderah, Cudgen, Bogangar, Pottsville and Burringbar. History Tweed was first created with the end of multi-member districts in 1894. In 1904, it was abolished with the reduction in the size of the Legislative Assembly, after Federation. The region was part of Richmond from 1904 to 1913, Byron from 1913 until 1988 when the district was renamed Murwillumbah. In 1999 the district was renamed Tweed. Members for Tweed Election results References {{Members of the Parliament of New South Wales Tweed 1894 establishments in Australia Tweed 1904 disestablishments in Australia Tweed 1999 establishments in Australia Tweed Tweed is a rough, woollen fabric, of a soft, open, flexible texture, resembling c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Division Of Richmond
The Division of Richmond is an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales. History The division was proclaimed in 1900, and was one of the original 65 divisions to be contested at the first federal election. The division is named after the area in which it is located, namely the Richmond Valley and Richmond River, which was named in honour of Charles, the fifth Duke of Richmond. Historically, the division has been a rural seat and fairly safe for the National Party (formerly called the Country Party), which held it for all but six years from 1922 to 2004. For 55 of those years, it was held by three generations of the Anthony family—Hubert Lawrence Anthony (a minister in the Fadden and Menzies governments), Doug Anthony (leader of the National Party from 1971 to 1984 and Deputy Prime Minister in the Gorton, McMahon and Fraser governments) and Larry Anthony (a minister in the Howard government)—the first three-generation dynasty in the Australian Hous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tugun, Queensland
Tugun ( ) is a beach-side coastal Suburbs and localities (Australia), suburb in the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. In the , Tugun had a population of 6,588 people. It borders New South Wales. Locals refer to the suburb as ''Tugz'' (pronounced ''choo-gs''). Geography Tugun is situated at the junction of the Pacific Highway (Australia), Pacific and Gold Coast Highway, Gold Coast highways north-west of Coolangatta, Queensland, Coolangatta and south of Brisbane, the state capital. Tugun Heights is a neighbourhood in the western and more elevated parts of the suburb (). Flat Rock is a flat rocky area along the beach that marks the boundary between Tugun and neighbouring Currumbin, Queensland, Currumbin to the north (). Tugun Beach () extends from Flat Rock south to the boundary with neighbouring Bilinga, Queensland, Bilinga to the south-east, although the beach itself continues along the Bilinga coast but is known there as Bilinga Beach. Tugun is a holiday destinat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bilinga, Queensland
Bilinga () is a southern coastal suburb in the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. In the , Bilinga had a population of 1,804 people. It is on the border with New South Wales. Geography Bilinga is bounded by Boyd Street to the north-west, the Coral Sea to the east, and the border with New South Wales to the west. The entire eastern coastline of the suburb is a continuous sandy surf beach, with the northern end known as Bilinga Beach () and the southern end known as North Kirra Beach (). Immediately inland from the beach is a narrow strip of housing (the only residential part of the suburb). Gold Coast Airport (formerly the Coolangatta Airport, ) occupies the majority of the suburb, extending across the border into Tweed Heads West in New South Wales. The Gold Coast Desalination Plant is in the north-west of the suburb (). The Gold Coast campus () of the Southern Cross University (headquartered in Lismore, New South Wales) is in the south of the suburb. The Gold Coas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tweed Heads West, New South Wales
Tweed Heads West is a suburb of Tweed Heads, located on the Tweed River in north-eastern New South Wales, Australia, in Tweed Shire along the Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , establishe ... and New South Wales border. History Tweed Heads West is situated in the Bundjalung traditional Aboriginal country. Amenities Boyd Family Park is situated on Piggabeen Road, adjacent to Cobaki Creek, with barbecue facility, drinking fountain, picnic setting and shelter. Demographics In the , Tweed Heads West recorded a population of 6,196 people, 53% female and 47% male. The median age of the Tweed Heads West population was 48 years, 11 years above the national median of 37. 74.4% of people living in Tweed Heads West were born in Australia. The other top responses for co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cobaki, New South Wales
Cobaki ( ) is a town located in north-eastern New South Wales, Australia, in the Tweed Shire. Demographics In the , Cobaki recorded a population of 225 people, 48.4% female and 51.6% male. The median age of the Cobaki population was 38 years, 1 year above the national median of 37. 89% of people living in Cobaki were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were New Zealand 2.6%, China 2.2%, Scotland 1.3%, England 1.3%. 96.5% of people spoke only English at home; the next most common languages were 1.8% French, 1.8% Mandarin, References Suburbs of Tweed Heads, New South Wales {{NorthernRivers-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piggabeen, New South Wales
Piggabeen is a town located in north-eastern New South Wales, Australia, in the Tweed Shire. Piggabeen adjoins Cobaki Lakes that is situated to the northeast, Cobaki to the South East and Currumbin Valley that is situated approximately to the northwest and across the state border of Queensland. Once predominantly a dairy farming town Piggabeen now mainly consists of acreage homesites and small hobby farms. Piggabeen has a valley that leads northwest towards the Queensland border. Piggabeen and its valley are part of the Tweed Shield Volcano and Caldera that is the largest erosion caldera A caldera ( ) is a large cauldron-like hollow that forms shortly after the emptying of a magma chamber in a volcano eruption. When large volumes of magma are erupted over a short time, structural support for the rock above the magma chamber is ... in the southern hemisphere, with Mount Warning being the extinct volcano. Landmarks located in Piggabeen include the Old Piggabeen Hall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Currumbin Waters, Queensland
Currumbin Waters is a suburb in the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. It borders New South Wales. In the , Currumbin Waters had a population of 9,121 people. Geography Currumbin Waters is bounded to the south by the Queensland border with New South Wales, to the east by the Pacific Motorway, to the north by Guineas Creek Road, and to the west by Simpsons Road and Piggabeen Road. Currumbin Creek flows through the suburb from the south-west ( Currumbin Valley) towards the north ( Palm Beach and Currumbin) where it enters the Coral Sea. Currumbin Waters has a variety of land uses. North of the creek is residential. South of the creek there is an industrial estate in the north-east of the suburb (). There is a residential canal estate in the centre of the suburb () with normal residential use in the east. In the south-east of the locality the land is used for farming, mostly grazing on native vegetation (). History The name ''Currumbin Waters'' was originally a real ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tweed Heads, New South Wales
Tweed Heads is a town in New South Wales. It is located on the Tweed River in north-eastern New South Wales, Australia, in Tweed Shire, next to the border with Queensland and adjacent to its "twin town" of Coolangatta, which is a suburb of the Gold Coast. It is often referred to as a town where people can change time zones – even celebrate New Year twice within an hour – simply by crossing the street, due to its proximity to the Queensland border, and the fact that New South Wales observes daylight saving whereas Queensland does not. History In 1823 John Oxley was the first European to see the Tweed Valley, and he wrote of it: "A deep rich valley clothed with magnificent trees, the beautiful uniformity of which was only interrupted by the turns and windings of the river, which here and there appeared like small lakes. The background was Mt. Warning. The view was altogether beautiful beyond description. The scenery here exceeded anything I have previously seen in Australia." ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northern Rivers
Northern Rivers is the most north-easterly 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, Richmond, and Tweed rivers. It extends from Tweed Heads in the north (adjacent to the Queensland border) to the southern extent of the Clarence river catchment which lies between Grafton and Coffs Harbour, and includes the main towns of Tweed Heads, Byron Bay, Ballina, Kyogle, Lismore, Casino and Grafton. At its most northern point, the region is south-southeast of the Queensland capital, Brisbane. As with all regions of New South Wales, it has no official status, although state government department offices and local governments in the area work together for purposes such as tourism, education, water catchment management and waste management. This area has a mild, sub-tropical climate. Major industries are agriculture, fisheries, public services (particularly h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New South Wales
) , nickname = , image_map = New South Wales in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of New South Wales in AustraliaCoordinates: , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , established_date = Colony of New South Wales , established_title2 = Establishment , established_date2 = 26 January 1788 , established_title3 = Responsible government , established_date3 = 6 June 1856 , established_title4 = Federation , established_date4 = 1 January 1901 , named_for = Wales , demonym = , capital = Sydney , largest_city = capital , coordinates = , admin_center = 128 local government areas , admin_center_type = Administration , leader_title1 = Monarch , leader_name1 = Charles III , leader_title2 = Governor , leader_name2 = Margaret Beazley , leader_title3 = Premier , leader_name3 = Dominic Perrottet (Liberal) , national_representation = Parliament of Australia , national_representation_type1 = Senat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
