Terranora is a town located on the northern boundary of
New South Wales
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Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...
. At the , Terranora had a population of 3,365 people.
The town is part of 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 Queensland, where that meets the Tasman Sea. Administered from the town of Murwillumbah, Tweed Shire ...
local Government area. Its postcode is 2486. Two schools are located there - Terranora Public School and the senior campus of
Lindisfarne Anglican Grammar School
, motto_translation = Let Your Light Shine
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Well known children's author,
Hesba Fay Brinsmead
Hesba Fay Brinsmead (''Hesba Fay Hungerford''; 15 March 1922 in Berambing, New South Wales – 24 November 2003 in Murwillumbah) was an Australian author of children's books and an environmentalist.
Biography
Upbringing
Brinsmead's parents, ...
, made her home in Terranora from 1976 until the early 2000s (she died in nearby
Murwillumbah
Murwillumbah ( ) is a town in far north-eastern 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 km north-eas ...
).
Terranora is also home to St Kilda Saints FC player Sam Gilbert who became the 30th player to play 200 games for the club in its 145 year history.
Demographics
At the , Terranora recorded a population of 3,365 people, 49.4% male and 50.6% female.
The median age was 42, 4 years above the national median of 38.
82.3% of people living in Terranora were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were England 4.0%, New Zealand 2.4%, India 0.6%, South Africa 0.4%, and Philippines 0.4%.
91.8% of people spoke only English at home; the next most common languages were 0.3% German, 0.3% Russian, 0.3% Malayalam, 0.3% Punjabi, and 0.3% Thai.
Notes and references
External links
Terranora Public SchoolNSW Department of Local Government Map of Tweed Shire
Historic photo of Terranora Dock
Gold Coast Private Schools profiles
* http://www.saints.com.au/news/2018-04-27/the-boy-from-terranora
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Suburbs of Tweed Heads, New South Wales