Tweed Shire
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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 Coral Sea. Administered from the town of Murwillumbah, Tweed Shire covers an area of 1,321 square kilometres (510 sq mi), 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.[3][4]
History
The European history of the Tweed Shire began in 1823 when the Tweed River was explored by John Oxley. After sheltering on
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.[6]
Heritage listings
The Tweed Shire has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:
- Murwillumbah, Casino-Murwillumbah railway: Murwillumbah railway station[7]
- High Conservation Value Old Growth forest[8]
Towns and localities
- Tweed Heads
- Tweed Coast
- Bogangar
- Cabarita Beach
- Casuarina
- Cudgen
- Duranbah
- Hastings Point
- Kingscliff
- Pottsville
- Round Mountain
- Tanglewood
- Wooyung
- Murwillumbah
- Villages
- Other localities
- Brays Creek
- Bungalora
- Cedar Creek
- Carool
- Clothiers Creek
- Cobaki
- Cobaki Lakes
- Crystal Creek
- Cudgera Creek
- Doon Doon
- Dum Dum
- Dunbible
- Dungay
- Duroby
- Eungella
- Glengarrie
- Kielvale
- Kings Forest
- Kynnumboon
- Limpinwood
- Midginbil
- Mooball
- Mount Burrell
- Mount Warning
- Nobbys Creek
- North Arm
- Numinbah
- Pumpenbil
- Reserve Creek
- Stokers Siding
- Stotts Creek
- Terragon
- Tygalgah
- Upper Burringbar
- Upper Crystal Creek
- Upper Duroby
- Urliup
- Queensland
- Gold Coast Airport (Tweed Heads part)
Demographics
At the
Population growth in the Tweed Shire area between the
At the 2011 census, the proportion of residents in the Tweed local government area who stated their
Selected historical census data for the Tweed Shire local government area | |||||
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Census year | 2001[10] | 2006[11] | 2011[9] | ||
Population | Estimated residents on Census night | 73,821 | 79,321 | 85,105 | |
LGA rank in terms of size within New South Wales |
26 | ||||
% of New South Wales population | 1.23% | ||||
% of Australian population | 0.39% | 0.40% | 0.40% | ||
Cultural and language diversity | |||||
Ancestry, top responses |
English | 31.9% | |||
Australian | 30.0% | ||||
Irish | 9.8% | ||||
Scottish | 8.0% | ||||
German |
3.2% | ||||
Language, top responses (other than English) |
German | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.4% | |
Italian | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.3% | ||
French | n/c | 0.2% | 0.2% | ||
Japanese | n/c | 0.2% | 0.2% | ||
Spanish | n/c | n/c | 0.2% | ||
Religious affiliation | |||||
Religious affiliation, top responses |
Catholic |
24.9% | 24.7% | 24.7% | |
Anglican | 29.0% | 26.1% | 24.2% | ||
No Religion | 13.8% | 17.6% | 21.6% | ||
Presbyterian and Reformed |
5.9% | 5.1% | 4.9% | ||
Uniting Church |
6.0% | 5.2% | 4.5% | ||
Median weekly incomes | |||||
Personal income | Median weekly personal income | A$364 | A$442 | ||
% of Australian median income | 78.1% | 76.6% | |||
Family income | Median weekly family income | A$904 | A$1,045 | ||
% of Australian median income | 77.2% | 70.6% | |||
Household income |
Median weekly household income | A$683 | A$845 | ||
% of Australian median income | 66.5% | 68.5% |
Population
Year | Population | References |
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1911 | 9,514 | |
1921 | 15,136 | |
1933 | 17,099 | |
1947 | 19,321 | |
1954 | 21,144 | |
1961 | 22,491 | |
1966 | 23,154 | |
1976 | 27,526 | |
1981 | 40,050 | |
1986 | 45,690 | |
1991 | 55,857 | |
1996 | 66,519 | |
2001 | 74,577 | [10] |
2006 | 83,089 | [11] |
2011 | 85,105 | [9] |
2016 | 91,371 | [12] |
Council
In May 2005, the
Shire Presidents and Mayors
Councillor | Term of office | Title |
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C E Cox | 1947–1948 | Provisional President |
A Buckley | 1948–1949 | President |
C E Cox | 1949–1957 | President |
Harold Lundberg | 1957–1958 | President |
Clarrie Hall | 1958–1959 | President |
Harold Lundberg | 1959–1961 | President |
Clarrie Hall | 1961–1963 | President |
Harold Lundberg | 1963–1964 | President |
Clarrie Hall | 1964–1973 | President |
Charles Jarvis | 1973–1975 | President |
Clarrie Hall | 1975–1979 died in office |
President |
Max Boyd | 1979–1981 | President |
Mrs Y A M Rowse | 1981–1984 | President |
Max Boyd | 1984–1999 | President/Mayor |
Lynne Beck | 1999–2001 | Mayor |
Warren Polglase | 2001–2005 | Mayor |
Garry Payne | 2005–2006 | Administrator |
Frank Willan | 2006–2008 | Administrator |
Max Boyd | 2005–2008 | Administrator |
Lucy Turnbull | 2005–2007 | Administrator |
Garry Payne | 2007–2008 | Administrator |
Joan van Lieshout | 2008–2009 | Mayor |
Warren Polglase | 2009–2010 | Mayor |
Kevin Skinner | 2010–2011 | Mayor |
Barry Longland | 2011–2014 | Mayor |
Gary Bagnall | 2014–2015 | Mayor |
Katie Milne | 2015–2020 | Mayor |
Chris Cherry | 2020–present | Mayor |
Election results
2016
Elected councillor | Party | |
---|---|---|
Katie Milne | Greens | |
Warren Polglase | Independent (Group A) | |
Pryce Allsop | Independent (Group H) | |
James Owen | Liberal | |
Reece Byrnes | Country Labor | |
Chris Cherry | Independent (Group B) | |
Ron Cooper | No High-Rise |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent (Group A) | 7,336 | 15.45 | |||
Greens
|
7,279 | 15.33 | |||
Liberal | 5,525 | 11.63 | |||
Independent (Group H) | 5,053 | 10.64 | |||
Country Labor | 4,970 | 10.46 | |||
Independent (Group B) | 2,821 | 5.94 | |||
No High-Rise | 2,028 | 4.27 | |||
Independent (Group I) | 1,956 | 4.21 | |||
Independent (Group K) | 1,690 | 3.56 | |||
Independent (Group C) | 1,551 | 3.27 | |||
Dot Holdom Group | 1,524 | 3.21 | |||
Carolyn Byrne Group | 1,369 | 2.88 | |||
Independent (Group E) | 1,364 | 2.87 | |||
Independent (Group O) | 1,159 | 2.44 | |||
Independent (Group J) | 1,158 | 2.44 | |||
Independent | Dion Andrews | 466 | 0.98 | ||
Independent | Suzy Hudson | 106 | 0.22 | ||
Independent | Mathuranath Das | 73 | 0.15 | ||
Independent | James McKenzie | 69 | 0.15 | ||
Total formal votes | 47,497 | 93.17 | |||
Informal votes | 3,482 | 6.83 | |||
Turnout | 50,979 |
References
- ^ "3218.0 – Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2014–15". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
- ^ "3218.0 – Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2017-18". Australian Bureau of Statistics. 27 March 2019. Retrieved 27 March 2019. Estimated resident population (ERP) at 30 June 2018.
- ^ "Independent Chris Cherry wins Mayoral vote in Tweed". Echonetdaily. 18 September 2020. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
- ^ Tweed Link, Issue 1171 23 September 2020, page 1
- ^ Collier's Encyclopedia. New York: Maxwell Macmillan Communication Group.
- ^ Murwillumbah Historical Society Inc. (8 October 2009). "The Shire of Tweed". Archived from the original on 13 October 2009. Retrieved 3 December 2009.
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- ^ a b c d e Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Tweed Shire". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
- ^ a b c Australian Bureau of Statistics (9 March 2006). "Tweed (A)". 2001 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
- ^ a b c Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Community Profile Series: Tweed (A) (Local Government Area)". 2006 Census of Population and Housing. Retrieved 27 October 2010.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Tweed Shire". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
- ^ "Council sacked after property corruption probe". The Sydney Morning Herald. Australian Associated Press. 25 May 2005. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
- ^ "Tweed Shire Council - First Preferences Group and Candidate by Aggregated Vote Type Report". New South Wales Electoral Commission.