Tweed Shire

The Tweed Shire Council (28°20′S 153°23′E) is the local authority for the Tweed Valley in New South Wales.

In May 2005 the State Government sacked Tweed Shire Council and referred allegations of corruption to the Independent Commission Against Corruption.

Tweed Shire includes suburbs of the Gold Coast, including Tweed Heads, Banora Point, Kingscliff, Fingal Head, Chinderah and Terranora and the towns and villages of Murwillumbah (7,596), Bogangar (3,043), Pottsville (2,585), Burringbar (332), Tumbulgum (360), Tyalgum and Uki (211).

History of the Tweed Shire

The European history of the Tweed Shire began in 1823 when the Tweed River was discovered by John Oxley. After sheltering on Cook Island, (4km from the River's mouth), Oxely travelled 11km up river. In 1828, Captain H. J. Rous explored 50km up the river. Settlers began to arrive in 182?, the first of which where the cedargetters, who came to harvest Great Red Cedars and send them back to England.

External links

• NSW Department of Local Government - Tweed Heads Shire

References

Colliers Encyclopedia, New York, New York, Maxwell Macmillan Communication Group