| Tweed Shire New South Wales | |||||||||||||||
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 Location in New South Wales | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 28°20′S 153°23′E / 28.333°S 153.383°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||||||
| • Density | 69.168/km2 (179.14/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1947 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 1,321 km2 (510.0 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Mayor | Chris Cherry | ||||||||||||||
| 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. 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]
- ^ "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