Murwillumbah New South Wales | |||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 28°19′39″S 153°23′45″E / 28.32750°S 153.39583°E | ||||||||||||||
Population | 9,812 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 2484 | ||||||||||||||
Elevation | 8 m (26 ft) | ||||||||||||||
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LGA(s) | Tweed Shire | ||||||||||||||
County | Rous | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Lismore | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Richmond | ||||||||||||||
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Murwillumbah (/mərˈwɪləmbɑː/ mər-WIL-əm-bah) is a town in the Northern Rivers region of 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-east of Sydney, 13 km south of the Queensland border and 132 km south of Brisbane.
The town's name is often abbreviated to M'bah[2] or Murbah.[3] At the 2021 census, Murwillumbah had a population of 9,812.[1] Many of the buildings are Art Deco in style and there are cafes, clothes shops and antique shops in the town.