Murwillumbah

Murwillumbah
New South Wales
Partial view of town and Tweed River, 2008
Murwillumbah is located in New South Wales
Murwillumbah
Murwillumbah
Coordinates28°19′39″S 153°23′45″E / 28.32750°S 153.39583°E / -28.32750; 153.39583
Population9,812 (2021 census)[1]
Postcode(s)2484
Elevation8 m (26 ft)
Location
LGA(s)Tweed Shire
CountyRous
State electorate(s)Lismore
Federal division(s)Richmond
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall
25.8 °C
78 °F
14.4 °C
58 °F
1,570.1 mm
61.8 in
Localities around Murwillumbah:
Nobbys Creek Kynnumboon Tygalgah
North Arm Murwillumbah South Murwillumbah
Eungella Byangum
Bray Park
Dunbible

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.

  1. ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (22 January 2024). (Urban Centre/Locality)" Archived 2022-11-05 at the Wayback Machine. 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
  2. ^ "M'bah rail too costly: report" by Saffron Howden, Tweed Daily News (18 April 2009)
  3. ^ "Crittle set to tackle Murbah" by Jamie Gallagher and Geoff Campbell, Tweed Daily News (15 December 2009)

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