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10 unusual facts about Murwillumbah


Barry Singh

The story of his journey from a banana plantation in the Murwillumbah Hinterland to the Queensland Conservatorium and to the establishment of the premier orchestra for the Gold Coast and Northern Rivers has been featured on Australian Story on ABC television.

Cape Byron Light

Construction ended in 1901 and was to be celebrated on 30 November 1901 in a great banquet, with special trains carrying visitors from Lismore and Murwillumbah, at the presence of the Premier of the day, the Hon.

Diospyros mabacea

Found at only thirteen sites in sub tropical rainforest near Murwillumbah and Mullumbimby (28° S), growing at low altutide.

George Ainsworth

In the same year he married Mary Catherine Statham at Murwillumbah.

Gold Coast Motorail

It operated from Sydney via the North Coast line to Murwillumbah.

Mukunda Goswami

Mukunda lived in San Diego until the late 1990s, then moved to New Zealand, then to the ISKCON New Govardhana community, near Murwillumbah, NSW, Australia.

North Coast railway line, New South Wales

With the closure of former branches to Dorrigo (1972) and Murwillumbah (2004) there are now no operating branches off the line.

The first North Coast railway was opened between Murwillumbah, Byron Bay and Lismore in 1894 and extended to Casino in 1903 and Grafton in 1905.

Oxley River

Formed by the confluence of the Hopping Dicks Creek and Tyalgum Creek, Oxley River rises below Mount Durigan on the southern slopes of the McPherson Range, near Tyalgum, and flows generally south by east, and then east, before reaching its confluence with the Tweed River near Murwillumbah.

Shara Gillow

: 22nd Oceania Road Cycling Championships, ITT (Murwillumbah)


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Interail

In September 1997 Northern Rivers Railroad commenced operating cement and flyash trains from Grafton to Casino and Murwillumbah under sub-contract to FreightCorp.

Murwillumbah High School

Captain James Cook had sighted, mapped and named Mount Warning in the Murwillumbah area as he sailed up the coast in 1770 and the fortnightly school newsletter ‘Endeavour’, is named in honour of his ship.

Terranora, New South Wales

Well known children's author, Hesba Fay Brinsmead, made her home in Terranora from 1976 until the early 2000s (she died in nearby Murwillumbah).