Murwillumbah
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Partial view of town and Tweed River, 2008 | |||||||||||||
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| Coordinates: 28°19′39″S 153°23′45″E / 28.32750°S 153.39583°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | New South Wales | ||||||||||||
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| Elevation | 8 m (26 ft) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 9,812 (2021 census) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 2484 | ||||||||||||
| County | Rous | ||||||||||||
| Mean max temp | 25.8 °C (78.4 °F) | ||||||||||||
| Mean min temp | 14.4 °C (57.9 °F) | ||||||||||||
| Annual rainfall | 1,570.1 mm (61.81 in) | ||||||||||||
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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. It sits on the south eastern foothills of the McPherson Range in the Tweed Volcano valley and is nearby the Mount Warning (Wollumbin). Murwillumbah is 848 kilometres (527 mi) north-east of Sydney, 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) south of the Queensland border and 132 kilometres (82 mi) south of Brisbane.
The town's name is often abbreviated to M'bah or Murbah.
At the 2021 census, Murwillumbah had a population of 9,812. Many of the buildings are art deco in style and there are cafes, clothes shops and antique shops in the town.
The Ngandowal and Minyungbal speaking people of the Bundjalung Nation are recoginsed as being the traditional owners of Murwillumbah and its surrounding areas. The following clans Goodjinburra, Tul-gi-gin and Moorung-Moobah are recognised as being of particular significance.