The place is located in the northeast of the state of New South Wales in the Tweed Shire Council , about 850 kilometers northeast of Sydney , 132 kilometers south of Brisbane and 13 kilometers south of the Queensland border . The city is located on the Tweed River in the crater of the largest extinct shield volcano in the world, Mount Warning . James Cook gave it his name in 1770 when he was sailing along the east coast of Australia. The place is east at the foot of the McPherson Range and is hilly.
The Australians, often in their own language contractions use, call the city usually only "Murbah". The name Murwillumbah comes from the Aborigines and means "place where many possums live".
history
The area was initially populated by Aborigines from the Bundjalung tribe. In 1873 the name Murwillumbah was mentioned for the first time in history. Sugar cane cultivation began in the area two years later. With the connection to the rail network at Christmas 1894, Murwillumbah expanded its trade. Murwillumbah was the terminus of the railway line to Casino , where there was daily connection to Sydney via the north coast line. In 2004, this route was given up due to excessive restructuring costs.
The people there still live mainly from milk production, sugar cane and banana cultivation and tourism.
Others
About ten kilometers northwest of Murwillumbah is an elaborately renovated former farm area, which as a production of produced internationally and in Germany by RTL broadcast reality show I'm a Celebrity - Get Me Out of Here! and in the UK under the name I'm a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! serves. According to an employee of the Murwillumbah Chamber of Commerce , the city has been experiencing a real economic boom since the jungle camp began production. The television team spends millions on accommodation, food and equipment, said Paul Waters in an article in the ZDF magazine " Frontal21 " .
Personalities
Katherine Heinrich (* 1954), Australian-Canadian mathematician and university professor
