Tweed heads

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Tweed heads
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Tweed heads
State : AustraliaAustralia Australia
State : Flag of New South Wales.svg New South Wales
Coordinates : 28 ° 11 ′  S , 153 ° 33 ′  E Coordinates: 28 ° 11 ′  S , 153 ° 33 ′  E
Height : 1  m
Area : 68  km²
Residents : 59,776 (2016)
Population density : 879 inhabitants per km²
Time zone : AEST (UTC + 10)
Postal code : 2485
LGA : Tweed Shire Council
Tweed Heads (New South Wales)
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Tweed heads on the right in the picture

Tweed Heads is the northernmost city in the Australian state of New South Wales and is located about 100 km south of Brisbane . It has grown together on the state border with Coolangatta , the southernmost district of the city of Gold Coast in the state of Queensland .

The town of Tweed Heads takes its name from the Tweed River , at the mouth of which it lies.

Tweed Heads was officially founded in 1886 and has a population of about 60,000. Already at the end of the 19th century, the place was not only a center of the timber industry, it and the coastal region became a popular holiday destination. Today it joins the Gold Coast recreation resort and is also a popular retirement home.

The area's biggest attraction is Mount Warning , the remnant of a long-extinct shield volcano , the largest in the southern hemisphere. Lamington National Park is also within easy reach .

Tweed Heads is located in the Tweed Shire administrative region .

sons and daughters of the town

Web links

Commons : Tweed Heads, New South Wales  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics : Gold Coast - Tweed Heads (Tweed Heads Part) ( English ) In: 2016 Census QuickStats . June 27, 2017. Retrieved February 7, 2020.