History of Local Area
The surrounding area of Tweed River HS is Banora Point. Timeline-
o 1770- Captain Cook ventures around the Tweed, naming Mt Warning, which was traditionally called Wollumbin by Aboriginals.
o 1823- John Oxley in the ‘Mermaid’ on a voyage from Sydney discovers, and names the Tweed River whilst on a mission to look for more places to settle with convicts. He named the Tweed River after a Scottish/British river, River Tweed.
o 1827- Captain Rous constructs a look-out tower at point danger to catch runaway convicts.
o 1828- Workers at the Point Danger look-out withdraw from the tower because of local aboriginal disputes.
o 1844- The cedar getters arrived searching for timber and set up their camp near deep water at “Taranora” (aboriginal for “little river”) on Dry Dock Rd, South Tweed Heads. Schooners carried the logs south.
o 1866- The Tweed was gradually opened up to selector farmers. The first settlers tried many crops: corn, arrowroot & opium.
o 1870’s- Workers settled on sugar as their staple crop. The sugar crop generated the need for sugar mills and much labour. Small mills at Bilambil, Tumbulgum & Cudgen were gradually replaced by two large ones the C.S.R. mill at Condong.
o 1870- The towns of the Valley grew slowly. Tweed Heads began to develop from 1870 onwards after a train station was opened there, and later the villages of Murwillumbah, Tumbulgum, Chinderah, and Tyalgum & Uki became service centres. The railway reached Murwillumbah from Lismore in 1894 and the rail arrived at Tweed Heads from Brisbane in 1903.
Early 1900’s- Banana growing and fishing become major produce Exports.
o 1770- Captain Cook ventures around the Tweed, naming Mt Warning, which was traditionally called Wollumbin by Aboriginals.
o 1823- John Oxley in the ‘Mermaid’ on a voyage from Sydney discovers, and names the Tweed River whilst on a mission to look for more places to settle with convicts. He named the Tweed River after a Scottish/British river, River Tweed.
o 1827- Captain Rous constructs a look-out tower at point danger to catch runaway convicts.
o 1828- Workers at the Point Danger look-out withdraw from the tower because of local aboriginal disputes.
o 1844- The cedar getters arrived searching for timber and set up their camp near deep water at “Taranora” (aboriginal for “little river”) on Dry Dock Rd, South Tweed Heads. Schooners carried the logs south.
o 1866- The Tweed was gradually opened up to selector farmers. The first settlers tried many crops: corn, arrowroot & opium.
o 1870’s- Workers settled on sugar as their staple crop. The sugar crop generated the need for sugar mills and much labour. Small mills at Bilambil, Tumbulgum & Cudgen were gradually replaced by two large ones the C.S.R. mill at Condong.
o 1870- The towns of the Valley grew slowly. Tweed Heads began to develop from 1870 onwards after a train station was opened there, and later the villages of Murwillumbah, Tumbulgum, Chinderah, and Tyalgum & Uki became service centres. The railway reached Murwillumbah from Lismore in 1894 and the rail arrived at Tweed Heads from Brisbane in 1903.
Early 1900’s- Banana growing and fishing become major produce Exports.
The Local Area
The surrounding area of Tweed River HS (Banora Point and Tweed Heads South) is becoming a much more populated place recently. Originally occupied by the Minjungbal nation, Banora Point has seen much development over the decade, mostly the last 2-3 years. It is an ideal location; close to beaches, on the border of QLD and NSW, on the Eastern Coast and is not over populated.
Modern Development in this area and surrounding include-
o The mouth of the Tweed River
o Jack Evans Boat Harbour
o The Banora Point Upgrade (road works near Sexton Hill)
Modern Development in this area and surrounding include-
o The mouth of the Tweed River
o Jack Evans Boat Harbour
o The Banora Point Upgrade (road works near Sexton Hill)
Famous People In The Local Area
- Neville Bonner was born under a tree in the Tweed Region. Neville Bonner was revolutionary person in terms of politics for Aboriginals; allowing them to have a say. He was the first Aboriginal person to be in politics.
- Stan Walker winner of Australian Idol is local to the area.