Tenterfield Facts

About Tenterfield

Tenterfield is a council inland on the far north of New South Wales bordering Queensland.   Within the Shire boundary, there are a number of villages including Urbenville, Drake and Liston.

There are many things to do in Tenterfield Shire. The annual Oracles of the Bush Festival which celebrates bush poetry, literature and music is held every April.  Peter Allen was born in Tenterfield and immortalised the town in his song “Tenterfield Saddler”and the inaugural Peter Allen Festival will be held in Tenterfield in September 2018.  Known as the “Birthplace of the Nation”, Tenterfield was the venue for Sir Henry Parkes to deliver his famous Federation speech in the Tenterfield School of the Arts in 1889

Many sports are available for Tenterfield residents.   They include basketball, camp drafting, cricket, cycling, golf, hockey, little athletics, netball, petanque, pistol shooting, rugby league, skateboarding, soccer, swimming, tennis,

In the town, education is available at all levels from several pre-schools, one public and one Catholic primary schools and a high school.  Additionally there is a campus of the New England Institute of TAFE and the Tenterfield Community College. In the surrounding rural areas there are primary schools in Drake, Jennings, Mingoola and Urbenville.

As well as the Tenterfield hospital, there are a number of GPs, a pharmacy and visiting allied health professionals.   There is also a Community Health Centre and several nursing homes.

For more information contact: council:  council@tenterfield.nsw.gov.au

Housing Data: Sourced from www.realestate.com.au current as at 7/18.
Careers Data: Sourced from ABS.