{"id":173,"date":"2008-10-08T20:18:08","date_gmt":"2008-10-08T10:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yk.mynetscene.com\/places\/?p=173"},"modified":"2009-09-10T18:11:00","modified_gmt":"2009-09-10T08:11:00","slug":"tenterfield-nsw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yktravelphoto.com\/places\/tenterfield-nsw\/173","title":{"rendered":"Tenterfield, NSW"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Tenterfield is a small town 700 kilometres north from Sydney and 270 kilometres south from Brisbane located in the northern part of the New England Tablelands next to the NSW\/QLD border. It was established in 1830 when the first white settlers arrived to this area.<\/p>\n

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In 1858 gold has been discovered in\u00c2\u00a0the district pushing further development of the town, and\u00c2\u00a0by 1860’s, Tenterfield with population of 133 had a police station, post office, Anglican Church and bank.<\/p>\n

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– 1870’s: population almost doubled
\n– 1871: Tenterfield was declared a municipality
\n– 1886: railway has reached this area<\/p>\n

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Tenterfield is considered as a “The Birthplace of the Nation” – in 1889, Sir Henry Parkes, premier of NSW, delivered his speach for federation of all Australian colonies. That speach has started the process of building Australian Commonwealth\u00c2\u00a0(declared later in 1901).<\/p>\n

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Today, Tenterfield economy is based on the sheep and cattle farms, and growing tourism.<\/p>\n

Main tourist attractions include:
\n– Bald Rock National Park – 750m x 500m x 200m granite monolith
\n– Thunderbolt’s hideout
\n– Mt Mackenzie Granite drive
\n– Woollool Woollool Aboriginal Place
\n– Boonoo Boonoo National Park<\/p>\n

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Additional Info:
\n– Wikipedia<\/a>
\n– Tenterfield Visitor Centre
\n<\/a>– Images on flickr<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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