Tenterfield is known as the location of Sir Henry Parkes' 'Birth of a Nation' speech in 1889, which eventually led to the Federation of Australia in 1901.
This town on the Great Diving Range also has associations with some other well known figures of Australias past. In the mid-1880s bushranger Captain Thunderbolt (alias Frederick Ward) was active in the area while local solicitor Major J.F. Thomas is noted for his defence of Harry "The Breaker" Morant.
This is also the town that inspired international entertainer Peter Allen, who was born in Tenterfield, to write his song 'The Tenterfield Saddler' about his grandfather. AB 'Banjo' Patterson was married to Alice Walker of Tenterfield Station at St Stephens Presbyterian Church in 1903.
Located on the New England Highway just 18km from the Queensland border and 700km north of Sydney, Tenterfield (population approximately 3,500) is surrounded by stunning mountain, rainforest and river scenery.
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