Tenterfield - NSW, Australia, 2372 (Profile by Infotek3000)

Tenterfield NSW Australia
Sitting astride the Great Dividing Range. The northern end of the New England Highway. 18km south of the Queensland Border. New South Wales Australia 2372.

History
Tenterfield is one of the more romantic & colourful Australian frontier towns. Sir Henry Parkes referred to Tenterfield as “The Birthplace of Our Nation” when delivering his famous Federation Speech in the Tenterfield School of Arts (24th October 1889). This Federation Speech ultimately led to the Federation of all Australian States on January 1st 1901.

Captain Thunderbolt (alias Fred Ward), was a bushranger in the area in the mid 1880s.

Local Solicitor - Major J.F. Thomas, is noted for his defence of Harry "The Breaker" Morant. For more information about this topic see the movie "Breaker Morant".

A.B. “Banjo” Patterson, married local girl Alice Walker from Tenterfield Station at St Stephens Presbyterian Church in 1903. "Banjo Patterson" is best remember for his typically Australian poetry. For example - "The Bush Christening" and "Mulga Bill's Bicycle" and "The Man From Ironbark", and "The Man from Snowy River".

Peter Allen (the boy from OZ) will be remembered as was an International entertainer. Peter was born in Tenterfield and was the grandson of “The Tenterfield Saddler”, whom he immortalised in his hauntingly beautiful song.

Bald Rock
Bald Rock - Bald Rock is situated in Bald Rock National Park on the New South Wales-Queensland border. Bald Rock is Australia's largest granite monolith and it rises to 1277 metres above sea level, rises around 200 metres out of the surrounding bushland, is 750 metres long and 500 metres wide.

Seasons
Spring time: Mild
Summer: A moderate alpine summer
Autumn: Glorious! Many colourful deciduous trees
Winter: Combining warm sunny days with clear crisp nights.