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Murwillumbah is a town in far north-eastern New South Wales, Australia in the Tweed Shire, on the Tweed River, 848 km north-east of Sydney, 13 km south of the Queensland border and 132 km south of Brisbane. At the 2011 census, Murwillumbah had a population of 8,523 people.〔 The town's name is often abbreviated to M'bah〔("M'bah rail too costly: report" ) by Saffron Howden, ''Tweed Daily News'' (18 April 2009)〕 or Murbah.〔("Crittle set to tackle Murbah" ) by jamie Gallagher and geoff campbell, ''Tweed Daily News'' (15 December 2009)〕 Murwillumbah sits on the south eastern foothills of the McPherson Range in the Tweed Volcano valley. The area is hilly. Many of the buildings are Art Deco in style and there are cafes, clothes and antique shops in the town. Murwillumbah was nominated one of the top ten sea/tree change towns in Australia. Murwillumbah is the eighth town mentioned in the original Australia version of the song "I've Been Everywhere". The area is used for filming of the British reality series, ''I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!'', and has been since 2002. Versions of the show for other countries are also produced in the area. Murwillumbah was also used as the location for the film ''Lou'' (2010) starring John Hurt. The ABC television series of the novel ''Pastures of the Blue Crane'' was also filmed in the Tweed region in 1969. ==History== The first people to live in the area were Bundjalung people. The name Murwillumbah derives from an Aboriginal word meaning "camping place" – from Murrie, meaning "aboriginal people", Wolli, "a camp"; and Bab, "the place of". Nearby Mount Warning and its attendant national park are known as Wollumbin, meaning "Cloud Catcher", in the Bundjalung language. Timber-getters were drawn to the region in the 1840s.〔 The river port at Tumbulgum was initially the main settlement. In 1902, a local government municipality was declared with Murwillumbah as its centre.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=About the Tweed: History )〕 Most of the town's business district was destroyed by fire in 1907.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Murwillumbah: A Brief History )〕 Murwillumbah is the location for Australia’s largest-ever bank robbery which occurred in 1978 and has not been solved.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Murwillumbah」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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