The aborigines of the Tweed were not particularly nomadic, having no need to travel for hunting or food-gathering. Their tribes had almost died out by the turn of this century. Schools 5 community run and numerous private facilities for pre-school age children. Universities located at Tweed Heads, Lismore and the Gold Coast. Health Public hospitals are located in Tweed Heads and Murwillumbah.
Council runs childhood immunisation clinics each month.
The Tweed River Regional Art Gallery , home of the Doug Moran National Portrait Prize. Tweed Shire Council manages Caravans Parks along the coast, located, from north to south, at Boyd's Bay, Fingal Head, Kingscliff North, Kingscliff South, Hastings Point, Pottsville North and Pottsville South. Tweed Shire Council accepts no responsibility for any loss occasioned as a direct or indirect result of the use, or during the use of, the information obtained from this site, or those associated with it. This site is optimised for Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 and Netscape Navigator 4.0 at 800 x 600 resolution. Tweed Shire Council 2000.