page_title: Tenterfield, New South Wales
section_title: Notable residents
hierarchical_section_title: Tenterfield, New South Wales / Notable residents
caption_attribution_description: The "Tenterfield Saddlery" which was made famous by Peter Allen.
context_page_description: Tenterfield is a regional town in New South Wales, Australia. At the 2016 census, Tenterfield had a population of 4,066. Tenterfield's proximity to many regional centres and its position on the route between Sydney and Brisbane led to its development as a centre for the promotion of the federation of the Australian colonies.
context_section_description: Peter Allen, an entertainer who was born in and spent much of his childhood in Tenterfield, where he lived with his grandfather George Woolnough
  Bronwyn Bancroft, an indigenous Australian artist
  William Blakely, born in Tenterfield in 1875, a botanist and plant collector
  Sir Harry Chauvel, born at nearby Tabulam, the first Australian to command a military Corps
  William Folster, politician
  Robert Guy Howarth, born in Tenterfield in 1906, scholar, literary critic and poet
  Katherine Knight (born 1955), murderer who skinned her partner and cooked his body parts
  Billy Moore, NRL footballer
  A.B. "Banjo" Paterson
  Jenny Saville, professional golfer
  Gary Shearston (1939–2013), singer and songwriter .
  Dr. Leonard Smith, Aboriginal Artist, Writer, Professional Rugby League Player，Australian Army Veteran and Philanthropist. Attended Tenterfield High in 1959
  Charlie Tapscott, 2 x paralympian silver medalist
  Major J.F. Thomas, a solicitor known for his vigorous defence of Harry "Breaker" Morant, and once owned and operated the Tenterfield Star newspaper. Jack Thompson portrayed Thomas in the 1980 film Breaker Morant
  George Woolnough, Allen's grandfather, a saddler, the third person to own the saddlery and the subject of Allen's song "Tenterfield Saddler"
  Oliver Woodward, decorated First World War veteran and metallurgist
caption: The "Tenterfield Saddlery"  made famous by Peter Allen
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