Terania Creek, New South Wales

Terania Creek
Terania Creek
Coordinates: 28°36′54.2″S 153°18′3.9″E / 28.615056°S 153.301083°E / -28.615056; 153.301083
CountryAustralia
StateNew South Wales
RegionNorthern Rivers
LGA
Government
 • State electorate
 • Federal division
Population
 • Total207 (2021 census)
Time zoneUTC+10 (AEST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+11 (AEDT)

Terania Creek is a locality in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, Australia. It sits within the City of Lismore local government area and is located 29.7 kilometres (18.5 mi) north of Lismore.[2] In the 2021 census it had a population of 207 people.[3]

The traditional owners are the Widjabul and Wia-bal people of the Bundjalung Nation.[4]

The first rainforest anti-logging demonstrations in Australia occurred at a site in Terania Creek, which is now included in the Nightcap National Park.[5][6]

Notes

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Terania Creek (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. 
  2. ^ "Terania Creek (Locality)". NSW Place and Road Naming Proposals System. Retrieved 7 September 2025.
  3. ^ "2021 Terania Creek, Census All persons QuickStats | Australian Bureau of Statistics". abs.gov.au. Retrieved 7 September 2025.
  4. ^ "Lismore's First Peoples". www.lismore.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 5 September 2025.
  5. ^ "Nightcap National Park, NSW". 27 January 2015. Retrieved 9 September 2025.
  6. ^ 3CR; McIntyre, Iain (2018). "Treesits, lock-ons and barricades: Environmental blockading in the 1980s". Commons Social Change Library. Retrieved 9 September 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)