Tumbulgum ( ) is a village in northern New South Wales, Australia. It is in the Tweed Shire local government area, at the confluence of the Rous and Tweed Rivers, north east of the state capital, Sydney and south east of Brisbane. At the , Tumbulgum had a population of 349. History In the 1880s Tumbulgum was the principal town in the Tweed Valley with an active commercial sector, including a bank. It was not until construction of the rail line to Lismore in 1897 and the Murwillumbah Bridge in 1901 that Murwillumbah supplanted Tumbulgum as the major centre on the Tweed. The Australian Red Cedar growing in the Tumbulgum area attracted timber-cutters from the 1840s and by the early 1860s a small community and river port had been established on the northern side of the Tweed River where it met the Rous. The town was originally called "Tweed Junction" but in 1880 the residents petitioned to have the name changed to "Tumbulgum". This was claimed to mean "meeting place of the waters" in an Aboriginal language but others claimed translations include "a large fig" or "wild fig tree". By 1885, the town had mostly moved to the southern bank of the Tweed. There is general acceptance among the Tweed Aboriginal community of the presence of three main groups in the Tweed River Valley. These were the Goodjinburra people for the Tweed Coastal area, the Tul-gi-gin people for the North Arm (Rous), and the Moorang-Moobar people for the Southern and Central Arms around Wollumbin (Mt Warning). Tumbulgum History 31 October 1823, John Oxley discovers the Tweed River. 1842 Cedar Getters arrive on the Tweed River. 1866 the first land selectors arrived on the Tweed River and river port of Tweed Junction established. 1 March 1881, name changed from Tweed Junction to Tumbulgum 26 January 1883, Baker's Farm Auction enabled development of current village site 24 December 1894, Murwillumbah Railway line opened. Murwillumbah replaces Tumbulgum as the commercial centre of the Tweed. July 1936, Barney's Point Bridge, Chinderah opens to traffic from Murwillumbah to Tweed Heads. Bypassing Tumbulgum Road and North Tumbulgum. 1973, Pacific Highway bypasses Tumbulgum enabling the development of Riverside Drive. 20 December 1986, Alexander Twohill Bridge opens replacing the Tumbulgum Ferry. 4 August 2002, Yelgun-Chinderah Freeway opens, the old highway route renamed Tweed Valley Way. The Tumbulgum Heritage Trail was established in 2013. Permanent signs depicting life in