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{{Short description|Town in New South Wales, Australia}}
{{For|the 2013 novel|Mullumbimby (novel)}}
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{{Infobox Australian place 
| type      = town
| name      = Mullumbimby
| state     = NSW
| image     = Burringbar Street, Mullumbimby, NSW 2014.jpg
| caption   = Burringbar Street&mdash;Mullumbimby's main street
| lga       = Byron Shire
| postcode  = 2482<ref name=postcode>{{cite web|title=Australia Post postcode 2482|url=https://auspost.com.au/postcode/2482|website=Australia Post}}</ref>
| est       = 
| pop       = 3,589
| pop_year  = {{CensusAU|2021}}
| pop_footnotes = <ref name="ABS2021">[[Australian Bureau of Statistics]] (22 January 2024). [https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/UCL115107]. ''2021 Census QuickStats.'' Retrieved 22 January 2024.</ref>
| elevation = 6
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| fedgov    = [[Division of Richmond|Richmond]]<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Australian Electoral Commission|title=Federal Division – Richmond|url=http://apps.aec.gov.au/esearch/LocalitySearchResults.aspx?filter=richmond&filterby=Electorate|year=2007|access-date=25 March 2008|archive-date=22 August 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110822170045/http://apps.aec.gov.au/esearch/LocalitySearchResults.aspx?filter=richmond&filterby=Electorate|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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| location1 = Brunswick Heads
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| dir2      = NW
| location2 = Byron Bay
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| dir3      = NE
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'''Mullumbimby''', locally nicknamed '''Mullum''', is a town in the [[Byron Shire]] in the [[Northern Rivers]] region of [[New South Wales]], Australia. It promotes itself as "The Biggest Little Town in Australia".<ref>{{cite web|title=Mullumbimby|url=http://www.byron-bay-beaches.com/mullumbimby.html|work=Byron Bay Beaches|access-date=20 May 2011}}</ref> It is known for its [[hippie]] subculture, and it has been referred to as "Australia's [[anti-vaccination|anti-vaxxer]] capital".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mullumbimby, NSW: Australia's 'anti-vaccination capital' doesn't deserve your hate |url=https://www.smh.com.au/traveller/inspiration/mullumbimby-nsw-australias-antivaccination-capital-doesnt-deserve-your-hate-20210727-h1xgo5.html |access-date=2024-11-28 |website=SMH.com.au |publisher=Sydney Morning Herald |language=en-AU}}</ref>

The town lies at the foot of [[Mount Chincogan]] in the [[Brunswick Valley]] about 9 kilometres (5.5 miles) by road from the coast. At the {{CensusAU|2021}}, Mullumbimby and the surrounding area had a population of 3,589 people.<ref name="ABS2021" /> 

The [[Bundjalung people]] were the first people who lived in the area of Mullumbimby before the arrival of Europeans and remain the [[traditional owners]] of this place.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Arakwal People of Byron Bay |url=https://arakwal.com.au/ |access-date=2024-09-02}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Aboriginal Cultural Heritage |url=https://www.byron.nsw.gov.au/Council/About-Byron-Shire/Aboriginal-Torres-Strait-Communities/Aboriginal-Cultural-Heritage |access-date=2024-09-02 |website=Byron Shire Council |language=en-AU}}</ref>

==History==
The first European to explore the area was [[Henry John Rous]] in 1828.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.aussietowns.com.au/town/mullumbimby-nsw | title=Mullumbimby, NSW }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2004-02-08 |title=Mullumbimby |url=https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/mullumbimby-20040208-gdkq55.html |access-date=2024-06-07 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}</ref>

The area was used for dairy farming and fruit growing.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About the profile areas {{!}} Mullumbimby {{!}} profile.id |url=https://profile.id.com.au/byron/about?WebID=130 |access-date=2024-06-07 |website=profile.id.com.au}}</ref>

In 2022, the town was affected by the [[2022 eastern Australia floods|eastern Australia floods]].<ref> {{Cite news |date=2022-12-30 |title=Australia's record-breaking year of rain — and the end is now in sight |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-12-31/australian-weather-rain-2022-records-broken-flooding/101789262 |access-date=2024-06-07 |work=ABC News |language=en-AU}}</ref>
===Origins and name===
[[File:Old NSW Bank building, Mullumbimby NSW 2014.jpg|thumb|left|Old [[Bank of New South Wales]] building<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/heritageapp/ViewHeritageItemDetails.aspx?ID=1260188|title=Westpac Bank (Former) – NSW Environment & Heritage|website=www.environment.nsw.gov.au|date=22 October 2019 }}</ref>]]
In the 1850s Europeans had established a camp site at the junction of two arms of the [[Brunswick River (New South Wales)|Brunswick River]]. This grew to become a village and later the township of Mullumbimby. Mullumbimby was originally a centre for the timber industry. Notably, [[Toona ciliata|red cedar]] was collected in great quantities from around the area, a part of the far northern New South Wales "[[Big Scrub]]".<ref name="bhwoodchop.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.bhwoodchop.com/?page_id=331|title=more history}}</ref>

The town was a logical site for settlement by the timber hunters, as the Brunswick River is tidal in the town and navigable to that point, allowing logs to be floated down the river to its mouth at [[Brunswick Heads]]. The town's central location gave access to most of the catchment area, and it provided the best position for bullock teams to cross the river with their wagons loaded with timber. At low tide it is still possible to see the shallow region where the bullocks made the crossing of the Brunswick River, under the current "Federation Bridge" on Murwillumbah Road.{{citation needed|date=April 2021}}

[[File:Aerial perspective of Mullimbimy.jpg|thumb|Aerial perspective of Mullumbimby taken autumn 2018]]
[[File:Aerial panorama of Mullumbimby, NSW.jpg|thumb|left|Aerial panorama of Mullumbimby taken autumn 2018]]
The name "Mullumbimby", meaning "small round hill", was given to the district by Aboriginal people. The name is derived from the [[Bandjalang language|Bandjalung-Yugambeh dialect]] ''mulubinba'' (possibly also pertaining to a native fern which grew in the vicinity).<ref>{{NSW GNR|id=ujjLwptLMa|title=Mullumbimby|access-date=26 October 2011}}</ref> Although some sources claim this is because of the proximity of [[Mount Chincogan]], however this mountain is likely too prominent in the landscape to fit the name.<ref>{{cite web|title=Byron Bay Hinterland|url=http://www.australiantraveller.com/destinations/nsw/byron-bay/2887|publisher=Australian Traveller|access-date=11 May 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110218122425/http://www.australiantraveller.com/destinations/nsw/byron-bay/2887|archive-date=18 February 2011}}</ref> 

An alternative theory is that it refers to another smaller and rounder hill. Suggestions include a medium hill to the north of Left Bank road, on which the towns water tower is located, or a smaller hill on Coolamon Scenic Drive, situated on the Daly Family Farm, near the current golf course. This latter hill is possibly supported by the abundant grass flats which surrounded it, known as Mullumbimby Grass.{{citation needed|date=May 2025}}

Mullumbimby Grass are naturally open grass flats, presumably hunting grounds for the local [[Bundjalung people]] and they were later used by early European timber hunters to graze their bullock teams.<ref name="bhwoodchop.com" />{{Better source needed|reason=The current source is insufficiently reliable ([[WP:NOTRS]]).|date=May 2025}} The significance of this area lay not only in the feed it provided, but that some grasses in the naturally cleared area aided bullocks which had swallowed salt water when dragging timber into the surf for collection by nearby ships.{{citation needed|date=May 2025}}

===Cultural history===
[[File:The Book Barn, Mullumbimby NSW 2014.jpg|thumb|A Mullumbimby bookstore]]
[[File:The Middle pub, Mullumbimby NSW 2014.jpg|thumb|The Middle Pub]]
Mullumbimby was a separate municipality from 1908 until 1980 when it was forced to amalgamate with the [[Byron Shire]]. The Byron Shire Council offices were relocated to Mullumbimby in September 1996.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stubbs |first=Brett J |date=2006 |title=Byron Shire: thematic history (volume 2) |url=https://www.byron.nsw.gov.au/files/assets/public/hptrim/land-use-and-planning-programs-heritage-protection-programs-studies/dm833862-community-based-heritage-study-final-volume-2-thematic-history.pdf |access-date=2024-09-03 |website=Byron Shire Council}}</ref>

Byron Shire, including Mullumbimby and nearby [[Byron Bay, New South Wales|Byron Bay]], became a centre of alternative or counter culture alongside the extant mainstream culture in the 1970s and 1980s, and remains so today. The male choir Dustyesky performs Russian-language folk songs and received major coverage on the Russian television broadcaster [[Channel One Russia|Channel One]].<ref>[http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-05-30/mullumbimby-choir-cracks-big-time-russia/8572406 "Vodka-swilling choir from Mullumbimby cracks the big time in Russia"] by Joanne Shoebridge and Samantha Turnbull, [[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]], 30 May 2017</ref>

Once the most notable specimens of the valuable timber trees had been collected (most notably red cedar, but also [[Flindersia australis|Australian Teak]], [[Araucaria cunninghamii|Hoop Pine]], [[Didymocheton fraserianus|Rosewood]], [[Grevillea robusta|Silky Oak]] and [[Castanospermum australe|Black]] and [[Didymocheton muelleri|Red Bean]]), the Big Scrub timber trade collapsed and Mullumbimby became primarily a farming community. Like many areas of the [[Big Scrub]], allotments were given in Mullumbimby and the surrounding areas by the [[Government of New South Wales|New South Wales government]] on the condition that the owner cleared the land for agricultural use.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://bigscrubrainforest.org.au/?p=3615 |title=Big Scrub: A cleared landscape in transition back to forest?}}</ref> Beef and dairy, along with bananas and sugar cane have traditionally been the notable products of the area. However, the subdivision of many of the larger farms and the emergence of numerous small scale farmers has led to a higher diversity of products. A weekly farmers' market has been developed to exhibit local produce.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.mullumfarmersmarket.org.au |title=Mullumbimby Farmers Markets}}</ref>

A [[static inverter plant]] of [[HVDC]] [[Directlink]] is located at Laverty's Gap near Mullumbimby. This inverter plant was previously the site of a 288&nbsp;kW [[hydroelectric power]] scheme that powered Mullumbimby, Byron Bay and [[Bangalow]] from 1926, using water from a [[weir]] in nearby [[Wilsons River|Wilsons Creek]].<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/New-South-Wales/Mullumbimby/2005/02/17/1108500197710.html | work=The Sydney Morning Herald | title=Mullumbimby | date=2004-02-08}}</ref><ref>{{YouTube|S0RAryS8edo|Touring The Hydro – Mullumbimby's Heritage Power Station (1 of 6)}}</ref> The scheme was the fourth hydro electric power station in NSW and only the fifth on mainland Australia.<ref name="environment.nsw.gov.au">{{cite web|url= http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/heritageapp/ViewHeritageItemDetails.aspx?ID=5060490 |title=Mullumbimby Hydro-electric Power Station Complex|date=22 October 2019}}</ref> Powering Mullumbimby for the first time in 1925, the scheme made Mullumbimby one of the first country towns in NSW to receive electricity.<ref name="environment.nsw.gov.au" /> Although decommissioned in 1990, it is now of state heritage significance.<ref name="environment.nsw.gov.au" /> The hydroelectric scheme was designed by [[William Corin]] (1867–1929).<ref>{{Cite Australian Dictionary of Biography |first=Arthur |last=Corbett |id2=corin-william-5782 |title=William Corin (1867–1929) |year=1981 |volume=8}}</ref> The site is being considered for [[pumped-storage hydroelectricity]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.byronnews.com.au/news/pumped-about-hydro-in-mullum/3228463/ |title=Pumped about hydro in Mullum|publisher= Byron Shire News|date=27 September 2017 |access-date=28 September 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.echo.net.au/2017/09/pumped-storage-hydro-potential-mullumbimby/ |title=Pumped-storage hydro potential for Mullumbimby |date=28 September 2017|publisher=Echonetdaily |access-date=28 September 2017}}</ref>

The [[Mullumbimby Star]], which was published under a number of names over its history, was a newspaper published in the town from 1902 to 1982.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mullumbimby Star (NSW : 1906 - 1936) |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/title/495 |access-date=2024-09-02 |website=Trove |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Mullumbimby Star and Byron Bay-Bangalow Advocate (NSW : 1936) |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-title673 |access-date=2024-09-02 |website=Trove}}</ref>

==Heritage listings==
Mullumbimby has several heritage-listed sites and the controversial Slater mounds have been nominated as local heritage. The best known heritage sites include:
* Wilsons Creek Road: [[Mullumbimby Hydro-electric Power Station Complex]]<ref name=nswshr-1926>{{cite NSW SHR|5060490|Mullumbimby Hydro-electric Power Station Complex|hr=01926|fn=12/19118|access-date=18 May 2018}}</ref>

== Population ==
{{Historical populations
|type= Australia
|1921|1329
|1933|1362
|1947|1609
|1954|2017
|1961|1966
|1966|1981
|1971|1891
|1976|2028
|1981|2234
|1986|2453
|1991|2612
|1996|2870
|2001|2989
|2006|3129
|2011|3164
|2016|3248
|2021|3589
|source=[[Australian Bureau of Statistics]] data.<ref name="ABS Census data">{{cite web |title=Statistics by Catalogue Number |publisher=Australian Bureau of Statistics |url=https://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/ViewContent?readform&view=ProductsbyCatalogue&Action=Expand&Num=2.2 |access-date=22 January 2024}}</ref><ref name="ABS Census data recent">{{cite web |title=Search Census data |publisher=Australian Bureau of Statistics |url=https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/search-by-area |access-date=22 January 2024}}</ref>
}}

In the 2021 Census, there were 3,589 people in Mullumbimby. 70.4% of people were born in Australia and the next most common countries of birth were England at 5.9%, New Zealand at 1.9% and Germany at 1.6%. 81.0% of people spoke only English at home.{{cn|date=September 2025}}

The most common response for religion was No Religion at 59.2%, followed by Not stated 10.3%, Catholic 7.7%, Anglican 5.9% and Buddhism 2.9%.<ref name="ABS2021" /> 

Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.8% of the population in 2016. English, Australian, Irish, Scottish and German are the most common ancestries.<ref name="ABS2021" />

== Geography ==
[[File:Mullumbimby New South Wales.jpg|thumb|left| [[Mount Chincogan]] ]]

Mullumbimby is about {{convert|4|km|mi|0}} west of the [[Pacific Highway (Australia)|Pacific Highway]], near where the now closed [[Murwillumbah railway line]] crosses the Brunswick River.

A major geographical feature of Mullumbimby is [[Mount Chincogan]], which was a minor lava plug of the now extinct [[Tweed Volcano|Tweed shield volcano]], while the nearby [[Mount Warning|Mount Warning (Wollumbin)]] was the main plug;<ref>{{Cite web |title=Geological history |url=https://museum.tweed.nsw.gov.au/explore/natural-heritage/geology/geological-history |access-date=2025-05-23 |website=museum.tweed.nsw.gov.au |language=en-AU}}</ref> both of these mountains were once known as the 'twin peaks'.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Echo |first=The |date=2020-09-17 |title=Mount Chincogan: the father of Mullumbimby’s twin peaks |url=https://www.echo.net.au/2020/09/mount-chincogan-the-father-of-mullumbimbys-twin-peaks/ |access-date=2025-05-23 |website=The Echo |language=en-AU}}</ref> This is also a sacred women's site for the [[Bundjalung people]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tansley |first=Carole |date=2020-06-02 |title=The hidden power of Indigenous knowledge |url=https://caroletansley.medium.com/the-hidden-power-of-indigenous-knowledge-fc4f4b893002 |access-date=2025-05-23 |website=Medium |language=en}}</ref>

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==Conspiracy theorism==
Mullumbimby is a hotspot for [[conspiracy theory|conspiracy theorists]] in Australia. Many locals are [[hippie]]s or live alternative lifestyles. The town has low [[vaccination]] rates and many locals have protested against vaccines, [[5G misinformation|5G]] technology and [[water fluoridation]] amongst other causes.<ref name="mask">{{Cite web |title=COVID NSW: Pandemic sparks conflict in Australia's anti-vaxxer capital |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/no-mask-we-don-t-ask-covid-sparks-conflict-in-australia-s-anti-vaxxer-capital-20210708-p5884u.html |access-date=2024-06-07 |website=amp.smh.com.au|date=17 July 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=COVID conspiracies are just the latest theories in a history stretching back centuries - ABC News |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-01-11/medical-conspiracies-a-history-from-covid-back-to-ancient-rome/100672978 |access-date=2024-06-07 |website=amp.abc.net.au}}</ref>

==Health==

Mullumbimby is a hot spot for the anti-vaccination movement. As of 2013, the town{{'}}s vaccination rate was the lowest in Australia, with only 46% to 49% of children aged one, two and five years old  in the 2482 postcode fully immunised, in contrast with a state average in the low 90s. In Mullumbimby, between 2015 and 2016 only 52% of five year olds were fully vaccinated, compared to the national average at the time of 92.9%.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-06-07/nsw-urged-to-rethink-no-jab-no-play-vaccination-policy/9839992|title=NSW urged to rethink no jab no play vaccination policy|last=MacKenzie|first=Bruce|date=2018-06-07|website=ABC News|language=en-AU|access-date=2019-09-18}}</ref> [[Richmond Valley Council|Richmond Valley]], a region close to Mullumbimby, had the lowest overall vaccination rate, in part due to a high number of "conscientious objectors" to the practice. Health officials have cited education and timely reminders as key factors in improving the vaccination rate.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-05-20/mullum-vacc/4701246 |title= Mullumbimby vaccination rate below 50 per cent |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date= 2013-05-20 |website= abc.net.au |publisher= [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC]] |access-date= 2015-04-29}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2014/03/28/3973394.htm |title= Low vaccination rates make Northern Rivers most "dangerous" place to raise children: State Opposition |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date= 2014-03-28 |website= abc.net.au/local |publisher= [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC]] |access-date= 2015-04-29}}</ref>

The Byron Shire, in which Mullumbimby is situated, is also the only remaining local government area in the [[Northern Rivers]] region to reject [[water fluoridation|fluoridation]] of its water supply.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.northernstar.com.au/news/turbulent-times-in-our-patch/2498072/|title= Turbulent times in our patch|last1=Broome|first1=Hamish|date=2014-12-31|work=[[Northern Star (Australian newspaper)|Northern Star]]|publisher=APN|access-date= 2015-04-29}}</ref>

During the [[COVID-19 pandemic in New South Wales|COVID-19 pandemic]], despite state government-mandated restrictions, many businesses in Mullumbimby welcomed [[COVID-19 vaccine|unvaccinated]] and [[Face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic|unmasked]] individuals into their businesses, saying that the mandates imposed by the government were discriminatory.<ref name="mask"/>

==Sport and recreation==
The [[Mullumbimby Giants]] is the local [[rugby league]] club that competes in the [[Northern Rivers Regional Rugby League]] competition.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-10-25 |title=Mullumbimby Giants |url=https://www.mullumbimbygiantsjrl.com.au/ |access-date=2023-10-25 |website=Mullumbimby Giants}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-04-14 |title=NRRRL: your ultimate guide to the 2023 season |url=https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/sport/northern-rivers-regional-rugby-league-your-ultimate-guide-to-the-2023-season/news-story/48145fe66464af637ce77dd39a06a4fc |access-date=2023-10-25 |website=The Daily Telegraph}}</ref>

==Notable people==
*[[Vic Armbruster]], Australian rugby league player (1902–1984).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Vic Armbruster |url=https://www.nrl.com/hall-of-fame/players/vic-armbruster/ |access-date=2024-09-02 |website=National Rugby League Hall of Fame |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Iggy Azalea]], Grammy-nominated multi-platinum selling rapper, songwriter and model (born 1990); her stage name was partially inspired by Mullumbimby's Azalea Street, where her childhood home was located.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Chambers |first=Geoff |date=22 August 2014 |title=The birth of Iggy Azalea: How a schoolgirl named Amethyst clung to a dream to become a rapper |work=The Daily Telegraph |url=https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/entertainment/sydney-confidential/the-birth-of-iggy-azalea-how-a-schoolgirl-named-amethyst-clung-to-a-dream-to-become-a-rapper/news-story/0b2c48e284dee17dede90b5eb7d5e1f0 |access-date=17 January 2023}}</ref>
*[[Bob Bellear]], first Aboriginal judge in Australia (1944–2005).<ref>{{Cite news |last=Shand |first=Aslan |date=2017-08-16 |title=Recalling Bob Bellear, a man of firsts |url=https://www.echo.net.au/2017/08/recalling-bob-bellear-man-firsts/ |access-date=2024-09-02 |work=[[Byron Shire Echo]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |title=His Honour Judge Bob Bellear (1944 – 2005) |url=https://www.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/NSWBarAssocNews/2005/33.pdf |journal=Bar News |volume=2005 |issue=Winter |pages=72–73 |via=AustLII}}</ref>
*[[Renee Bargh]], Australian TV presenter (born 1986).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Meredith |first=Brooke |title=Renée Bargh {{!}} A Conscious Collection |url=https://aconsciouscollection.com/2019/03/25/renee-bargh/ |access-date=2024-09-02 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Brodnik |first=Laura |date=2021-05-12 |title="On my first day, Russell Crowe made it difficult," Stan's Renee Bargh on her wildest Hollywood moments. |url=https://www.mamamia.com.au/renee-bargh-interview/ |access-date=2024-09-02 |website=Mamamia |language=en-AU}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Renee Bargh - Biography |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2818727/bio/ |access-date=2024-09-02 |website=IMDb |language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[Doug Deitz]], rugby league player (1914–1994).{{Citation needed|date=September 2024}}
*[[Jy Hitchcox]], rugby league player (born 1989).<ref>{{Cite news |last=Mcraig |date=2014-08-22 |title=Former Mullum junior joins NRL big league with Wests Tigers |url=https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/lismore/sport/former-mullum-junior-joins-nrl-big-league-with-wests-tigers/news-story/84da799b9837c4d2418c33472abfcc8a |access-date=2024-09-02 |work=[[The Northern Star]]}}</ref>
*[[Trent Knobel]], AFL player with [[Brisbane Bears]] and [[St Kilda Football Club]] (born 1980).<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-01-23 |title=Past - Trent Knobel (1999-2001) |url=https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/trent-knobel-1999-2001.905180/ |access-date=2024-09-02 |website=BigFooty Forum |language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[Cody Nelson]], rugby league player (born 1988).<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-06-16 |title=Captain turns in Giant mowing performance for Mullumbimby |url=https://www.nswrl.com.au/news/2022/06/16/captain-turns-in-giant-mowing-performance-for-mullumbimby/ |access-date=2024-09-02 |website=New South Wales Rugby League |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Audrey Oldfield]], children's writer and historian (1925–2010).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Harrison |first=Sharon |title=Oldfield, Audrey (1925 - 2010) |url=https://www.womenaustralia.info/leaders/biogs/WLE0555b.htm |access-date=2024-09-02 |website=The Encyclopedia of Women and Leadership in Twentieth-Century Australia |language=en-gb}}</ref>
*[[Amy Taylor (musician)|Amy Taylor]], lead singer [[Amyl and the Sniffers]] (born 1996).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kent |first=Ange |date=2021-09-27 |title=Amyl and The Sniffers' frontwoman weapon |url=https://www.bayfm.org/news/amyl-and-the-sniffers-frontwoman-weapon/ |access-date=2024-09-02 |website=BayFM |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Waterhouse |first=Jonah |date=2021-09-10 |title=How Australian rock singer Amy Taylor became a fashion sensation |url=https://www.vogue.com.au/culture/features/how-singer-amy-taylor-went-from-rural-nsw-to-becoming-a-gucci-muse/news-story/67ba77f2ee72f77077541b068ee48965 |access-date=2024-09-02 |work=[[Vogue Australia]]}}</ref>
*[[Petria Thomas]], swimming Olympic gold medallist (born 1975).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mullumbimby Memorial Centre Petria Thomas Pool |url=https://www.warmemorialsregister.nsw.gov.au/memorials/mullumbimby-memorial-centre-petria-thomas-pool |access-date=2024-09-02 |website=NSW War Memorials Register}}</ref>
*[[Joel Turner (musician)|Joel Turner]], beatboxer, singer, songwriter, instrumentalist and record producer (born 1987).<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-03-04 |title=Joel Turner music, videos, stats, and photos |url=https://www.last.fm/music/Joel+Turner |access-date=2024-09-02 |website=Last.fm |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Edwin Wilson (poet)|Edwin Wilson]], author of ''Mullumbimby Dreaming'' and ''The Mullumbimby Kid'' (1942–2022).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Edwin Wilson {{!}} Personal website of Edwin Wilson, Australian Poet and Painter |url=https://www.edwinwilson.com.au/ |access-date=2024-09-02 |language=en-AU}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Edwin Wilson FRAS |url=https://www.royalart.com.au/edwin-wilson |access-date=2024-09-02 |website=Royal Art Society of NSW |language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[Mark Lewis (filmmaker)|Mark Lewis]], filmmaker.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cane Toads: The Conquest: Mark Lewis interview |url=https://www.sbs.com.au/whats-on/article/cane-toads-the-conquest-mark-lewis-interview/g5uqjml9x |access-date=2024-09-02 |website=SBS What's On |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Schembri |first=Jim |date=2011-05-26 |title=Misunderstood and a bit jumpy |url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/movies/misunderstood-and-a-bit-jumpy-20110526-1f4u9.html |access-date=2024-09-02 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Mandy Nolan]], comedian, writer and [[Australian Greens]] candidate for [[Division of Richmond|Richmond]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Chryssides |first=Helen |date=2014-12-10 |title=Two of us: John Stevens and Mandy Nolan |url=https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/two-of-us-john-stevens-and-mandy-nolan-20141210-124em2.html |access-date=2025-05-23 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}</ref>

== See also ==
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* [[Northern Rivers]]
* [[Mullumbimby (novel)]]
* [[Shearwater, The Mullumbimby Steiner School]]
* [[2022 eastern Australia floods]]
* [[Davidsonia jerseyana|Mullumbimby plum]]
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==References==
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==External links==
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