Dunbible

Dunbible means the black apple tree in the local Bundjalung dialect.

In the late 1880s, the area was home to a very small community, predominantly farmland for dairy, pigs and cattle.

Dunbible was quite isolated, and before the railway, travel was done on horseback. The railway brought prosperous new opportunities to the area, particularly in agriculture. Cream gathered from cows in Dunbible in the morning could now arrive at the NORCO butter factory in Murwillumbah in the blink of an eye.

Today there are almost 400 community members of Dunbible and the small town features the beautiful heritage Dunbible Creek Bridge.

To learn more about the role that Dunbible Station played in the Tweed section of the Railway please visit the Tweed Regional Museum to learn more.