Goonellabah, New South Wales
Encyclopedia
Goonellabah is the eastern suburb
of Lismore
, and is on the Bruxner Highway
. At the 2006 census
, Goonellabah had a population of 12,139 people.
Goonellabah has many sporting teams which compete in local competitions. These include football, cricket, hockey, touch and tennis.
Suburb
The word suburb mostly refers to a residential area, either existing as part of a city or as a separate residential community within commuting distance of a city . Some suburbs have a degree of administrative autonomy, and most have lower population density than inner city neighborhoods...
of Lismore
Lismore, New South Wales
Lismore is a subtropical town in northeastern New South Wales, Australia. Lismore is the main population centre in the City of Lismore local government area. Lismore is a regional centre in the Northern Rivers region of the State.-History:...
, and is on the Bruxner Highway
Bruxner Highway
The Bruxner Highway is one of the more obscure State highways in New South Wales, Australia. It forms an east-west link from the Northern Rivers coast, across the Northern Tablelands in northern New South Wales, close to the border with Queensland...
. At the 2006 census
Census in Australia
The Australian census is administered once every five years by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The most recent census was conducted on 9 August 2011; the next will be conducted in 2016. Prior to the introduction of regular censuses in 1961, they had also been run in 1901, 1911, 1921, 1933,...
, Goonellabah had a population of 12,139 people.
Goonellabah has many sporting teams which compete in local competitions. These include football, cricket, hockey, touch and tennis.