TENTERFIELD

town, northeastern New South Wales, Australia, in the Northern Tablelands (New England district) of the Eastern Highlands. Founded in 1848 and named after the Scottish homestead of an early settler, it was gazetted a town in 1851 and a municipality in 1871. Tenterfield is linked to Brisbane and Sydney by rail and is the service centre of a region producing dairy products, beef, lambs, apples, tobacco, honey, tin, silver, and lead. In 1889, Sir Henry Parkes delivered a speech there which was claimed as crucial toward creation of the Australian Commonwealth. Pop. (1981) 3,402.