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Numinbah Valley Case Study

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Numinbah Valley is an area and suburb approximately forty-eight kilometres south west of the Gold Coast, in south eastern Queensland, Australia. Numinbah Valley covers approximately 116 square kilometres. The area is in the south-east part of Queensland and is part of the Gold Coast Hinterland. Numinbah Valley is the upper catchment for the Nerang River. As the name suggests, Numinbah Valley is a valley, with several elevated areas in it (Figure 14 and 13). The valley is well preserved, with only 10 percent of the area having been cleared of vegetation. Only one major road runs through the valley, it being the Nerang-Murwillumbah road (there are a few other roads which run off from this one, but they are for private use). 1.2 Background. …show more content…

It was last active about 23 million years ago and became extinct approximately 10 million years ago. Aborigines inhabited Numinbah Valley for approximately 9000 years. Due to low numbers and primitive technologies, Aborigines had next to no impact on Numinbah Valley. Despite Aborigines in the valley, the valley remained largely unexplored until the late 1800’s when timber cutters seeking valuable red cedar came into the valley. The timber resources in the area supported the families who farmed in the valley, and supplied timber for a number of local and regional saws mills. In present day, the major local industries (in descending order) in Numinbah Valley are agriculture, forestry and fishing, education and training, construction, and health care and social assistance. In the last consensus of 2011, 294 people lived in Numinbah

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