Ballina, New South Wales

Ballina is an Australian city in New South Wales with 16,477 inhabitants. It lies about 40 km south of Byron Bay at the mouth of the Richmond River. Ballina was founded in 1842 under the name of Deptford. Irish settlers adapted the name balloonah or bullenah ( aborig. for " place where there are oysters " or " blood that trickles from the wounded " - as a possible allusion to a massacre of Aborigines 1852) to Ballina (see Ballina in Mayo, Ireland).

The average temperature in summer is 28 ° C and in winter 21 ° C. Industrial centers of Ballina are tourism, fishing, sugar cane cultivation and the cultivation of macadamia nuts.

Ballina is the center and the administrative seat of the Ballina Shire.

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Dustin Dollin, professional skateboarder
  • Kerry Saxby - Junna, athlete, World Indoor champion and winner at the Commonwealth Games
States and territories of Australia Local government areas of Australia Byron Bay, New South Wales Ostreidae Ballina, County Mayo County Mayo Australian Bureau of Statistics
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