During early years of settlement, these waterways would have been used to transport giant red cedar logs that were felled in the area.

[citation needed] Other natural features include the valley environment around the village, created by the Border Ranges and Mount Warning.

Other top responses for country of birth were England (5.2%), New Zealand (2.1%), South Africa (1.2%), the United States of America (1.0%), and Germany (0.8%).

[1] The Tyalgum Festival of Classical Music was started in 1991 by concert violinists Carmel Kaine and John Willison, after they discovered the acoustics of the village Hall.

In 1990, Carmel Kaine, an original member and concertmaster of the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, and John Willison, former Principal Second Violin of the London Philharmonic Orchestra, purchased a country retreat at Limpinwood not far from Tyalgum in the Tweed Valley.

At the end of the concert a meeting was convened, with a number of those attending including Margot and Doug Anthony, Jean Brewer, Peter and Judy Budd, Viv and Neville Hibbard and Murwillumbah lawyer Greg Rooney.

At the time, Peter Knowland, one of Australia's leading acoustic engineers, visited Murwillumbah as part of the feasibility study for a proposed Amphitheatre there.

In his view this resulted from a combination of the ripple corrugated iron ceiling that dispersed the echo, the wooden floors and the particular dimensions of the hall that gave it a warm and clear sound.

It was agreed, based on the acoustic report of Peter Knowland, that Carmel and John and their associates at the Queensland Conservatory of Music would perform a one-off concert at the Tyalgum Hall in the later part of 1991.

The committee recognised the value of marketing and so developed a database of supporters by instigating a "Friends of the Tyalgum Festival" programme.

Because of its success in attracting good audiences the committee was able to pay the performers at rates higher than were being paid in Brisbane at that time.

The first of these involved the committee applying for and being awarded a grant for composer Robert Davidson to produce a work titled "Tyalgum", which was performed by Patricia Pollet and Perihelion at the following year's festival.

It was only later that Musica Viva provided assistance with performances (particularly the Australian String Quartet), together with some grants from the New South Wales Minister for the Arts.

Potter Les Peterkin purchased the village bakery in 1981 and converted it into the Bakehouse Pottery (now the Flutterbies Cottage Cafe).