Tenterfield is a town in New South Wales, Australia. Tenterfield is located in the north of the state, in the New England region. It is very close to the border of Queensland.
Noted residents included:
- Sir Henry Parkes, whose Federation Speech ultimately led to the Federation of all Australian States on January 1st 1901
- Major J.F. Thomas, a solicitor known for his vigorous defense of Harry "The Breaker" Morant. Jack Thompson portrayed Major Thomas in the film Breaker Morant.
The entertainer Peter Allen was born in and spent much of his childhood in Tenterfield, where he lived with his grandfather, George Woolnough, a saddlemaker, the third person to own the saddlery and the subject of his song "Tenterfield Saddler".