A picture is worth a thousand words, as the saying goes, and you can learn so much from a historical photograph. The Richmond River Historical Society collection includes 16,000 photographs and portraits. Here is a tiny taste. If you wish to check them out further or order copies, please contact the Research Centre.
Lismore flood
S.S. Brundah at Lismore Wharf c. 1906-1914
Woodlark Street 1883
Molesworth Street on Carnival Day c.1920s
Military parade in Molesworth Street, Lismore, c. 1921
Slab hut of timber workers c. 1890
Comino's Oyster Saloon, Molesworth Street, c.1911
SS Susannah Cuthbert at Wyrallah Sawmill
Molesworth Street c. 1938-40
Gathering sugarcane with bullocks, 1870s
Drogher Aggie towing raft of pine logs, Richmond River
Springhill dairy