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.
Slab hut of timber workers c. 1890
Lismore flood
Gathering sugarcane with bullocks, 1870s
Drogher Aggie towing raft of pine logs, Richmond River
Molesworth Street c. 1938-40
Molesworth Street on Carnival Day c.1920s
SS Susannah Cuthbert at Wyrallah Sawmill
S.S. Brundah at Lismore Wharf c. 1906-1914
Springhill dairy
Woodlark Street 1883
Comino's Oyster Saloon, Molesworth Street, c.1911
Military parade in Molesworth Street, Lismore, c. 1921