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