The Museum is temporarily closed while our building undergoes flood remediation.

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Richmond River Historical Society is based in the city of Lismore, centre of the Richmond River region of northern New South Wales. The Society’s mission is to collect, preserve, display and disseminate historical material relevant to the continuing history of North-Eastern NSW. Whether you are interested in visiting our Museum, researching your family history, discovering an aspect of local history, or becoming a member or volunteer with the Society, we trust you will find what you are looking for on this website.

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We acknowledge the Widjabal-Waibal people of the Bundjalung Nation as the traditional custodians and pay our respects to elders past and present.

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And here’s another great story! This one about one of our incredible volunteers. Robbie is one of our best “go to” researchers!!! And a long

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We’ve still got a way to go - but slowly we are recovering. The first part of this article is about the Museum - a

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Some interesting items are being re-discovered during the Lismore Museum cleanup. This first one is a trophy awarded to Dorothy Wotherspoon. She was the Typing