Photographs

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

Comino’s Oyster Saloon, Molesworth Street, c.1911

Woodlark Street 1883

Military parade in Molesworth Street, Lismore, c. 1921

Molesworth Street c. 1938-40

Slab hut of timber workers c. 1890

Drogher Aggie towing raft of pine logs, Richmond River

SS Susannah Cuthbert at Wyrallah Sawmill

S.S. Brundah at Lismore Wharf c. 1906-1914

Molesworth Street on Carnival Day c.1920s

Springhill dairy

Gathering sugarcane with bullocks, 1870s