<![CDATA[Brunswick Valley Historical Society Inc - ]]> <![CDATA[Conquer Or Conserve: Goonengerry & the Byron hinterland]]> Conquer Or Conserve, Goonengerry & the Byron Hinterland.  A local, social and reflective history by Patrick Joseph Morrisey Phd

234pp

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A feast of storytelling painstaking historical reconstruction and reflections spanning deep time to the present in the beautiful and unique Byron hinterland.

]]> <![CDATA[The Mullumbimby Sawmill]]> compiled by Nicholson Hollingworth
pub 2012 90pp.
The story of the mill that Glasgow Bros of Byron Bay moved to Mullumbimby in 1897, purchased by Hollingworth & Mallett in 1902 and remained in the Hollingworth family until its closure in 1964.

]]> <![CDATA[75 Years of the Brunswick Surf Club]]> pub 2010 157pp.
The first 2 chapters were publications written of the first 50 years and following 10 years and are reproduced as originally written. The third chapter, the next 15 years, completes the 75 year history of the club.

]]> <![CDATA[Fetch the Nurse & Call the Doctor, Quick]]> pub1994, reprinted: 1999 & 2011. 56pp.
This publication documents a comprehensive coverage of the nurses, doctors, hospitals and ambulance service that operated in the Brunswick Valley from 1900 to 1994. It also features a listing of the illnesses, common ailments and their remedies prevalent during this period.

]]> <![CDATA[Centenary of Rail – 1895 – 1994]]> 2nd ed 2007, 60pp.
A collection of stories & photographs from various contributors relating their connection to the railway whether for work or pleasure.

]]> <![CDATA[Crossing the River at Brunswick Heads – From Sandbanks to Super Highway]]> by Robyn Gray.
pub 2007. 48 pp.
Documenting the ways the river was crossed from the earliest Europeans venturing into the area up to the construction of the Mathew Devine Bridge for the Pacific Highway.

]]> <![CDATA[For King and Country]]> Compiled by Christopher Gray.
pub 2008 153pp.
Contains many letters sent home by local lads who fought in Europe & Africa during World War 1. The letters were published in the local paper, The Mullumbimby Star to encourage others to enlist.

]]> <![CDATA[The Brunswick, Another River and its People]]> by Jim Brokenshire
pub. 1988,reprinted 1988,1996,260pp.
A broad sweep of the history of the Brunswick Valley covering the discovery of the river, the cedar getters, settlement of the valley & the development of the towns, supported by photographs and anecdotal accounts.

 

]]> <![CDATA[100 Years of Pictures & Collections, Brunswick Heads NSW]]> by Robyn Gray.
pub 1997, 36 pp.
A heartfelt review of Brunswick Heads documenting its history, people, their occupations & distractions.

]]> <![CDATA[What They Did, Families of the Brunswick 1880-1950]]> by Neta MacKinnon.
pub 1998 reprinted 2011,252pp.
Contains family histories and photographs of many of the pioneering families of the Brunswick Valley.

]]> <![CDATA[Ocean Shores: Foundation Events]]> compiled by BVHS Members & Nortec Work Experience Participants
pub 2015 38pp
Covers the formation of Ocean Shores up to 1988.

]]> <![CDATA[Brunswick Heads In Focus 1885-2015]]> compiled by BVHS Members & Nortec Work Experience Participants
pub 2015 80pp
A pictorial record of the evolving face of Brunswick Heads from 1885 to 2015

 

]]> <![CDATA[Mullumbimby Now & Then 1885-2015]]> compiled by BVHS Members & Nortec Work Experience Participants
pub 2015 90pp
A pictorial record of Mullumbimby from 1885 to 2015

]]> <![CDATA[Mullumbimby: In Transition 1968-1988]]> by Peter Tsicalas
pub. 2015, 2016 258pp
Mullumbimby Municipality merges with Byron Shire, influx of the ‘Alternate Settlers’, The Hydro Electric Scheme is taken over and mothballed.

]]> <![CDATA[Mullumbimby: Growth and Grief 1948-1968]]> by Peter Tsicalas
pub 2014, reprinted 2015, 2016 252pp
Growth followed the Second World War but then the slow death of the banana, timber and dairying industries left Mullumbimby struggling.

]]> <![CDATA[Mullumbimby: Gloom and Bloom 1928-1948]]> by Peter Tsicalas
pub 2013 reprinted 2014, 2015, 2016 246pp
How the area coped through the depression, the Second World War and after.

]]> <![CDATA[Mullumbimby Boom and Bust 1908-1928]]> by Peter Tsicalas
Published 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016 243 pp.

Covers the beginning of the Mullumbimby Municipality, The First World War, Dairying, Banana & Timber Industries and the lead up to the Depression

]]> <![CDATA[Mullumbimby: Foundation Events 1848-1908]]> by Peter Tsicalas
pub 2011 reprinted 2012, 2013, 2014  182pp.
Revised edition printed 2017 200pp.
The development of Mullumbimby and Brunswick Heads from cedar getters to the formation of Byron Shire and The Municipality of Mullumbimby.

]]> <![CDATA[Mullumbimby’s Madness – The Legacy of the Hippies]]> The Brunswick Valley Historical Society Inc
presents Mullumbimby's Madness -The Legacy of the Hippies

A Sharon Shostak film.

The documentary contains intimate interviews, newly uncovered archival footage & photos.

]]> <![CDATA[Mullumbimby’s Madness & Magic Collection on USB]]> <![CDATA[Mullumbimby’s Magic -The Culture of 70s-80s Part 2 – Activism & Politics]]> <![CDATA[Mullumbimby’s Magic The Culture of 70s-80s Part 3 The Arts]]> <![CDATA[Mullumbimby’s Magic – The Culture of the 70s-80s Part 1 Health & Wellbeing]]>