Random articles published in newspapers or written as memoirs
Anti-torpedo invention
During the First World War, Edgar Yeager invented an anti-torpedo device to ward off attacks on shipping.
First traction engine
George Eaton’s new traction engine arrives 1909
Survived Six Shipwrecks
Mr. Connah, whose 40 years of sea embraced nearly every experience it has to offer.
Girls’ Patriotic League
… their role was a social one and the work they did toward the war effort assisted practically, not only by raising funds but morale…
Girls’ Friendly Society
The GFS emerged as part of a broader Anglican movement aimed at supporting young women through fellowship, moral guidance, and practical assistance.
Wrong Place, Wrong Time
Harry and Agnes Long shot and killed with the same bullet. Freak accident.
The Bard of Evans River
S. Frank Cashmore was a poet and school teacher. He lived at Evans Head for many years before moving to the Macleay River.
The Ghost
A series of articles by W.J. Stewart McKay imagining conversations with the settlers.
A Valuable Highway Blocked
Using the might of the media to embarrass the politicians of the day into acting to make improvements to the Richmond River bar.
Richmond River Obstructions
Suggestions for fixing the Richmond River bar came thick and fast – some more inventive, or ludicrous, than others.
Spiders!
The rains came – and then, spreading their webs like vast fishing nets, came hordes of spiders. A close-up of the webs smothering the grass…
Brook Station, Coraki
1844 Brook Station, Coraki – small details found in historic records.
“A Hawker” word salad
Letters to the editor
Writ Sarcastic!
The wit of the Editor of the Ballina Beacon.
Violin Making by hand
Written by Oliver Jones – master ship builder and instrument maker.
Salvaging of the Brig – BRILLIANT
1877 The Brig Brilliant goes aground near Byron Bay. Thomas King, Oliver Jones and other men set to salvaging her.
Smithy Drops In
1933 Charles Kingsford-Smith flies his aeroplane Southern Cross into Lismore
Hector the Crocodile
1960s Hector appears at various locations along the Richmond River
Passing of the RR Herald
1942 With the closing of the Richmond River Herald after 56 years, the locals express their dismay and disappointment.
A Group of Pioneers
1928 A group of pioneers meet at the Ryan Hotel, Lismore.