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OLD BYRON BAY PHOTOS early memories.... No restaurants.  Nothing open after 7pm.... Shark Alarm, if there was a shark, a lifeguard would ring the bell on the tower, we all rushed out of the water and  minutes later after the shark had passed by, we all went back into the water. 

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BYRON BAY PUBLIC SCHOOL FUND RAISER 1982. Photo:Liz Page...No.70774

NORCO BUTTER FACTORY AT THE BACK. VERY EARLY PHOTO. THE FACTORY OPENED JUNE 10th 1895...No.70773

NORCO FACTORY OPENED JUNE 1895...No.70772

COOPERS SHOOT AND SKINNERS SHOOT WERE USED TO SHOOT THE TREES DOWN TO THE OCEAN. BULLOCK TEAMS WERE USED IN OTHER AREAS...No.70762

NORCO CO.PTY.LTD.. JONSON STREET WHERE THE RETURNED SERVICES CLUB IS NOW. I WORKED IN THE OFFICE HERE SITTING ON A CHAIR FROM THE SHIPWRECKED WOLLONGBAR...No...70761

BYRON BAY PARADE DOWN JONSON STREET. I THINK THE BAND CAME FROM LISMORE FOR OUR PARADES...No.70759

IT LOOKS LIKE THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN FROM THE HILL AND THE SAND STREET ON THE FAR RIGHT MIGHT BE MASSINGER STREET. NOTE THE JETTY AND HOW CLOSE THE SAND HILLS ARE. ALL OF THE BEACH AREA WAS SAND MINED FOR ZIRCON RUTILE.

BROKEN HEAD. THERE IS A LIFE SAVING REEL IN FRONT OF THE MAN ON THE RIGHT, A JUMPER HANGING NEAR THE FIRE AND PLATES AND CANS TO THE LEFT OF THE FIRE. Photo:Know What I Miss About Byron Bay. John Wright...No.70742

CLARK'S KIOSK BUILT 1983, THE AWNING AT THE SIDE WAS ADDED LATER. Photo Know What I Miss about Byron Bay. Adam Collett...No.70741

RUGBY UNION RESERVE GRADE PREMIERS, FAR NORTH COAST 1983. BACK NICK TOWERS, SIMON CARRUTH, IAN GRANT, NICK STEELE, MARK LEVINGE, DAVID COOK, TERRY NELSON, CHRIS ANSOUL, TOM SWANN, STEPHEN SCHAEFER, PHIL MORROW, GREG SMITH. FRONT: BERNIE NEWELL, DAVID WEBBER, JOHN DE MARIA, GREG MELHEWISH, DAVID WASHINGTON, PETER WOOLCOTT, STU MACKELL, GRAEME UNMACK, CHRIS EAGAR. Photo:The Byron News...No.70744

SUNSHINE FLATS, CORNER OF BAY LANE AND FLETCHER STREET. THE FLATS WERE BUILT AND OWNED IN THE LATE 40's BY MR.NORMAN BERRY & SON (LES BERRY). WHILE BUILDING THE FLATS, NORMAN LIVED ON THE CORNER OF BAY AND FLETCHER STREETS, WHICH HE OWNED. LES LIVED IN BAY LANE WITH HIS FAMILY, WIFE ZELMA AND CHILDREN IAN, BRONWYN & ROB........ LIVING IN THE FLATS WITH HIS FAMILY FROM ABOUT 1952-1959 WERE WILLIAM BALSILLIE, (KNOWN AS REW), (FROM MELBOURNE) WHO WAS MANAGING DIRECTOR OF THE BYRON BAY WHALING STATION...No.70739

BYRON BAY CROQUET CLUB MEMBERS. THE CLUB IS STILL IN THE SAME AREA TODAY BUT WITH NOT MANY MEMBERS.Photo:Paul McGoulrick...No.70738

CAVVANBAH. (spelt that way as that is how early europeans heard the pronunciation) THE BRAY FAMILY, PART TO THE ARAKWAL FAMILIES LIVING IN BYRON BAY. THE FAMILY LIVED IN WHAT IS NOW BROKEN HEAD NATURE RESERVE AND REMNANTS OF A HUT AT BRAY'S BEACH CAN BE SEEN TODAY. Photo:Byron Bay Vision...No.70737

HOCKEY CLUB BYRON BAY 1946 RESERVE GRADE. D.MILGATE, A.CLAYDON, LLOYD ADAMSON, JACK WALL, REG WRIGHT, JIM MILGATE, KEN FARRELL, ATHOL HARROW. ERIC WRIGHT, LES MARR, BILL McKENZIE...No.70736

WORLD WAR 1. THE DAY MEN WERE LEAVING BYRON BAY TO JOIN THE WAR. THERE IS A BYRON BAY SIGN ON THE HORSE AND CART IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PHOTO. AT THE FRONT THERE SEEMS TO BE 5 NURSES IN THEIR LONG WHITE DRESS AND WHITE HEAD WEAR, SOLDIERS IN UNIFORM AND A MAN WITH A BOATER HAT AND A SUIT AND TIE, ANOTHER MAN IN A SUIT. AT THE FRONT, IT MAY BE ANASTASIA PENDERGAST (NEE CHARLES) IN THE LADIES WAR DRESS. LADIES AT THE BACK OF THE PHOTO WITH UMBRELLAS AND ALL HAVE LONG DRESSES. EVERYONE HAS A HAT. MAYBE THIS PHOTO IS NEAR THE CATTLE YARDS THAT WERE WHERE THE SHOPS ON THE WESTERN SIDE AT THE TOP END OF JONSON STREET ARE NOW.Photo:Valerie Watson...No.70732

ANATASIA PENDERGAST (NEE CHARLES) IN A WAR DRESS. THE WRITING SAYS THIRD BRIGADE, 7th L.H. NSW, GALLIPOLI. 3rd F.A BC??? 15th BAT???? 10th & 11th ????.Photo:Valerie Watson...No.70733

FEROS CHILDREN. MARIA, IRENE, BETINA, ELENI, JIM & KOS. WITH THEIR DOG BUTCH WHO COULD UNDERSTAND THEM TALKING GREEK. HE WOULD FOLLOW THEM TO SUNDAY SCHOOL AND SIT UNDER THE CHAIR AND WAIT FOR THEM. NOTICE THE BRUSH FENCE ON THE BEACH. .Photo:Kosstantina...No.70730

TONY FEROS WITH MONTY. AROUND 1975. THEY TAUGHT MONTY TO STAY AT THE LINE OF THE CEMENT AND HE WOULDNT COME INTO THE FRONT OF THE SHOP. MONTY WOULD GET HIS OWN CAN OF FOOD OFF THE SHELF...No.70729

TONY AND RITA FEROS WITH TWINS JIM AND KONSTANTINA. SADLY JIM PASSED AWAY IN 1983 AGED 33. MRS FEROS MADE HUNDREDS OF TOFFEE APPLES FOR THE SCHOOL FETE AND OLEANDER CARNIVALS. Photo:Konstanina ..No.70726

CYCLONE BYRON BAY IN THE 60'S. THIS WAS THE BAKERY OVER THE ROAD FROM THE FEROS HOUSE IN LAWSON STREET.Photo:Konstantina...No.70727

PINK LADIES 'WOMAN OF THE YEAR' WAS AWARDED TO MRS.DESLIE DANIELS. DESLIE WORKED FOR MANY ORGANISATIONS IN OUR TOWN.Photo:The Byron News...No.70723

MEXICAN MICK'S RESTAURANT. OPPOSITE WOOLWORTHS ON JONSON STREET. 1981.Photo:The Byron News...No.70354

VADO'S FURNITURE 1981. JONSON STREET OVER THE ROAD FROM WOOLWORTHS LATER THEY BUILT A WAREHOUSE IN THE INDUSTRIAL ESTATE.Photo: The Byron News...No.70350

ANNIE AND NORA RYAN WHO RAN RYAN'S CAFE WITH THEIR BROTHER JACK.Photo:Courtesy of the EJW collection Byron Bay Library...No.70712

F.M.RYAN, FRUITERER CONFECTIONER. HAVE A LOOK AT THE LADIES HATS WITH LOTS OF FLOWERS AND THE LITTLE BOY HAS A PITH HELMUT ON.Photo courtesy of the EJW collection Byron Bay Library...No.70711

SWIMMING CLUB CARNIVAL BYRON BAY 1985 JOELENE HIGGINS, PAULA DANIELS, KYLIE DICKSON, ANNETTE CRANDELL & LESLIE BIENKE...No.70715

R.S.L CLUB JONSON STREET BESIDE RAILWAY PARK. YOU CAN SEE THE SLIPPERY DIP ON THE LEFT AND THE TOILET OUT THE BACK ON THE RIGHT. I HAD MY WEDDING RECEPTION IN THE HALL WITH THE RSL LADIES AUXILIARY CATERING. Photo:Courtesy EJW collection Byron Bay Library...No.70714

MEMORIAL GATES AT MARVEL AND TENNYSON STREET.Photo:Courtesy of the EJW collection Byron Bay Library...No.70713

JONSON STREET FACING SOUTH 1920's. NOTE NO TREES ON THE HILLS BEHIND. RYANS CAFE ON THE RIGHT. POWER POLES HAVE 4 ROWS FOR POWER . Photo:Courtesy of the EJW collection Byron Bay Library...No.70709

RYAN'S CAFE BYRON BAY, JONSON STREET. ANNIE NORA AND JACK...MEMORIES- MILK SHAKES WITH A RAW EGG, SITTING IN A BOOTH EATING STEAK AND CHIPS, SPIDERS (SOFT DRINK AND ICE CREAM) IF YOU HAVE OTHER MEMORIES PLEASE EMAIL ME SO I CAN RECORD THEM kerryb1947@westnet.com.au or 0401832912 Photo:Courtesy of the E.J.W Collection Byron Bay Library...No.70707

BYRON BAY BADGE COLLECTION.Photo:Paul McGoulrick...No.70699

PRIMARY SCHOOL BYRON BAY FETE. MY MUM WOULD MAKE THESE, ROCK HARD, I WOULD BUY ONE A PLAY LUNCH AND SUCK IT IN CLASS WHEN THE TEACHER HAD THEIR BACK TURNED.Photo:Locals Only Byron Bay...No.70698

SARAH LYSAGHT FASHIONS WE ALL REMEMBER IN THE BERTOLI BUILDING.Photo Afra Mullins. Locals Only Byron Bay...No.70696

ZIRCON RUTILE PTY.LTD. JONSON STREET ON THE NORTHERN SIDE OF WOOLWORTHS...No.70592

FIRST DEBUTANTE BALL IN BYRON BAY'S NEW SURF CLUB. 04-10-1983 FROM LEFT, LEEANN MIKELLADES (PARTNER DEAN STEWARD), SUE FLEMING (PAUL TIERNAN), LEE WRIGHT (GEOFF DOOLEY), TRACY KENDRICK (STEVE KIDMAN), MR AND MRS J.BOYD, MRS.BETTY McDONALD (MATRON OF HONOUR), JODIE ROGERS (GLENN LUCAS), KIM BIRMINGHAM (ROSS KERRIGAN), LEISA DANIELS (DEREK WALSH), JACQUELINE BUTLER (CHRIS DAVIS), PAGE BOY JOSHUA KIRK, FLOWERGIRL AMANDA CUADILL, FLOWERGIRL SHANNON KENNEDY AND PAGE BOY GARETH DONOVAN. Clipping T.Trimble...No.70694

FLUTE BAND BYRON BAY PRIMARY SCHOOL. MONDAYS THE SCHOOL WOULD STAND IN FRONT OF THE STEPS ON THE QUADRANAGLE AFTER THE 9 OCLOCK BELL HAD RUNG, AND THE BAND WOULD MARCH IN. WHAT FUN TO BE ABLE TO PLAY AND SOMETIMES GET A TURN ON THE BASE DRUM OR KETTLE DRUM.photo:Fay Knight...No.70689

WATEGO BEACH, NO TREES AROUND THE LIGHTHOUSE...No.70589

HONOUR ROLL IN A LANEWAY. Photo:Tim Cassidy Locals Only Byron Bay...No.70588

QUARRY. TAKEN FROM JONSON STREET OUTSIDE NORCO (NOW RSL) WITH RUSKIN STREET (NO BITUMEN) GOING UP THE HILL, I WAS MARRIED IN THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (MIDDLE OF PHOTO)... THIS QUARRY WAS USED FOR ROAD BASE. Photo: Voice of Byron...No.70048

BYRON BAY PUBLIC SCHOOL BICENTENNIAL CELEBRATIONS, WALKING TO CAPTAIN COOK LOOKOUT APRIL 1988..No.70586

BYRON BAY THE PASS. THERE IS A LARGE BUILD UP OF SAND IN THE 1970'S AS THERE HAS BEEN IN THE 2020's...No.70580

BYRON BAY TOWN. YOU CAN SEE WHERE LAWSON STREET HAS BEEN EXTENDED ALONG THE BEACH FRONT. THIS USED TO BE SANDHILLS BEFORE SAND MINING..No.70582

A VERY LARGE POTHOLE IN JONSON STREET. Photo: Courtesy Byron Bay Services Club...No.70076

BELONGIL BEACH. TRYING TO SAVE HOMES BUILT ON THE DUNES AT BELONGIL..No.70581

BYRON BAY SCOUTS AND CUBS. OWEN TREZISE, DAVID TREVOR-JONES, DAMIEN O'MEARA, BRETT McDOANLD. RECEIVING SIXERS AND SECONDERS STRIPES. 'SKIP' TEMPLETON WELCOMES KARL BEGUS INTO THE TROUP 1983.Photo:Byron News & P&LBarber...No.70579

BYRON NEWS ADD 1982.Photo Byron News...No.70566

CLARK'S BEACH CAFE, MEMORIES ARE, TOFU BURGER WITH SATAY SAUCE, PANCAKES WITH BACON AND MAPLE SYRUP, EGG & BACON ROLL, CANADIAN BREAKFAST.Photo :Byron Bay Community Board, Teresa Woodland...No.70560

RAILWAY PARK BYRON BAY. REMEMBER THIS SWING IN RAILWAY PARK. (THE PICTURE ISN'T RAILWAY PARK) IT WOULD ALWAYS CLANG SO MUCH ON THE CENTRE POLE AND HURT YOUR HANDS HANGING ON TO THE METAL CIRCLE. ALSO THE HARD METAL SWINGS THAT WOULD SWING SO HIGH AND THE BIG TIMBER SEE SAW, AND WHEN THE PERSON ON THE BOTTOM JUMPED OFF YOU WERE LEFT TO CRASH TO THE GROUND, ALSO THE HOT METAL SLIPPERY DIP ...No.70560

DEBUTANTE BALL BYRON BAY. FOR YEARS, MY MOTHER, BETTY McDONALD, WOULD TEACH THE DEBUTANTS AND THEIR PARTNERS TO DANCE...No.70558

BYRON BAY PRIMARY SCHOOL. MELINDA SMITH, JASON HOLLAND, BELINDA BERRY, DAVID ROSS - CELEBRATING 100YEARS OF FORMAL EDUCATION IN NSW 1980. Photo L&P Barber & Byron News...No.70557

GEORGE FEROS RAISED $90,000 TOWARDS BUILDING A NURSING HOME. RINGING HIS BELL AS HE WALKED THROUGH TOWN AND HOTELS AND ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO PUT MONEY IN THE BOX HE WAS CARRYING. 1981.Photo P&L Barber & Byron News...No.70355

BYRON BAY TOWNSHIP. YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE TREES HAVE ALL BEEN CUT DOWN FOR THE TOWN...No.70347

BYRON BAY PUBLIC SCHOOL FIRST BUILDING. STILL WHERE IT IS TODAY. MY GRANDMOTHER WOULD HAVE ATTENDED SCHOOL THERE AT THIS TIME...No.70346

UNCLE TOM'S AT THE MULLUMBIMBY TURNOFF. IT IS STILL THERE TODAY...No.70345

POST OFFICE BYRON BAY WITH A HORSE AND A SULKY AT THE FRONT.Photo:National Archives of Australia...No.70344

N.A.O.A SAY IT IS THE POST OFFICE BUT MAYBE IT IS THE BUILDING AT THE BACK.Photo: National archives of Australia...No.70341

1963 IN THE BACKGROUND AT THE PASS, PERFECT CAMPING SPOT AT THE PASS. ABOUT 10 BOATS / VEHICLES PARKED ON THE BEACH.Photo:John E.Wright...No.70332

EVERGLADES PADDLE BOAT. Photo: Locals Only Byron Bay Clare Foster https://www.facebook.com/groups/241851830256319 ...No.70330

GREAT NORTHERN HOTEL...No.70340

POST OFFICE Photo: National archives of australia...No;70342

HONOUR ROLL IN A LANEWAY OFF JONSON STREET...Photo:Locals Only BB. Tim Cassidy...No.70329

OUR TRADITIONAL OWNERS. SUCH A SAD PHOTO...No.70328

BESIDE THE COPPER STOOD THE CEMENT TUBS WHERE THE WASHING WAS RINSED AND WRUNG BY HAND BEFORE BEING HUNG OUT TO DRY EVERY MONDAY...No.70327

CLOTHES HAD TO BE HUNG NEATLY, ALL THE SAME SIZE THINGS TOGETHER, I CAN REMEMBER MY GRANDMOTHER TELLING ME THIS, WHY I SAID, SHE SAID IT WAS TO HAVE THE WASHING NEAT AND NEIGHBOURS WOULD THINK YOUR WASHING WAS NOT NEAT IF EVERYTHING WAS HUNG NOT THE SAME SIZE TOGETHER. BEFORE A ROTARY CLOTHES LINE. TODAY I ASKED A 99 YEAR OLD FRIEND AND YES SHE WASHED ON MONDAYS ONLY AND BOILED EVERYTHING IN THE COPPER...NO.70326

MONDAY WAS WASHING DAY. GET THE FIRE GOING, CLOTHES WOULD BE BOILED. A BIG WOODEN STICK TO STIR THE CLOTHES AND SCOOP THE HOT CLOTHES OUT AND INTO THE WATER IN THE CEMENT TUB TO RINSE. MUM WOULD CLEAN MY TEETH WITH THE COAL FROM THE FIRE OCCASIONALLY TO MAKE THEM WHITER...No.70323

WE DIDN'T HAVE THE LUXURY OF ONE OF THESE, THOUGH MY GRANDMOTHER HAD THE WRINGER ONLY ATTACHED INBETWEEN THE TWO CEMENT TUBS IN 1964...No.70322

THE TOILET TRUCK. I REMEMBER... THE TOILET BEING FULL TO THE BRIM, MAGGETS INSIDE THE TIN ALL SQUIRMING AROUND, SQUARES OF TOILET PAPER HANGING ON WIRE, NO SMELL. THE MAN COMING TO EMPTY IT ONCE A WEEK...No.70321

I LOVE HOW THIS TEA TOWEL SAYS BYRON BAY IS FAMOUS FOR IT'S GOATS...No.70315

MAUGHAN'S BAKERY ON THE CORNER OF JONSON AND MARVEL STREET WAS PULLED DOWN TO MAKE WAY FOR A MORE MODERN STRUCTURE CALLED 'THE OLD BAKERY'. MARCH 1981.Photo:The Byron News...No.70352

JONSON STREET. Photo:Voice of Byron..www.facebook.com/groups/kwimabb/.No.70077

BYRON BAY POST OFFICE ON LEFT 1968. LITERARY INSTITUTE (NOW COMMUNITY CENT), GENERAL STORE ON THE CORNER OF MARVEL ST. MAUGHN'S HOUSE ON THE RIGHT...No.70043

FEROS & FEROS SHOP JONSON STREET.Photo:P&L Barber & Byron News. No.70591

THIS IS THE SCOUT HALL (IT IS STILL THERE TODAY) USED AS A TEMPORARY PIER HOTEL WHEN THE HOTEL BURNT DOWN. I REMEMBER BBPSchool SPORTS DAYS, ROLLER SKATING, WEDDINGS, DAY CARE. THE HALL IS STILL USED...No.70071 Photo:Know What I Miss About Byron Bay www.facebook.com/groups/kwimabb/

CHURCH OF ENGLAND CHURCH, THE PRE SCHOOL HADN'T BEEN BUILT..No.70044

EVERGLADES...No.70587

THE CORNER OF COWPER AND RUSKIN STREETS...No.70246

POST OFFICE. BUILT IN 1896 THEN IN 1916 IT WAS EXTENDED. NOW A CAFE, AND THE POST OFFICE IS AT THE BACK ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE...No.70029

POOLMANS GARAGE. ORIGINALLY OPPOSITE ZIRCON RUTILE, NOW OPPOSITE WOOLWORTHS. MR.& MRS POOLMAN LIVED OVER THE ROAD. A TATTOO PARLOUR NOW IS IN THIS LOCATION. MURRAY SINCLAIR REMEMBERS.. Joe Davo(Davidson)next door and his prize Bantoms he use to give me their eggs .And Gazza still around,use to love hearing Fred whistling(could belt out a tune) could do any tune while he filled up me can up .with mower fuel....No.70026

MIGHT BE MAIN BEACH ROCK WALL OR CAR PARK BEING BUILT...No.70036

THE FIRST BYRON BAY SURF CLUB. SWINGS (THEY WERE THICK CHAIN), AND SHELTER SHEDS IN THE BACKGROUND. THE SWINGS ARE NEARLY IN THE SAME SPOT AS NOW...No.70021

. RAILWAY STATION FACING JONSON STREET...No.70011

A SLAUGHTER HOUSE FOR AN ABATTOIR AT BELONGIL BEACH FROM 1912 - 1983. BURNT DOWN IN 2003...No.70023

PHOTO TAKEN 1935-36. Photo: Voice of Byron...No.70050

TOP SHOP, THIS WAS THE ONLY ROAD TO THE PASS AND WATEGO'S. LOLLIES, PETROL, CORNER STORE, HAMBURGERS, NEWSPAPERS. WE OWNED IT FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS. WHEN YOUNG I WOULD SIT IN THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH ON SUNDAY AND WATCH ALL OF THE CARS GOING PAST THE TOP SHOP TO THE BEACH!...No.70082 Photo Voice of Byron...https://www.facebook.com/groups/kwimabb/

LOOKS LIKE A LAGOON IN FRONT OF CLARKES BEACH. Photo supplied by Jan Hackett...No.70035

MEXICAN MICK MEMORABILIA...No.70085 Photo:Voice of Byron...https://www.facebook.com/groups/kwimabb/

REIDS FLATS, (NOW A MODERN SURF SHOP), AT THE BEACH FRONT. (CHECK 2018 PAGE FOR A RECENT PHOTO). I CAN REMEMBER THE FLOOR OF THE TOP PATIO SMELLING LIKE TAR, IT WAS BLACK AND HOT IN SUMMER. Photo:Voice of Byron...No.70072

LITERARY INSTITUTE..Photo: Voice of Byron...No.70069

GIANT BUTTER CHURNS. THEY WERE STILL WORKING WHEN I WORKED IN THE OFFICE AT NORCO IN 1964. Photo:Courtesy Byron Bay Services Club...No.70066

1979 / 1980 CLARKS BEACH CARAVAN PARK IN FOREGROUND. Photo: Iain Cummings...No.70063

MAIN BEACH. THE 2ND JETTY. THE CRANES ON THE JETTY ARE STILL UNDER THE WATER IF YOU KYAK OUT TO HAVE A LOOK.Photo:Voice of Byron www.facebook.com/groups/kwimabb/...No.70056

FIRST BYRON BAY BOWLING CLUB. OPENED 1923. Peter Hatfield remembers...We lived opposite the club in Marvell Street. Dad was passionate about bowls for years and Secretary of the Byron Bay and club and the Northern Rivers Bowling Association. I used to have to polish his brown bowling shoes every Saturday morning before he came home from his Chemist shop . But as was his way after we left the Bay he moved on to other interests and never played again....Photo: Voice of Byron...No.70051

BYRON BAY POST OFFICE JONSON STREET. Photo: Know What I Miss About Byron Bay...No.70255

VIEW LOOKING DOWN THE HIGHWAY FROM ST.HELENA...Photo: Voice of Byron www.facebook.com/groups/kwimabb/...No.70049

Photo:Jan Hackett...No.70046

BANGLOW ROAD, TAKEN FROM BEHIND WALLS STORE (now Mac's) MAYBE.. THERE WAS A SHED RIGHT UP THE BACK WHERE THEY CHURNED THE BUTTER...No.70053

PASSENGERS ARRIVING OFF THE SHIP AT MAIN BEACH JETTY. Photo:Voice of Byron...No.70086

BYRON BAY 1901. BOBBY KING WITH ALICE ON RIGHT, CLARA ON LEFT WITH LINDA AND PETER. FOR 22,000 YEARS, THE BUNDJALUNG OF BYRON BAY - ARAKWAL BUMBERLIN PEOPLE WERE ONE OF 500 TRIBES THAT CO-HABITED AUSTRALIA BEFORE EUROPEAN OCCUPATION...No.70088

OCEAN COMING IN AT MAIN BEACH BESIDE THE POOL. THE SMALL SHED MIGHT BE THE PUMP SHED FOR THE POOL .MANY PEOPLE REMEMBER THE WAVES GOING DOWN JONSON STREET INTO THE TOWN, THIS MUST HAVE HAPPENED MORE THAN ONCE AS MY GRANDMOTHER COULD ALSO REMEMBER IT HAPPENING ...No.70090

Photo: Supplied by Jan Hackett...No.70098

JONSON STREET...No.700089

1920'S. PHOTO OF A PHOTO...No.70119 ..Photo:Voice of Byron..www.facebook.com/groups/kwimabb/

BELONGIL BEACH. I CAN REMEMBER VISITING HERE, A STREET IN FRONT OF THE HOUSES, THEY SANDMINED IT ALL AND IT ALL AND HOUSES WASHED AWAY...SURF CLUB ON THE EXTREME LEFT...No.70092

WALL'S STORE, BANGALOW ROAD, IT IS STILL THERE AS A CAFE. REIDY'S HOUSE NEXT DOOR. WALL'S LIVED IN THEIR HOUSE ON THE HILL BEHIND THE SHOP. THEY CHURNED BUTTER THERE FROM THEIR COW...No.70070 Photo:Know What I Miss about Byron Bay https://www.facebook.com/groups/kwimabb/

GREAT NORTHERN HOTEL...No.70099

PIGS AROUND THE WATER TOWER IN BUTLER STREET. BUILT IN 1894...No.70109 Photo supplied by Jan Hackett.

VOLUNTEER FIRE BRIGADE BYRON BAY 1951. No.70112. Photo: Voice of Byron...https://www.facebook.com/groups/kwimabb/

MEXICAN MICK'S. Photo: Voice of Byron www.facebook.com/groups/kwimabb/...No.70084

SURF CLUB WITH SKI / BOAT SHED. CYCLONE DAMAGE...No.70103

COMMUNITY CENTRE, ORIGINALLY A MOVIE THEATRE, SHOP, LIBRARY, SKATE RINK, BOXING RINK, WEDDING VENUE. NOW ABORIGINAL ART SHOP, HEALTH FOOD SHOP, HOMELESS KITCHEN, MEETING ROOMS, PERFORMANCES, DISPLAYS...No70102

SURF CLUB...No.701114 .Photo:Voice of Byron...https://www.facebook.com/groups/kwimabb/

BYRON BAY MAP...No.70113.Photo:Voice of Byron...https://www.facebook.com/groups/kwimabb/

RAILWAY PARK..Photo:Voice of Byron... No.70115

1954 MEET THE QUEEN. A FEW NAMES ARE, JACK BAKER far left, ROSS POOLMAN, CHICK NEWELL, GORDON VAGNE, JIM FIELDS, MOPSY CLAYDON, MR.FARRAWAY ANYMORE NAMES, PLEASE LET ME KNOW...No.70118 Photo:Voice of Byron www.facebook.com/groups/kwimabb/

JONSON STREET...No.70124

PIER HOTEL FIRE 1949. NO BYRON BAY FIRE BRIGADE, NO BYRON BAY TOWN WATER SUPPLY...No.70126 Photo: Voice of Byron www.facebook.com/groups/kwimabb/

WRITING SAYS: BYRON BAY'S CENTENARY CELEBRATIONS CONTINUED YESTERDAY WITH THE GOLF CLUB'S CENTENARY GOLF DAY. AMONG THOSE TO DRESS FOR THE OCCASION WERE, FROM LEFT, MR.ALBERT WRIGHT, MRS.NOLA WRIGHT AND MR.MAX WATTS. MR.WRIGHT IS USING A CLUB FROM THE PAST - COMPLETE WITH A HICKORY SHAFT...No.70141

SEABREEZE BEING DEMOLISHED BY THE APEX CLUB MEMBERS 1984. I REMEMBER SATURDAY NIGHT DANCES, THE MEXICAN HAT DANCE AS THE LAST DANCE EVERY WEEK. DEBUTANTE BALLS. MY MUM BETTY McDONALD TAUGHT THE DEBS AND THEIR PARTNERS HOW TO DANCE. I MADE MY DEBUT THERE....No.70131

BERTOLI BUILDING - SIGN SAYS - FARMS- BUSINESES- HOUSES - FLAT- PHONE 216..CORNER LAWSON & JONSON STREETS. GIRLS ARE BARBARA HOSKING, CHRIS DUCK, SUE KIMPTON, KERRY ESTRICH..MRS BERTOLI MADE THE BEST PANCKES...Photo:Gerry Bertoli...No.70146

THIS PHOTO IS AMAZING! BERTOLI BUILDING. writing on the building says: GIBSON STORE STOP..... JONSON STREET IS AT THE FRONT OF THE PHOTO, HORSES, CATTLE YARDS MAYBE. THANK YOU GERRY BERTOLI FOR THESE PHOTOS. Photo Gerry Bertoli...No.70151

BERTOLI BUILDING.Photo:Gerry Bertoli...No.70147

BERTOLI BUILDING. Photo:Gerry Bertoli...No.70148

BEFORE THE SWIMMING POOL AND WITH THE 2ND JETTY IN THE BACKGROUND...No.70033

BERTOLI BUILDING..SEE THE SILENT COP ON THE ROAD. Photo:Gerry Bertoli...No.70149

NO ROADS, VERY LITTLE VEGETATION. BYRON BAY HEADLAND. LITTLE BEACH IS AT THE BOTTOM RIGHT AND WATEGO BEACH MIDDLE RIGHT. YOU CAN CLEARLY SEE THE TRACK FROM WATEGO BEACH TO THE TOP OF THE HILL. THERE ARE BUILDINGS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE TRACK.

1910 SCHOOL OF ARTS BYRON BAY. NEWSPAPER ARTICLE SAYS: THE WELL DRESSED PRIMARY PRODUCERS OF THE BYRON DISTRICT GATHER FOR A HALF YEARLY MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS OF NORCO ABOUT 1910. THE BUILDING BEHIND THEM AND THE VENUE FOR SUCH DAIRY INDUSTRY EVENTS IN THOSE DAYS WAS THE BYRON BAY SCHOOL OF ARTS.

THE PASS, HAROLD AND EVA MALIN WERE CARETAKERS AT THE PASS IN THE LATE 50'S EARLY 60'S. THEY WOKE ONE MORNING TO FIND SURFIES HAD LIT A BIG BONFIRE AND WERE TEARING THE TIMBER OFF THE SHELTER SHED TO PUT ON IT. WHEN HAROLD APPROACHED THEM HE WAS TOLD TO LEAVE THEM ALONE OR THEY WOULD THROW HIM ON THE FIRE.(IN NOT SO POLITE LANGUAGE). HAROLD HAD THE PHONE PUT ON AFTER THAT INCIDENT BUT SURFIES LATER STOLE HAROLD'S MOTOR AND STERN OFF HIS BOAT. THINGS WENT FROM BAD TO WORSE SO THEY LEFT THE PASS.Photo:Arthur Malin...No.70180

I THINK THIS WAS IN RAILWAY PARK...No.70174

1950 MAIN BEACH, (SHARKIE). SEE THE RUDDER ON THE RIGHT FROM THE S.S.WOLLONGBAR.Photo:Debby Milgate.Know What I Miss About Byron Bay.No...70190

GREAT NORTHERN HOTEL. COLIN FARREL, KEN LINDSAY, BILL NOONAN, TOOTIE DUNN, Photo: www.facebook.com/groups/kwimabb...No.70197

WATEGO BEACH...No.70193

BB BOWLING CLUB 1983. TONY FEROS,BILL HODGES, TONY KIBBLEWHITE, FRED POOLMAN, MARTY GOOLEY, HENRY EDWARDS, JOE TORRISI, JACK RYAN, ROY WYNTER...Photo Tony Trimble. www.facebook.com/groups/kwimabb/

THE PASS WITH THE SHELTER SHED (NOW PART OF THE CAR PARK)..Photo:Know What I Miss About Byron Bay...No.70194

BYRON BAY MAIN BEACH...No.70237

MEMORIES OF A MERRY GO ROUND ON PART OF THIS SITE, RUN BY A FATHER AND DAUGHTER OVER XMAS HOLIDAYS. PIER ASTOR GROUP BOUGHT IT, ONE OF 4 THEY OWNED. ..NO.70227

LITERARY INSTITUTE / LIBRARY / SHOP / SKATING / BOXING / WEDDINGS.No...70223

CUBS.Photo:Locals only BB.Natalie Robinson...No.70314

CATTLE YARDS AT THE FRONT OF THE BERTOLI BUILDING, LAWSON STREET (SAND) FINISHES JUST PAST FLETCHER STREET...No.70287

ADDS IN THE BYRON NEWS...No.70353

MAIN BEACH, YOU CAN SEE HOW MUCH BEACH THERE IS AND THE SHELTER SHED TO THE LEFT OF THE SURF CLUB. MYSELF AS A 1 YEAR OLD...No.70690

VERY EARLY PHOTO OF NORCO CREAMERY. Photo: Courtesy Bryon Bay Services Club...No.70065

GUN CLUB. BELOW THE WATER TOWER PATERSON STREET. MR.BENZLEY AND JOHN FLEMMING WERE MEMBERS WHEN IT CLOSED...No.70034 Photo Supplied by Jan Hackett.

BYRON BAY GUN CLUB. PHOTO WAS TAKEN ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE WATER TOWER IN PATERSON STREET. Photo: Jan Hackett..No.70004

VIEW FROM THE RESERVOIR. RUSKIN STREET ON LEFT WITH PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH AT THE TOP (RED ROOF) AND CATHOLIC CHURCH (LARGER RED ROOF). I GREW UP IN THIS STREET...No.70027

TAKEN FROM ZIRCON RUTILE (NOW WOOLWORTHS). THE RAILS IS TOP LEFT AND THE ROAD NEAR THE RED TRUCK IS THE ALTERNATE ROUTE SOMETIMES USED TO BYPASS TOWN. INFORMATION CENT (CENTER OF PHOTO) . LITERARY INSTUTITE (NOW COMMUNITY CENT)...No.70018

1963 LIGHTHOUSE ROAD.Photo:Bob Weeks Photography...No.70585

CORNER SHOP AT KINGSLEY AND JONSON STS. ALSO VADO'S FURNITURE / MEXICAN MICKS / CHEEKY MONKEYS...No...70039

THE FIRE STATION IS STILL IN KINGSLEY STREET. MARIE AND DAUGHTER TINA TRANTER. Photo:Voice of Byron...No.70073

SHARK IN THE LAGOON AT CLARKS BEACH.Photo Jan Hackett...No.70080

Byron Bay Cultural and Debating Society.Early 60's? Suggested names. Jack Smith,Toos Glock,Ron Tranter,Lyle Hill,Kevin Fegan,Noel Smith,Teddy McGrath, Ron Tranter,Leo McDermid,Jack Ryan,Bill Reilly,Jim Nelson,Monty. Photo:Voice of Byron...No.70068.

WATEGO BEACH. WHEN LAND BECAME AVAILABLE FOR SALE YOU HAD TO LIVE A CERTAIN MILEAGE OUTSIDE OF BYRON BAY TO BUY LAND, AS COUNCIL SAID IT WASN'T FAIR FOR PEOPLE IN BB TO PURCHASE THERE WHEN THEY WERE ALREADY LIVING IN BB. MY AUNT (from Sydney) BOUGHT A BLOCK, SHE HAD TO PUT UP THE START OF A BUILDING WITHIN 12 MONTHS. Photo:Voice of Byron . www.facebook.com/groups/kwimabb/..No.70058

1963.JONSON STREET. OLEANDER TREES ON THE LEFT ARE WHERE WOOLWORTHS SUPERMARKET IS NOW...No.70052

SUMMERLAND MOTEL NEXT TO THE AMBULANCE STATION. Photo: Voice of Byron . www.facebook.com/groups/kwimabb/..No.70054

THE PASS (PALM VALLEY) Photo supplied by Jan Hackett...No.70047

NORCO BUTTER FACTORY EST.1895. THE BUILDING ON THE LEFT WAS NORCO HARDWARE STORE (NOW MITRE 10)...No.70037

BYRON SHIRE COUNCIL LAWSON STREET. NOW A BACKPACKERS HOSTEL...No.70030

THE MAIN STREET, JONSON STREET. TIMPERLEYS GARAGE ON RIGHT. AMBULANCE IN THE MIDDLE OF PHOTO...No.70028

A MARCH THROUGH TOWN. GREAT NORTHERN HOTEL ON THE LEFT...No.70025

BYRON BAY RAILWAY STATION OPENED ON 15TH MAY 1894 AND CLOSED MAY 2004. HIGH SCHOOL CHILDREN WENT TO MULLUMBIMBY EVERY DAY ON THE TRAIN UNTIL THE LATE 60'S EARLY 70'S THEN TRANSPORTED BY BUS, BEFORE A HIGH SCHOOL WAS BUILT IN BYRON BAY IN 1987.THE WATER TOWER IN THE BACKGROUND STILL EXISTS..No..70022

THE TOWN RAISED MONEY TO BUILD THE POOL THROUGH OLEANDER CARNIVALS, THEY PUMPED SEA WATER INTO THE POOL AND PATRICIA SNOW REMEMBERS CORNFLAKE WEED AND A SMALL SEA HORSE IN THE POOL...No.70012

THE PASS, (originally Palm Valley). BYRON BAY TOWN WAS ORIGINALLY PLANNED FOR THIS AREA. THE BOAT RAMP DOWN TO THE BEACH IS ON TOP OF A VERY LARGE MIDDEN, (shell pile, from an aboriginal eating area and sometimes placenta after the birth of a baby)...photo supplied by Jan Hackett...No.70002

SHIRLEY STREET.Photo: Jan Hackett.

BYRON BAY BOWLING CLUB, ESTABLISHED 1923. NOW HAS A RESTAURANT, PLUS NEWLY BUILT 4 X 1 BEDROOM CABINS ON THE BLOCK NEXT DOOR AND A HOUSE FOR 8-10 PEOPLE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CLUB....No.70015

BYRON BAY FAMILY IN SHIRLEY STREET.photo supplied by Jan Hackett...No. 70001

PHOTO TAKEN FROM ZIRCON ROOF, CARLYLE STREET IS IN THE CENTRE OF THE PHOTO. POOLMANS HOUSE ON THE CORNER AND GARAGE ON THE RIGHT...No.70040

RAILWAY STATAION EARLY 1890'S. PEOPLE TRAVELLED FROM LISMORE TO WATCH THE SHIP FROM SYDNEY ARRIVE. Photo: Courtesy Byron Bay Services Club...No.70062

LITERARY INSTITUTE. ORIGINALLY THE B.B LIBRARY USED TO BE IN THE ROOM ON RIGHT DOWNSTAIRS. JONO'S SHOP IN ROOM ON LEFT. UPSTAIRS WERE THE EXPENSIVE MOVIE SEATS, DOWNSTAIRS WERE CANVAS DECK SEATS. LATER A SKATE RINK, YOUTH CENT, COMMUNITY CENT, WEDDING BREAKFASTS. SOME OF THE PICTURES ON THE BUILDING WERE SUPPOSED TO BE OF LOCAL PEOPLE.Photo:Voice of Byron...No.70055

NEW HIGHWAY LOOKING FROM ST.HELENA...No.70091

LANCE ROBERTSON (in sunnies), NOEL ARMFIELD, HAL HANKIN (2nd left, standing)...No.70094. Photo: Voice of Byron...https://www.facebook.com/groups/kwimabb/

LOOKING ALONG PATERSON STREET BEFORE ALL OF THE HOUSES WERE BUILT. TAKEN FROM MILN STREET AREA MAYBE...No.70095 Photo Voice of Byron...https://www.facebook.com/groups/kwimabb/

TAKEN AROUND 1979. (RECENT PHOTO ON 2018 PAGE)...No.70097 Photo:Voice of Byron...https://www.facebook.com/groups/kwimabb/

STORM DAMAGE AT MAIN BEACH, REMNANTS OF THE FIRST JETTY ARE VISIBLE...No.70101

MAY BE PART OF A LARGE PLATFORM FROM EARLIER YEARS. MAIN BEACH...No.70110

1925. I CAUGHT THIS TRAIN TO HIGH SCHOOL IN MULLUMBIMBY EVERY DAY IN 1960. IF YOU PUT YOUR HEAD OUT OF THE WINDOW, PIECES OF SOOT FROM THE ENGINE WOULD GET INTO YOUR EYES...No.70120 Photo:Voice of Byron.www.facebook.com/groups/kwimabb/

WATEGOS. AS TEENAGERS WE WOULD WALK AROUND TO WATEGO BEACH ALONG THE GOAT TRACK (NOW A WALKING PATH)...No.70116 Photo:Voice of Byron https://www.facebook.com/groups/kwimabb/

HARDLY ANY TOURISTS.!!! No.70121 Photo:Voice of Byron.www.facebook.com/groups/kwimabb/

WELCOME TO BYRON BAY SIGN. THE MOST EASTERLY TOWN OF AUSTRALIA. PLEASE DON'T MAKE US PROSECUTE YOU. DON'T LITTER OUR TOWN. CAMP ONLY ON CAMPING GROUNDS...No.70127 Photo:Voice of Byron www.facebook.com/groups/kwimabb/

REMEMBER THIS SIGN BEHIND THE PUBLIC TOILET DOORS...No.70140.Photo:Voice of Byron www.facebook.com/groups/kwimabb/

THE PASS SHELTER SHED 1964 (about). SYDNEY BOYS WHO CAME UP TO SURF. THEY SAID MR & MRS CAMPBELL NEVER TURNED THEM AWAY IF THEY WERE HUNGRY...No.70133

SHORT STOP (NOW WOOLWORTHS PETROL), EWINGSDALE ROAD. Photo:Geoff Bensley...No.70154

BERTOLI BUILDING. Photo: Gerry Bertoli...No.70150

MICHAEL BIENKE'S GRANDPA'S BOAT 1961, DOROTHY JUNE IN THE NEW HARBOUR...Photo:Michael Bienke...No.70173

MICHAEL BIENKE'S GRANDPA'S BOAT, DOROTHY JUNE IN BRUNSWICK RIVER. HAROLD EDGAR BIENKE, BORN 12.6.1910 MARRIED DOROTHY MAY LUXTON. MOVED TO BYRON BAY IN 1930'S?. Photo: Michael Bienke...No.70164

VIEW FROM MILN STREET...Photo:Know What I Miss about Byron Bay www.facebook.com/groups/kwimabb/...No.70167

HAROLD (CHARPOT) MALIN'S FIRST BOATS, OLD AND NEW.Photo:Arthur Malin...No.70186

INFORMATION FROM ARTHUR MALIN...BANKSIA TREES GREW ON THE HILL AT THE BACK, FROM THE BEACH IN A STRONG WESTERLY WIND YOU COULD SEE THE WHITE OF THE UNDERSIDE OF THE LEAVES AND IT LOOKED LIKE SNOW ON THE HILL....NOTE NO HOUSES..Photo:Arthur Malin...No.70185

IT LOOKS LIKE THIS PHOTO IS PRE WOOLWORTHS AND THE GROUP OF SHOPS ON THE NORTHERN SIDE OF THE SERVICES CLUB...No.70189

BOMBER FLICK, GARRY DEE, ROD HALPIN, TOM HADWELL...No.70200

CAPTAIN COOK LOOKOUT.Photo:Iain Cummings...No.70207

WHALING BOAT.Photo:Pat Milgate.www.facebook.com/groupskwimabb/ ...No.702008

BROWNING STREET IS IN THE FOREGROUND HEADING TOWARDS NORCO CO.OP.LTD.ON THE LEFT...No.70196

No..702009

ABOUT 1920.EWINGSDALE SCHOOL. WILLIAM MILGATE HEADMASTER...Photo:Pat Milgate www.facebook.com/grups/kwimabb/ ...No.70210

SEAVIEW STREET IN THE FOREGROUND...No.70212

BYRON SHIRE COUNCIL ROADWORKS VEHICLE...No.70214

JONSON STREET.Photo:Gerry Bertoli...No.70220

JAMES THOMAS MILGATE. Look at the background in this photograph also.www.facebook.com/groups/kwimabb/. No.70235

WATEGO BEACH AROUND 1940...No.70224

MILK CART. Photo:Gerry Bertoli...No.70216

WATEGO'S BEACH. Photo:Gerry Bertoli...No.70221

WATEGO BEACH. WHEN LAND BECAME AVAILABLE FOR SALE YOU HAD TO LIVE A CERTAIN MILEAGE OUTSIDE OF BYRON BAY TO BUY LAND, AS COUNCIL SAID IT WASN'T FAIR FOR PEOPLE IN BB TO PURCHASE THERE WHEN THEY WERE ALREADY LIVING IN BB. MY AUNT (from Sydney) BOUGHT A BLOCK, SHE HAD TO PUT UP THE START OF A BUILDING WITHIN 12 MONTHS...No.70215

WATEGO'S BEACH. ONE HOUSE..From:Mal Bugden...No.70222

CEDAR CUTTERS 1880's. THE CEDAR WAS SHIPPED ELSEWHERE IN THE WORLD AND THEY WERE GIVEN AN INSTRUCTION FROM THE GOVERNMENT TO CHOP DOWN ALL THE OTHER TREES TO THE WATERLINE. IN ALL OF MY PHOTOS ON MY WEBSITE, THERE ARE NO TREES..No.70226

WATER TOWER WHERE THE STEAM TRAINS FILLED UP WITH WATER. Photo:Byron Bay Historical Society...No.70239

MID 50's. ONE OF THE SAND HILLS IN FRONT OF THE SURF CLUB.Photo:Know what I miss about byron bay...No.70247

BYRON BAY WINTER WHALES...No.70256

BYRON BAY PUBLIC SCHOOL. MY GRANDMOTHER WENT TO SCHOOL HERE IN 1910, THEY CAME FROM LISMORE FOR THE SUMMER AND SHE SAID IT WAS VERY GLARY WALKING FROM COWPER STREET OVER THE SAND HILLS TO SCHOOL. MY OWN MEMORIES ARE OF MILK BEING LEFT IN THE SHELTER ON THE LEFT IN THE SUN FOR US ALL TO DRINK EVERY DAY IN LITTLE INDIVIDUAL BOTTLES. I STILL CAN'T DRINK IT! MY MUM WORKING IN THE CANTEEN... EATING A TOFFEE IN CLASS WHEN THEY WERE ON SALE IN THE CANTEEN... MY MUM COOKING FOOD AND WORKING THERE ON SPECIAL DAYS. I WAS ALWAYS SO EXCITED ON THE DAYS SHE WAS THERE. I WALKED HOME FOR LUNCH WHILE PLAYING MY FLUTE EVERY DAY...No.70274

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JINGI WAHLU WIDTHA (Welcome to Country)
Arakwal  indigenous  people have lived around the Cavvanbah (Byron Bay) area for 22,000 years.  Cavvanbah, as it was then known, was a meeting place for Arakwal and  other neighboring clans traveling to Cavvanbah from ​​Grafton in the South and Tweed Heads in the North. It seems amazing that Cavvanbah  is still a meeting place, but now with people traveling here from around the world.    
Captain Cook saw (and recorded) Arakwal Aboriginals walking along Seven Mile Beach in May 1770, these Aboriginals were part of the Bundjalung Aboriginal Nation.   In the 1860's their world changed drastically with Cedar-getters arriving, and gold miners in the 1870's.  In the 1880's land was claimed and cleared. Forests were replaced by grass or crops, native animals replaced by sheep and cattle. With disease, violence and hunger the Arakwal numbers were significantly reduced.    ​​

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