OLD BYRON BAY PHOTOS early memories.... No restaurants. Fish and chips, wrapped in paper and you ripped a hole out of the top of the paper to eat the food. 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..... As a school girl, pedalling the drill for the dentist while my brother had a tooth drilled.
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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, ALONG WITH MANY OTHER LOCAL WEDDINGS THE RSL LADIES CATERED FOR. 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 LIKE THE 2020's...No.70580
YOU CAN SEE WHERE LAWSON STREET HAS BEEN EXTENDED ALONG THE BEACH FRONT...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
AS A TEENAGER, I REMEMBER JOHN AND JIM KEEVERS TELLING ME IF I EVER HAD ANY TROUBLE TO JUST CALL OUT TO THEM AND THEY WOULD SORT IT OUT ...No.70318
MEXICAN MICK'S. Photo:Geoff Bensley...No.70317
CUBS.Photo:Locals only BB.Natalie Robinson...No.70314
BYRON BAY HOSPITAL.Photo:Debby Milgate. Know What I Miss About Byron Bay...No.70313
CATTLE YARDS AT THE FRONT OF THE BERTOLI BUILDING, LAWSON STREET (SAND) FINISHES JUST PAST FLETCHER STREET...No.70287
THE STREETS LOOK TO BE SAND AND THE STREET RUNNING THROUGH THE PHOTO IS CARLYLE STREET WITH A BIG FENCE AROUND THE RECREATION GROUND WITHOUT TENNIS COURTS. THERE IS A WINDMILL JUST TO THE RIGHT OF THE CENTER OF THE PHOTO. LITERARY INSTITUTE IS BACK LEFT. ANYONE ELSE SEE ANYTHING THEY RECOGNISE?...No.70285
THERE USED TO BE A RACE TRACK, AT THE BACK OF TALLOW BEACH NEAR THE AREA WHERE THE KAY'S LIVED. THE OTHER VERSION I HAVE IS IT IS A RACE TRACK WHERE THE FOOTBALL GROUND IS NOW..No.70295.
MENU: DINNER: CONSOMME CRECY.. POTAGE A LA REINE BOILED FILLETS OF BREAM, PARSLEY SAUCE, .LAMBS BRAINS ON CAISSES.MACADONE VEGETABLES, ROAST SIRLOIN OF BEEF AND HORSERADISH, ROAST LAMB AND MINT SAUCE...CORNED OX TONGUE AND CARROTS, BOILED FOWL AND SAUCE HOLLANDAISE, CABBAGE, CAULIFLOWER. ROAST AND BOILED POTATOES PLUM PUDDING AND SWEET SAUCE APPLE PIE HOCK JELLY SAVOURY ANCHOVY TOAST APPLES BANANAS PINEAPPLE DESSERT CHEESE & BISCUITS CAFE... AUGUST 24 1911
RYAN'S CAFE, JONSON STREET. TWINS, ANNIE AND NORA, VERY SLIGHT LADIES...No.70290
RING BARKED TREES ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF TOWN...No.70283
RING BARKING THE TREES. THIS IS SOUTH OF THE
LIGHTHOUSE...
No.70283
PHOTO TAKEN 1970. THE SUFFOLK PARK HOTEL WAS BUILT ON THIS SPOT. I REMEMBER WHEN THERE WAS ONLY ONE HOUSE IN SUFFOLK PARK, (SUFFERING PARK) WAS THE LOCALS NAME, IT WAS JUST FLAT BULLDOZED BARE WHITE SAND. .Photo: Ginny Black...No.70277
BUILT 1922 FOR AJS BANK (AUSTRALIAN JOINT STOCK BANK). NEXT IT WAS E.S & A BANK, THEN WILSONS GUEST HOUSE IN 1960'S, VADO'S DISPOSAL AND BBQ STORE, LETS GO BIKES,NOW CHEEKIE MONKIES.Photo:Byron News...No.70278
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
MIXICAN MICK.Photo:Know What I Miss About Byron Bay...No.70262
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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.
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.