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                                 SAND MINING IN BYRON BAY 

Sand mining started in Byron Bay in 1935.  I can remember the machinery going all day and night, seven days a week.. A treatment plant was built by Zircon Rutile Ltd., in 1934 in Jonson Street where the Plaza shops are now situated beside woolworths.  This plant continued working on and off until the 1980's..

SAND MINING BYRON BAY
SAND MINING AT MAIN BEACH ....No.70016
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Photo: Courtesy Byron Bay Services Club...No.70106
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Photo: Courtesy Byron Bay Services Club...No.70104
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THERE WAS A ROAD IN FRONT OF THE COTTAGES ORIGINALLY. THE OCEAN EVENTUALLY TOOK THEM I'M TOLD. Photo: Courtesy Byron Bay Services Club...No.70105
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MACHINES NEVER STOPPED DAY OR NIGHT...No.70042
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MACHINERY GOING ALONG BELONGIL BEACH...No.70013
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SAND MINING WORKERS, SOME STILL LIVE IN BYRON BAY...No.70031
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BELONGIL BEACH RESIDENTS DUMPED CAR BODIES IN FRONT OF DUNES...No.70017
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SAND MINING PUMP...No.70041
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SAND MINING ON TALLOW BEACH...No.70024
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BELONGIL BEACH...No.70019
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TALLOW BEACH...No.70020
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