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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
AFTER SAND MINING AND A CYCLONE. MANFRED STREET BELONGIL 1974.Photo Robin Ormerod Know What I Miss About Byron Bay...No.70693
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Photo: Courtesy Byron Bay Services Club...No.70106
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Photo: Courtesy Byron Bay Services Club...No.70104
BYRON BAY
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
BYRON BAY
BELONGIL BEACH RESIDENTS DUMPED CAR BODIES IN FRONT OF DUNES...No.70017
BYRON BAY
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
SAND MINING BYRON BAY
SAND MINING AT MAIN BEACH ....No.70016
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SAND MINING PUMP...No.70041
BYRON BAY
SAND MINING ON TALLOW BEACH...No.70024
BYRON BAY
BELONGIL BEACH...No.70019
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TALLOW BEACH...No.70020

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