SAND MINING IN BYRON BAY 

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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..

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Photo: Courtesy Byron Bay Services Club...No.70106

Photo: Courtesy Byron Bay Services Club...No.70104

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

MACHINES NEVER STOPPED DAY OR NIGHT...No.70042

MACHINERY GOING ALONG BELONGIL BEACH...No.70013

SAND MINING WORKERS, SOME STILL LIVE IN BYRON BAY...No.70031

BELONGIL BEACH RESIDENTS DUMPED CAR BODIES IN FRONT OF DUNES...No.70017

SAND MINING PUMP...No.70041

SAND MINING ON TALLOW BEACH...No.70024

BELONGIL BEACH...No.70019

TALLOW BEACH...No.70020