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 CONTINUED ON AND OFF UNTIL THE 1980'S.
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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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I STAYED IN ONE OF THESE COTTAGES WHEN YOUNG WITH MY FAMILY, THERE WAS A ROAD IN FRONT OF THEM 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