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Richmond River Historical Society is based in the city of Lismore, centre of the Richmond River region of northern New South Wales. The Society’s mission is to collect, preserve, display and disseminate historical material relevant to the continuing history of North-Eastern NSW. Whether you are interested in visiting our Museum, researching your family history, discovering an aspect of local history, or becoming a member or volunteer with the Society, we trust you will find what you are looking for on this website.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COUNTRY

We acknowledge the Widjabal-Waibal people of the Bundjalung Nation as the traditional custodians and pay our respects to elders past and present.

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2 days 17 hours ago

Our Calendars have arrived! Get in quick! We will have some at the Lismore Bowlo Market this Sunday from 9am. $20 each. Our Cover photo:

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2 days 17 hours ago

After the overnight fire, let us hope that the iconic Masonic Temple building in Magellan Street can be saved. It has been a feature of

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1 week 4 days ago

Time to get your order in for our new 2026 Calendar! Lismore's Historic Hotels - featuring many of the wonderful old hotels that have existed

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4 weeks 12 hours ago

Bravo Jasmine Knight-Smith. And thank you to the Echo for highlighting this travesty. It is so good to see one of our Lismore Councillors taking

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1 month 3 days ago

Sunday 21st September, 2pm - pop it in your diary! Kristen den Exter (Richmond Riverkeeper and Wilson River Landcare) is our guest speaker for this

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2 months 2 weeks ago

We won’t give up!! Drop in and sign the petition at the Museum stall at the Bentley Art Prize today. Honour the Promised Lease!! We

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2 months 4 weeks ago

Richmond River Historical Society will have a popup stall today Sunday 20th July 9-1pm . Come by and say hello.

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2 months 4 weeks ago

See you at the Lismore Bowlo Markets today 9-1pm.

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3 months 2 weeks ago

What a magnificent night at the Lismore Lantern Parade 2025!! 🎆 Our volunteers were invited to walk in this year's parade carrying three beautiful lanterns

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3 months 2 weeks ago

Come on down to the Lismore City Bowling Club today for the Bowlo Markets. We will have a stall today and tomorrow. We may not