The Society holds a large number of indexes. These are being updated and added to continually. New and updated indexes will be added to this site on a regular basis. Click on one of the headings below to explore that index. For information on research fees, check out our Research Centre page.

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Australia's Fighting Sons Index (MS Word document: 437Kb) UPDATED

Australia's Fighting Sons was produced in or around 1919 and refers to soldiers who enlisted in World War I (1914-1918) and who came from or had family in the Northern Districts of New South Wales or Southern Queensland. Similar publications were produced for other areas of Australia.

Index compiled by Margaret Henderson, Richmond River Historical Society Inc., Lismore, 2000-2006. (Updated 20 February 2006)

Cemeteries Index: A-F (MS Word document: 399KB) UPDATED 2007

Cemeteries Index: G-M (MS Word document: 427KB) UPDATED 2007

Cemeteries Index: N-Z (MS Word document: 399KB) UPDATED 2007

This Cumulated Index has been compiled from lists either transcribed by Society Members or donated to the Society for Reference Purposes. Margaret Henderson has keyed the lists into individual databases and compiled the cumulated index.

Index compiled by Margaret Henderson, Richmond River Historical Society Inc. Lismore, 1999-2003. [Updated 7 March 2003]

Index of Obituaries & Death Notices: A-C (MS Excel document: 589KB) UPDATED 2007

Index of Obituaries & Death Notices: D-K (MS Excel document: 796KB) UPDATED 2007

Index of Obituaries & Death Notices: L-R (MS Excel document: 854KB) UPDATED 2007

Index of Obituaries & Death Notices: S-Z (MS Excel document: 570KB) UPDATED 2007

Information mainly contained in newspaper notices or obituaries held by the Society. Index compiled by Members of the Society. Collated and Checked by Margaret Henderson, Richmond River Historical Society Inc., Lismore, 1996-2006.[Updated February 2006]

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Men and a River by Louise Tiffany Daley, first published in 1966 by Melbourne University Press, is a history of the first fifty years of settlement in the Richmond River district. The original index has been revised and expanded by Robyn Braithwaite, Richmond River Historical Society Inc., Lismore, 2002.

Index to Society Archive Files: (MS Word document: 482 KB) UPDATED 2007

Index to Events Files: (MS Word document: 297 KB) NEW 2007

Society Archive Files: Aboriginals Headings List
(index in process of re-organisation)

Society Archive Files: Armed Forces of Australia Headings List
(index in process of re-organisation)

Files contain material relating to people and events in the Richmond River District of Northern New South Wales. Some material refers to other areas if there is some connection with the Northern Rivers, e.g. the Shoalhaven Region. The material contained in the files consists mainly of newspaper clippings, typewritten information, and short histories. Separate listings are held for published works, original documents, photographs, maps, and prints.

List edited by Margaret Henderson, Richmond River Historical Society Inc., Lismore, 2002. [Updated February 2006]

Sword and Lance Augmented Index (MS Word document: 102Kb)

Sword and Lance by Martin J. Buckley, published in Lismore in 1988, is the story of the Richmond River Horsemen who were members of the Upper Clarence Light Horse, the Richmond River Light Horse, "E" and "G" Troops of the New South Wales Regiment of Volunteer Cavalry, and the 4th Squadron, New South Wales Lancers. The original index has been augmented by Margaret Henderson, Richmond River Historical Society Inc., Lismore, 1999. [Updated 7 March 2003]

 

This Catalogue of Holdings (Books) of the Richmond River Historical Society, based on a new classification, has been compiled by Margaret Henderson. Lismore, February 2006.