Events

Transit of Venus - Paul Brunton, Mitchell Librarian, State Library NSW
Visiting Lismore City Library, Thursday 17th May
Transit of Venus – when Venus passes between the Sun and the Earth
Next Transit of Venus June 5-6 2012 – won’t occur again for over 100years
Goonellabah Community Centre - Thursday 17th May - Starts 7.30 pm

'MEN AND A RIVER' second edition

Now available at the Museum for $25 per copy. This new edition can also be ordered for postage for an additional $10. Phone orders to (02) 66219993 (10 am - 4 pm).

Society Wins Another Grant

The Museum has just been awarded a grant of $5,988 from The National Maritime Museum for an interpretive display of the the SS St. George medicine chest. The grant is to support research and presentation of the chest contents that includes mainly plant-based medicines over 100 years old.

Preliminary work in partnership with Plant Science at Southern Cross University has shown most of the medicines analysed to be in very good condition (ie still useable).

As well as further analysis, the grant will fund the preparation of graphic material by University digital art and design lecturer Leonie Lane.

Meetings

The Annual General Meeting is sceduled for the third of June at 2 pm It will be held downstairs (turn right inside entrance).

Dorothy Edwards, author of a book dealing with Lismore's corner stores, will be our guest speaker.

Bundjalung Jugun - Bundjalung Country

This book tells the story of interaction between Aborigines and Europeans in Bundjalung Country from a Bundjalung perspective.

Bundjalung Jugun (meaning Bundjalung Country) is a Richmond River Historical Society (RRHS) publication written by Jennifer Hoff and includes extensive consultation with Bundjalung Elders.

Uncle Fletcher Roberts, who had a long association with the museum, became the motivating force behind the Bundjalung Yanha (Bundjalung Way) permanent exhibition and this book, Bundjalung Jugun. His wise direction set cultural guidelines throughout the project.

Bundjalung Jugun is a series of themed stories of early life in Bundjalung Country; from the Logan to the Clarence River. Major elements include the European invasion, cedar cutting, squatting and settlers' lives and the traditional pattern of life for Bundjalung people pre-1788.

Reminiscences, teachings and stories by Bundjalung Elders of several generations form the heart of the book. The Richmond River Historical Society's holdings of folios, notes, letters, photographs and tapes contributed an important collection of first hand accounts.

Bundjalung Jugun is available from the RRHS for $50 plus postage.

Cover of Second Edition - Men and a River