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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 11 hours ago

A very clever take on our current situation. Worth the read!😄

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6 days 7 hours ago

Terrific turnout to our Quarterly meeting this afternoon for an update on the history, both old and new, about our Museum “home”. Please keep writing

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1 week 3 days ago

We are pleased to announce the return of the History Now seminar series for 2025! History Now seminars explore current and compelling issues affecting the

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1 week 5 days ago

Looking forward to re-opening our temporary Popup Shop at 106 Molesworth Street next week, while we wait for Lismore Council to decide where we will

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2 weeks 4 days ago

Open as usual tomorrow, Wednesday til 1pm. We’re preparatory flood packed but open for visitors. Please drop in and sign our petition to return us

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3 weeks 1 day ago

We must have a few people on Council rattled. Certainly the Mayor’s campaign manager Mark Bailey seems to be. This is his FB post from

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3 weeks 2 days ago

Some of our loyal supporters including the youngest member of our Museum society. The campaign has just begun. Please continue to share the petition widely

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3 weeks 2 days ago

A great overview of a tarnished process from Lismore Council from our President Dr Robert Smith. Bottom line is a lease (licence) was promised via

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3 weeks 3 days ago

MUSEUM Rally tomorrow Thursday 27th at the Goonellabah council building - noon!!!