About Us
Formation of the Society
A public meeting was called by Councillor C. H. Lundberg, president of the Tweed Shire Council, at the request of the Murwillumbah Rotary Club, on 16 March 1959. This meeting saw the birth of Tweed River Historical Society, which is now known as the Murwillumbah Historical Society. More than 50 people attended the meeting, at which Mr R. C. Whittle was elected President and Dr J. K. Marks was elected Vice President.
Our Mission
Murwillumbah Historical Society Inc. is an incorporated not-for-profit organisation engaged in preserving, researching and promoting the history of Murwillumbah and environs.
Services and Facilities
- Research Library
- Historical research
- Production of our free Timelines quarterly newsletter
- Support to, and cooperation with, Tweed Regional Museum and the other Historical Societies
- Historical guided walking tours of Murwillumbah town
- Sausage Sizzle and Speaker Nights at Tweed Regional Museum - Murwillumbah (3-4 per year)
- Social bus trips (3-4 per year)
- Community research projects
- Assistance with personal research projects such as family history
Murwillumbah Historical Society Committee Members 2017-2018
- Ian Fox (President) president@murwillumbahhistoricalsociety.org.au
- Max Boyd (Vice-President) vicepresident@murwillumbahhistoricalsociety.org.au
- David Taylor (Secretary, Webmaster, Public Officer)
secretary@murwillumbahhistoricalsociety.org.au or webmaster@murwillumbahhistoricalsociety.org.au - Max Willoughby (Timelines Newsletter Editor, Treasurer) editor@murwillumbahhistoricalsociety.org.au or treasurer@murwillumbahhistoricalsociety.org.au
- Sandra Jones (Social Member) social@murwillumbahhistoricalsociety.org.au
- Joan Cuthel (Research, Auditor) research@murwillumbahhistoricalsociety.org.au
- Robert Haywood enquiries@murwillumbahhistoricalsociety.org.au
- Barbara Haywood enquiries@murwillumbahhistoricalsociety.org.au
- Marie Fletcher enquiries@murwillumbahhistoricalsociety.org.au
- Nick Gouliaev enquiries@murwillumbahhistoricalsociety.org.au
Patrons
- Max Boyd AM
- Hon. J. D. Anthony AC CH
Website Credits
- Website Author/Creator: Beverley Lee
- Website Updates: Christopher King 2012, David Taylor 2014
