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Timelines is the quarterly free newsletter of the Murwillumbah Historical Society. Timelines is produced by a small group of Society volunteers who meet once each month to plan, coordinate and write the content for the next edition. If you're interested in being part of our happy team please contact the editor at editor@murwillumbahhistoricalsociety.org.au; we'd love to have you aboard!

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Volume 12 Number 2, November 2024
Contents: 'Perhaps the greatest controversy in the history of the development of Murwillumbah...', Early East Murwillumbah, The Court House Hotel - 125 years, Peter Border, Tweed Shire Engineer/Town Planner 1969 - 1994, Murwillumbah in the new millennium - some reflections
Timelines In fifteen minutes Number 16, 18 November 2024
Keeping you up to date with the work of the Murwillumbah Historical Society's Committee
Timelines In fifteen minutes Number 15, 21 October 2024
Keeping you up to date with the work of the Murwillumbah Historical Society's Committee
Volume 12 Number 1, September 2024
Contents: The Small-leaved Tamarind, 'The most sensational happening in our town...', The penultimate page... 'Louie Smart - the first woman to ride a motorbike on the Tweed - 1916'
Timelines In fifteen minutes Number 14, 16 September 2024
Keeping you up to date with the work of the Murwillumbah Historical Society's Committee
Timelines In fifteen minutes Number 13, 19 August 2024
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Timelines In fifteen minutes Number 12, 15 July 2024
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Timelines In fifteen minutes Number 11, 17 June 2024
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Volume 11 Number 4, May 2024
Contents: The naming of Durobby, Who put arsenic in Tommy Westwood's tea?, Seeing Double (including Camping at Kerosene Bay), The Back Page... Funeral on the Tweed
Timelines In fifteen minutes Number 10, 20 May 2024
Keeping you up to date with the work of the Murwillumbah Historical Society's Committee
Timelines In fifteen minutes Number 9, 15 April 2024
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Volume 11 Number 3, April 2024
Contents: Wollumbin Street, West End Street, Early Doctors of the Tweed (Part 1), The Back Page... Name and Shame! [in 1921]
Timelines In fifteen minutes Number 8, 18 March 2024
Keeping you up to date with the work of the Murwillumbah Historical Society's Committee
Timelines In fifteen minutes Number 7 +, 19 February 2024
The Society will be raising its banner at 'A Tiny Taste of Tyalgum' on Saturday, 20 January 2024
Timelines In fifteen minutes Number 7, 19 February 2024
Keeping you up to date with the work of the Murwillumbah Historical Society's Committee
Timelines In fifteen minutes Number 6 +, 20 November
The Society will be raising its banner at the Tweed River Agricultural Society annual show on Friday and Saturday, 3 and 4 November 2023
Timelines In fifteen minutes Number 6, 20 November
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Timelines In fifteen minutes Number 5, 16 October
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Timelines In fifteen minutes Number 4, 18 September 2023
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Timelines In fifteen minutes Number 3, 19 August 2023
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Timelines In fifteen minutes Number 2, 19 July 2023
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Timelines In fifteen minutes Number 1, 19 June 2023
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Volume 11 Number 2, October 2022
Contents:Kynnumboon 1939-1943, Lines out of Time 1) Hec Robertson of Cudgen Pt 8 2) The Ormes, Cats and Etc., Early Establishment of the Historical Society
Volume 11 Number 1, July 2022
Contents:Our Austral Cafe, Lines out of Time 1) Hec Robertson of Cudgen Pt 7, Donaldson's 1878 Plan for Murwillumbah, The Barney of Barney's Point
Volume 10 Number 4, April 2022
Contents:1872 Barling Plan for Murwillumbah, Lines out of Time 1) Hec Robertson of Cudgen Pt 5 2) The Fossilised Crab, Section 4, Deposited Plan 2087 - the Evolution of our Town, Part 2
Volume 10 Number 3, January 2022
Contents:The Lost Road to the Town that Never Was Pt 2, Lines out of Time - Hec Robertson of Cudgen Pt 4, Section 4, Deposited Plan 2087 - the Evolution of our Town
Volume 10 Number 2, October 2021
Contents: Tweed Regional Gallery and Margaret Olley Art Centre, The Lost Road to the Town that Never Was Pt 1, Lines out of Time 1) Hec Robertson of Cudgen Pt 3
Volume 10 Number 1, July 2021
Contents: Camelot to Greenhills, Lines out of Time compilation 1) The Tumbulgum UFO 2) The Public Innoculation Depot 3) Travel Restrictions Extended 4) Queensland Border Closed, Robert Hope, Deputy Engineer 1960-63, The Wollumbin Stamp, Mystery Wedding Photo
Volume 9 Number 4, April 2021
Contents: When Cows were out on the Town, More on William Horace Moss, Leo Appo - Tweed's world champion axeman, Lines out of Time - Nullum Rum, Hec Robertson of Cudgen Pt 2
Volume 9 Number 3, January 2021
Contents: William Horace Moss and HMAS Sydney, The Banana [1934 film], Fruit Machines on the Tweed, 100 Years Ago - The Cudgen Cyclone, 100 Years Ago - Hec Robertson of Cudgen Pt 1, 2020 Research Enquiries from the Public, Uncovering Domestic Details of the Past 2
Volume 9 Number 2, October 2020
Contents: Samuel Farrant - Tweed Banana Farming Pioneer, From Tjolling and Chillington, Tweed Hockey, 100 Years Ago - Drogher Cudgen, 100 Years Ago - the Berger Avro, 100 Years Ago - Flora Sandes, Murwillumbah Rowing Club Pt 1 - Previous Rowing Clubs
Volume 8 Number 4 and Volume 9 Number 1, April and July 2020 (combined)
Contents: It took a town - Modernising the Tweed District Hospital, The origins of Radio 2MW Murwillumbah, Uncovering domestic details of the past, Tweed's WW1 Battleplane, Vale Arthur Buchan, Wallaby 324
Volume 8, Numbers 2 and 3, October 2019 and January 2020 (combined)
Contents: Tweed District Hospital - Sunday, 27 August 1939, LISNAGAR - embodying early Tweed history, THE 1954 MURWILLUMBAH FLOOD - PICTURES THAT TELL A THOUSAND WORDS
Volume 8, Number 1, July 2019
Contents: The 1919 Influenza Pandemic on the Tweed (Part II), Vaccination: a personal perspective, Poliomyelitis: a dark time in our history, Changing Visual Representations of Wollumbin/Mt Warning
Volume 7, Number 4, April 2019
Contents: The 1919 Influenza Pandemic on the Tweed, Tin Hares Caused Uproar
Volume 7, Number 3, January 2019
Contents: A Letter to Al from Cess (1941), Outdoor Dunny to Indoor Loo, Did You Know? - Anthony Laffranchi, George William Fletcher, Early Cricket in the Tweed
Volume 7, Number 2, October 2018
Contents: Hopping Dick - Richard Kaye, Dr Robert Bellear - Our first Aboriginal Judge, A Matter of Convenience, Murwillumbah's First Bridge, Lest We Forget - Charles Morley, Roll of Honour
Volume 7, Number 1, July 2018
Contents: Lest We Forget - Henry Joseph Thomas Taylor, A Notable Public Servant - Charles Hubbard, Vale Shirley Aked, Johnsons of Johnson's Creek (Part 3 (final)), Mystery unravelled, Roll of Honour
Volume 6, Number 4, April 2018
Contents: Lest We Forget - Reuben Moysey Stewart, Vale Dr Betty Marks, Vale Nick Gouliaev, Roll of Honour
Volume 6, Number 3, January 2018
Contents: Lest We Forget - John Henry Baker, The Johnsons of Johnson's Creek [Pt 2], Guided Town Walks, Continuing the McCabe story, Roll of Honour
Volume 6, Number 2, October 2017
Contents: Lest We Forget - Henry Brown McAndrew, The Johnsons of Johnson's Creek, Guided Town Walks, Society publications, The Holston buildings [Pt 1], Roll of Honour
Volume 6, Number 1, July 2017
Contents: Lest We Forget - Martin Reynolds, The McDonald Family of Kendonvale, Guided Town Walks, Paspalum and the Tweed Economy, Clarence (Clarrie Hall) AM, Roll of Honour
Volume 5, Number 4, April 2017
Contents: Lest We Forget - Victor Linklater, Vale Antony Clark, The Harbison Family [Part 5 and final], Guided Town Walks, The Big Bank Job, Roll of Honour, Society AGM on 19 Apr 2017, Museum Corner
Volume 5, Number 3, January 2017
Contents: Vale MHS President Antony Clark, Lest We Forget - John Edward Sweetnam of Dungay and Byrril Creek, Historic Buildings - Hartmann's store [Part 3], Mystery photos and objects, The Harbison Family [Part 4], Guided Town Walks, Roll of Honour, Museum Corner
Volume 5, Number 2, October 2016
Contents: Lest We Forget - John Leo Fogarty of Doon Doon, Fay Staunton - equestrian, Historic Buildings - Hartmann's store [Part 2], Mystery photos and objects, Guided Town Walks, Roll of Honour, Museum Corner
Volume 5, Number 1, July 2016
Contents: Lest We Forget - the Rice brothers of Burringbar, Sunnyside Hospital historical artefact, The All Saints Organ [final], Did you Know? Sir Eric Willis, The Harbison Family [Part 3], Historic Buildings - Hartmann's store [Part 1], Guided Town Walks, Roll of Honour
Volume 4, Number 4, April 2016
Contents: Lest We Forget - Leonard (Len) Irvine Hines, Historic Buildings of Murwillumbah: the Police Station Part 2 (final), The Harbison Family Part 2, The All Saints Organ Part 2, Museum Corner - Women of the Tweed book and Collectors Cabinet notice, Murwillumbah TAFE History Timeline, Guided Town Historical Walks, Roll of Honour
Volume 4, Number 3, January 2016
Contents: Lest We Forget - Charles Morrison, Historic Buildings of Murwillumbah: the Police Station Part 1, The Harbison Family Part 1, The All Saints Organ Part 1, Mystery Item and Building on the History of Bricks Talk, Guided Town Historical Walks, Roll of Honour
Volume 4, Number 2, October 2015
Contents: Lest We Forget - Frederick Cecil Vidler, Historic Buildings of Murwillumbah: the Court House Part 3 (final), Robert Quirk and Acid Sulfate Soils Part 3 (final), New Acquisition, Bus Trip to South Bank, Guided Town Historical Walks, Roll of Honour
Volume 4, Number 1, July 2015
Contents: Lest We Forget - Clive Russell Bray, Historic Buildings of Murwillumbah: the Court House Part 2, Robert Quirk and Acid Sulfate Soils Part 2, The Museum building is 100 years old!, Mystery Object and New Acquisition, Rawards and Jays, Bus Trip to Ipswich, Guided Town Historical Walks, Roll of Honour
Volume 3, Number 4, April 2015
Contents: Lest We Forget - Bambery Brothers, Historic Buildings of Murwillumbah: The Court House Part 1, Robert Quirk and Acid Sulfate Soils, Mystery Object & New Acquisition, Hanna & Edmed, a great Tweed Enterprise - Part 4, Vale Quentin Snow, Roll of Honour
Volume 3, Number 3, January 2015
Contents: Lest We Forget - Private William Kyle 5596, Interview with Geoff Smith, Boy Charlton's Visit Makes a Splash, Did You Know?: Vice Admiral Sir Roy Dowling, Mystery Objects, Hanna & Edmed - a Great Tweed Enterprise Part 3, Roll of Honour
Volume 3, Number 2, October 2014
Contents: Doug Anthong AC, CH - a Brief Bio, Did You Know?: Sir Harry Budd, The JJ Richards Story - Final Facts, Hanna & Edmed - a Great Tweed Enterprise Part 2, Mystery Objects, The Museum is Open!
Volume 3, Number 1, July 2014
Contents: Hanna & Edmed - a Great Tweed Enterprise Part 1, Historic Buildings of Murwillumbah: The Marville Building Part 2 (final), Did You Know?: Faith Bandler AC AM, The JJ Richards Story Part 5 (final), Mystery Objects, Return to the Museum, Society Web update
Volume 2, Number 4, April 2014
Contents: An Interview with Dr Betty Marks OAM, Historic Buildings of Murwillumbah: The Marville Building Part 1, Did You Know?: Sir Walter Campbell AC, The JJ Richards Story Part 4, Mystery Photo, The First Postal Service on the Tweed, Web Page update, AGM notice
Volume 2, Number 3, January 2014
Contents: An Interview with Bill Aked, Historic Buildings of Murwillumbah: The Imperial Hotel Part 2 (final), Did You Know?: Stephanie Gilmore, The JJ Richards Story Part 3, Mystery Photo, Facebook Page
Volume 2, Number 2, October 2013
Contents: An Interview with Kevin Dickson, Historic Buildings of Murwillumbah: The Imperial Hotel Part 1, A Scout Hall in One Day Part 2 (final), Did You Know?: Larry Corowa, The JJ Richards Story Part 2, Mystery Photo, Correction to Austral Building story from Last Edition, Our new Facebook page
Volume 2, Number 1, July 2013
Contents: Vale Jack Knight, Historic Buildings of Murwillumbah: The Austral Building, A Scout Hall in One Day Part 1, Did You Know? (new series): Sir Frank Nicklin, The JJ Richards Story Part 1, Welcome New Members
Volume 1, Number 4, April 2013
Contents: An Interview with Les Edwards, Historic Buildings of Murwillumbah: The Credit Union Building, Local Government in the Tweed, Vale Jack Knight, Mystery Photo, Tales of our Times: California Milk Bar
Volume 1, Number 3, January 2013
Contents: Bob Whittle OAM DFM, Art Deco in Murwillumbah: Murwillumbah Hotel, Tales of our Times: The Cottage Hospital, Murwillumbah Court House and Police Station, Mystery Photos
Volume 1, Number 2, October 2012
Contents: Art Deco in Murwillumbah: Intro and Main Street Medical Centre, An interview with Quentin Snow DFC, The Mooball vs Burringbar Feud, Mystery Photos, Famous Locals: Neville Bonner AO
Volume 1, Number 1, July 2012
Contents: Historic Building: our Museum Building, An interview with Ernie Cobb

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