Richmond River Historical Society Inc, Lismore, New South Wales

Richmond River Historical Society Inc, Lismore, New South Wales

• RRHS

• Community

The Richmond River Historical Society Inc is based in the city of Lismore in the Northern Rivers region of NSW. The society was founded in 1936, one of the first three historical societies formed in New South Wales outside the Sydney region.

It consists entirely of volunteers who maintain, develop, interpret and promote the collections of the Lismore Museum and its Research Centre Archives.

Its mission is to collect, preserve, display and disseminate historical material relevant to the continuing history of north eastern New South Wales.

Officer in charge: Research Coordinator

The overall focus of the Richmond River Historical Society Archives is on the Northern Rivers of New South Wales; namely Clarence, Richmond and Tweed, with special emphasis on the Richmond District.

The Research Centre archive contains documents dealing with the region’s community, social and family history. It includes a large photographic collection, as well as books, manuscripts, maps and other printed materials, for example:

• 4,000 files on people, places, and subjects
• 16,000 photographs and portraits
• audio files, including oral histories
• personal diaries
• indexes of land grants, obituaries, funeral notices, births, deaths and marriages
• electoral rolls
• NSW Government Gazettes from 1878 to 1900
• family histories
• maps
  and a large reference library
  Quantity: 80m.

Richmond River Historical Society Bulletin (Quarterly)
Other publications listed on website.

Open Wednesday 10am-4pm or by appointment. [Note: Check the website for current information. As at December 2022, the museum was temporarily closed while the building underwent flood remediation.]
Closed public holidays and Christmas-New Year period.

Advance notice of visit preferred. Fees apply for research visits, written enquiries and copying services. For further information, see https://www.richhistory.org.au/richmond-river-historical-society/research/

General reference assistance available. Written enquiries are accepted. Fees apply. For further information, see the website.

Copying services available for books, journals, original records to A3 size and photographs. Fees apply. For further information, see the website.

Revised 10 December 2022

• Genealogical (Thematic area)
• Local Studies (Thematic area)