Historical Society Inc.
Pioneer Park, Kennedy Drive, Tweed Heads, NSW, AUSTRALIA
Open 11AM-4PM DST Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday (excluding Public Holidays)
Sundays 1PM to 4PM DST
Tour and School Groups at other times by appointment
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Historical Society Inc. Pioneer Park, Kennedy Drive, Tweed Heads, NSW, AUSTRALIA Open 11AM-4PM DST Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday (excluding Public Holidays) Sundays 1PM to 4PM DST Tour and School Groups at other times by appointment |
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| Title/Description | Price including Postage and Packing (within Australia) |
| Pictorial Histories: |
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| BETWEEN RIVER AND SEA Historical images of Kingscliff, Chinderah and Cudgen |
$20.00 |
| REFLECTIONS Tweed valley Historical Societies. The Tweed Valley since Federation. A collection of photographs from the Edwardian era juxtaposed to those taken recently from the same place, with an introductory history . This is a joint effort by the three Historical Societies of the Tweed Shire to celebrate the Centenary of Federation. |
$20.00 |
| Local Histories: | |
| A SMALL ISLAND A short history of Cook Island, the Fingal and Point Danger Lighthouses and their environs. |
$6.00 |
| JOSHUA BRAY Mary Kinsman, grand-daughter of Bray, writes on the life of, arguably the Tweed Valleys best-known Pioneer. A 92 page booklet. |
$24.50 |
| CALDERA TO THE SEA- by Joanna Boileau. A comprehensive history of the Tweed Valley. |
$27.00 |
| FROM TALLEBUDGERA TO THE TWEED- by Robert Longhurst A hardcover, A4 sized book , sub-titled. An early history of the southern Gold Coast. |
$27.00 |
| FRONT, MIDDLE AND BACK - by Coral Prowse-Cozzelle First published in 1999 Coral Prouse-Cozzelle writes, in this booklet, of her growing up in Tweed Heads in the 1940's and 1950's. |
$16.00 |
| LOOKBACK- Tales of yesteryear by Peter Winter Reprints from the long running series of historical articles from the Daily News Newspaper about Tweed heads , Coolangatta and the Lower Tweed. Volume 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 now available. |
$20.00 per Volume |
| McGREGOR and COOLOON- Warren D Keats OAM The story of the Birth of the Twin Towns and the settlement and industry of the Tweed Valley 1870-1900. Warren Keats is founder of the Lower Tweed River Historical Society (now known as the Tweed Heads Historical Society) and the Tweed Heads Maritime Museum |
$30.00 per Volume |
| MY MOTHER TOLD ME- A sub-titled booklet, with memories of a Pioneer Family in the Tweed Valley in the latter half of the 1800's. Written by Florence M Bray, daughter of early Tweed Valley Pioneers, Joshua and Gertrude Bray. |
$17.00 |
| OXLEY COVE- by Greg Hubbard This 36 Page, A4 size booklet contains some early history of Tweed Heads and a photographic display of the developmentof the popular Oxley Cove sub-division since 1980. |
$7.50 |
| THE CHANGING VALLEY- Compiled by R. Sullivan, J Brady and Students of Tweed River High School A collection of photographs of the Tweed Valley from 1886 to 1982. |
$15.50 |
| THE GREEN COAST- by B. Graham The natural environment of the Tweed-Moreton Bioregion. Moreton Bay and the coast from Caloundra to Ballina. |
$32.00 |
| THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD- by Johanna Kijas and Volunteers of the Tweed Regional Museum International migration to the Tweed from the 1940's to 1960's. | $37.00 |
| TWEED VOLCANIC REGION- B. Graham 360 million years ago to the present day. An environmental history of the Beaudesert, Gold Coast, Tweed , Brunswick, and Richmond Regions. |
$32.00 |
| Regional Histories | . |
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| PLACE NAMES OF THE TWEED, BRUNSWICK AND UPPER RICHMOND REGIONS-
by Richmond-Tweed Regional Library The area covered by this 64 page booklet encompasses Byron Bay to Tweed Heads and Coolangatta, along the border to Cougal, south to Kyogle , then East to Byron Bay. |
$9.00 |
| CENTAUR- the Myth of Immunity- by Christopher S Milligan and John C. H. Foley A hard cover history of the sinking of the Australian Hospital ship, "Centaur" with a forward by professor Geoffery Blainey. |
$37.00 |
| THREE MINUTES OF TIME- by A.E.Smith Published to mark the 50th anniversary of the sinking of the Australian Hospital ship "Centaur" of the Southern Queensland coast in May 1943. The forward is by the then Prime minister, the Rt, Hon. RJL Hawke. It contains an alphabetic list of all persons on board the ship at the time of its sinking. |
$15.00 |
| WALK OF REMEMBRANCE- by members of the Tweed Heads
Historical Society Situated at Point Danger on the Qld/NSW border, this superb memorial was unveiled on the 14th May 1993, the 50th anniversary of the sinking of the hospital ship, "Centaur" off the Queensland coast with the loss of 268 lives. This booklet reproduces the 41 Plaques commemorating ships sunk off the Australian Mainland during the years 1939-1945. |
$6.00 |
| WW1 Histories | |
| LETTERS HOME- by Tweed Heads Historian, Bill Bainbridge The Tweed River and the Great War 1914-1919 A soft cover , A4 size collection of letters written by soldiers who served in the Great War of 1914-1918 and who were born in, or enlisted in, The Tweed - Richmond districts of Northern NSW. It contains an A-Z listing of all those who served. |
$28.95 |
