Clarence Valley History

Catalogue Subject Links

• Grafton – History
• Clarence River – History
• Maclean – History
• Iluka - History
• Yamba - History
• Bundjalung - History
• Yaegl - History
• Gumbaynggirr - History

Local Heritage Links

• Aboriginal Heritage
• Clarence Valley Cemeteries Register
• Grafton Heritage Trail map(PDF, 9MB) (My Clarence Valley)
• Clarence River Historical Society 
• Schaeffer House Facebook page
• Alumy Creek Public School Museum
• Iluka History Group
• John Collis and Noel Everson: fishing in the early days
• Maclean District Historical Society

• NSW Heritage search database (select Local Government Area: Clarence Valley)

Online History Resources

• Glenreagh Memorial Museum
• Lawrence Museum
• Lawrence Museum Facebook page
• 2016 marks the Quasquincentennial (125 years) of Tucabia Public School
• Bessie Webb's oral history account of the history of Glenreagh, NSW, as part of the Arts Northern Rivers – Rivers, Roads and Rail Regional Exhibition Trail
• Doongunn Dreaming story
• Breimba – Lindt Research Project
• Additional First Nations resources

Wikipedia articles

• History of Richard Craig – an escaped convict who discovered the Clarence Valley district in 183.
• Sir Earle Page – 11th Prime Minister of Australia.
• Clarence River
• Grafton Bridge – is a bascule bridge and opened in 1932.
• Grafton, NSW – in 1851, Governor FitzRoy officially named the town “Grafton”, after his grandfather, the Duke of Grafton, Grafton was proclaimed a city in 1885.
• Iluka, NSW
• Maclean, NSW
• Yamba, NSW
• Bundjalung people
• Yaegl people
• Gumbaynggirr people