Conroy & Stewart

Maclean historical building, Conroy & Stewart

The Conroy & Stewart is a historical building in Maclean is one of the town’s oldest surviving structures and heritage listed. Built in 1878 for a stock banking company, it became to site for a legal practice in 1944. Conroy & Stewart building continued to be used for legal offices, last occupied by Conroy & … Read more

Hollywood Theatre

Front of a building with art-deco design, the Palace Arcade in Maclean, previously the Hollywood Theatre

The Hollywood Theatre started in 1920, established by Charles Allen. The theatre was originally 450m further north on River St, at Howard St, before relocating in 1927. Hollywood Theatre entered its hey-days in the mid-1930s with a redesigned facade of art-deco design. The theatre advertised in newspapers with brief adverts of the current feature, such … Read more

Woolitji House

Woolitji House in Maclean, built in 1882 for the Bank of NSW, it marked a curfew line for Aboriginals in Maclean, later purchased by the Woolitji Co-op

Woolitji House is a historical building in Maclean, built for the Bank of New South Wales in 1882, and later bought by the Woolitji Co-op. The front door of the building marked a demarcation line in Maclean where Aboriginal people could not go passed after 6pm. Following a referendum in 1967 that recognised Aboriginal people … Read more

Ulugundahi Is

Ulugundahi Island, or Ulgundahi Island, viewed from the side of the Clarence River in Maclean

Ulugundahi Island is in the Clarence River near the township of Maclean. The brown sign for Ulugundahi Island is at the northern edge of the shopping area. It was set as an Aboriginal reserve in 1904. Prior, in the 1800s, the government rounded up Aboriginal people and put them on the island. Today, it is … Read more

Bundjalung National Park

Rocks at the ocean with pelicans resting, at Woody Head in Bundjalung National Park

Bundjalung National Park is on the north coast of NSW, stretching between Iluka and Evans Head. The name Bundjalung is after the Aboriginal people, the Bundjalung Nation. The Bundjalung Nation, made up of around 15 tribal groups, existed from around Grafton up to Beaudesert and Ipswich. The Bundjalung Nation is the only ones who explains … Read more

Iluka World Heritage Rainforest

Walking path in a rainforest, with a thick vine laying across the ground and wooden handrail on the side, taken along the Iluka World Heritage Walk

Iluka World Heritage Rainforest is a walk through the Iluka Nature Reserve, starting at Long Street in the seaside town of Iluka and taking you to Iluka Bluff Picnic Area in the Bundjalung National Park. The walk is 2.5km one way along an easy grade walking trail. The information about the walk state it is … Read more

Angourie Surf Reserve

Surfing beach at Angourie Surfing Reserve near Yamba

Angourie Surfing Reserve is a designated national surf reserve, the first to be designated in New South Wales. The break is on the north side of Angourie Point, on the edge of the Angourie section of Yuraygir National Park . In 1961, a group of surfers from Yamba Surf Life Saving Club went in search … Read more

Museum

Yamba Museum

Yamba Museum has displays and collections on the evidence of the settlement of Yamba and its maritime history. The history of Yamba is diverse and the collection highlights this diversity. It has a telescope that belonged to Francis Freeburn, a pioneer of Yamba and its first maritime pilot. Francis Freeburn was appointed in 1854 to … Read more

Gold Coast Visitor Information Centre

Gold Coast Visitor Information Centre

The Gold Coast Visitor Information Centre is in the heart of Surfers Paradise on Cavill Avenue. It is a booth-style information centre on the sidewalk with an electronic information board outside it that is available 24-hours. There is no parking at the visitor information centre, Cavil Avenue being a small one-way street with effectively no … Read more