1/142THE "NORTHERN STAR" LISMORE, MAY 13, 1876. First page, first edition.
Photos: 145 years and counting
Today, The Northern Star celebrates 145 years
2/142Two friends enjoying Casino Beef Week.
3/142Saint Andrews Cathedral, Lismore following the 2007 hail storm.
4/142Melissa Burland at a fishing classic at Ballina in 2004.
5/142Scenes at the Lismore train station in 2004 when the last XPT ran.
6/142NATURAL RELIEF: The Hemp Embassy's Michael Balderstone believes we should all be able to grow the cannabis strain we require in our own backyards, rather than multi-national pharmaceutical companies controlling our pain relief for profit.
7/142This photo shows a male protester being dragged down a dirt track by two policeman. It was the first public image of Australia's first forest blockade, at Terania Creek. It won the newspaper's Photo of the Year Award in 1979 Photo Darcy McFadden / Northern Star Published on August 18, 1979
8/142Carpets get dried out after the storm ripped the roof off.
9/142Moods were high at the Bentley Protest Camp just outside of Lismore after the NSW government announced a suspension of Metgasco's exploratory licence. Campers and visitors danced to music, listened to speeches and celebrated early in the morning. Some campers still maintained their resolve to stay at the camp until the issue is resolved. Photo Marc Stapelberg / The Northern Star
10/142Historic. Flood in Lismore, 1954.
11/142The Cowper bus tragedy in 1989. 21 people were killed and 22 injured on the Pacific Highway.
12/142Sea Shepherd's M/Y Steve Irwin was welcomed to Byron Bay by a breaching whale.
13/142Firefighters at the scene of a fire in Alstonville Industrial Estate.
14/142Emergency Service rescue a man from the centre of town after heavy flooding in town.
15/142Winston McCall of Parkway Drive at the home town gig at Byron Bay High School on the IRE tour. Photo Marc Stapelberg / The Northern Star
16/142Buddhist monk Phramaha Weraphony Ritchumnong will be attending the Thai Songkran Festival at the Lismore showground this weekend. Photo Marc Stapelberg / The Northern Star
17/142Sister Stephanie Marie believes the life of a nun is hard and only those who have heard the call will stand the strict focus on devotion. Photo Marc Stapelberg / The Northern Star
18/142Neil Finn brought the crowded house down on closing night at Bluesfest 2017.
19/142Neil Fitzgerald, of Gold Coast, mourns the loss of surfer Tadashi Nakahara who died in a shark attack at Shelly Beach. Photo Marc Stapelberg / The Northern Star
20/142Floodwater isolate the town of Coraki in 2008
21/142The Lismore Swans celebrate their grand final win over Tweed Heads at Oakes oval in Lismore. afl Photo Marc Stapelberg / The Northern Star
22/142Bora Ridge resident Clare Barry embraces Rural Fire Fighter Chantelle Davis after Chantelle and her mother were able to save Clare's horses at the property where their boat and corner of their house were on fire.
23/142Historical: Seabird rescue founder Lance Ferris pictured in 2002 dives to rescue a pelican. Photo Jacklyn Wagner / The Northern Star
24/142Craig Hodges and Keith Saunders in North Lismore during a flood.
25/142Banjo player Dr Bob Miller in 2001.
26/142Dave Morris and Max Bower pictured at the North Coast National Photo Jacklyn Wagner / The Northern Star
27/142Alstonville Rodeo, Scott Amos taken in 2003. Photo Jacklyn Wagner / The Northern Star
28/142The last train at the Lismore train station in 2004. Photo Jacklyn Wagner / The Northern Star
29/142Eisteddfod hopefuls Jacinta Hackett and Paris Gibson
30/142Sometimes you win, sometimes you don't.
31/142School children at the Anzac Day ceremony in Lismore 2004 Photo Jacklyn Wagner / The Northern Star
32/142Cassino Meat co- op celebrated their 75th anniversary. This image on the workers in the coolroom were taken during a series of images to commemorate the event.
33/142A protester screams at Police at The Doubtful Creek CSG mining site. Photo Patrick Gorbunovs / The Northern Star
34/142Members from the Main Arm RFS, Byron RFS, National Parks and Wildlife and Brunswick Heads Fire Brigade, take part in a major back burning effort at the end of Bayshores Road in Byron Bay on 01 SEP 2010.
35/142Alstonville Rodeo. John Gordon. Photo Jacklyn Wagner / The Northern Star
36/142Dale Oliver of Knockrow pictured with his two Giant Atlantic Pumpkins. Photo Patrick Gorbunovs/ The Northern Star
37/142Flaming Lips frontman Wayne Coyne made an impressive entrance to Splendour in the Grass in 2012.
38/142BDO 2011
39/142SCU visual arts student Martha Beasley and her work titled Dodecahed. Photo Jacklyn Wagner / The Northern Star
40/142Metgasco supervisors in Casino monitor the rig being dismantled before it is located to another Casino site. Photo Jacklyn Wagner / The Northern Star
41/142SES and police emergency crews move through the centre of Lismore looking for people in need of evacuation.
42/142Northern United Rugby League Football Club coach Djaan Jarrett and player Bill King with MP Kevin Hogan at the announcement of a $12,000 grant. Photo Marc Stapelberg / The Northern Star
43/142Significant damage to properties at Rappville after fire tore throught he region.
44/142Lily Folpp, 16, of Alstonville, pictured here at the SCU pool, has been accepted into two prestigious dance schools. Photo Marc Stapelberg / The Northern Star
45/142Historic: Festivals: Aquarius Festival at Nimbin Photo The Northern Star Archives
46/142Bishop Geoffrey Jarrett spoke about the enormous task of restoring the Lismore's St Carthage's Cathedral for it's centenary.
47/142A large tree falls to the ground during a fire on flats towards Tabulam.
48/142Rognvald's Lith re-enactors Travis Woods and Gareth McCulloch, of Lismore, search the new lands for their next camp after flooding displaced their traditional Lantern Parade grounds.
49/142Gathering prior to the patrade outside the Winsome Hotel are Yunka (far left) and far right Maude Boat of Lismore and Kimo od Lismore.
50/142Jan Lennon from Stardust Circus with Gigi the elephant .
51/142Tobias Suckfuell, boyfriend of murdered girl Simone Strobel.jpg Photo Jacklyn Wagner / The Northern Star
52/142Sn Const Peter Richardson and Const Amanda Vidler battle the elements and a pig that was grazing on a roundabout in Lismore on Australia Day 2015.
53/142Terry Toohey, chairman of the ADF (Australian Dairy Farmers) Animal Health and Welfare Policy Advisory Group pictured on his dairy farm at Casino.
54/142One of the teaching sisters and students dressed as book characters celebrate Book Week at Our Lady Of Lourdes in Lismore Photo Jacklyn Wagner / The Northern Star
55/142A aerobatics display buy The Max G Aerobatics Team. at The Great Eastern Fly In, Evans Head. Photo Patrick Gorbunovs / The Northern Star
56/142Sister Mary of the Sacred Heart, 92 and Sister Antionett pictured in 2002 in the chapel of the carmelite Monastry in Goonellabah. Photo Jacklyn Wagner / The Northern Star
57/142October 2007. A light moment at Ballina High School during the election campaigh as Peter Garrett and Janelle Saffin visit the school and speak with speak with Marine studies students. photo Jacklyn Wagner/The Northern Star
58/142Lismore Cup entrant Keen Street pictured with trainer Owen Glue (left) and part owner Graig Kennedy. Photo Jacklyn Wagner / The Northern Star
59/142Splendour in the Grass 2019 gets underway on Friday at the main stage.
60/142The MardiGrass 2019 march down the main street of Nimbin.
61/142Rugby League, Marist Brothers vs Sth Tweed, Niko Vakawarara scores
62/142Having some fun in the puddles following heavy local rainfalls is Craig Murray of North Lismore and his three year old son Mason.. Photo Jacklyn Wagner / The Northern Star
63/142Henning Solberg competes in the world Rally at Kyogle in 2009.
64/142Historic: A proud young boy and his first place show ribbon after his cow took out the Ugliest Pet prise at the Nimbin Show in 1994. Photo Jacklyn Wagner / The Northern Star
65/142Summerland Rockers, Narele Lewis and Robert Weis, 2004.
66/142Lennox local Harry O'Brien will compete in the 12 and under catergory in the The Skullcandy Oz Grom Open.
67/142The Winsome and Serpentine Gallery in North Lismore were threatend by water as flood waters collected.
68/142The Northern Star Picture of the Year, 1985.
69/142Big seas at The Pass, Byron Bay.
70/142The Northern Star Picture of the Year 1981.
71/142Surety, ridden by Marlon Dolendo, won the Byron Bay Cup for the second time in a row yesterday. 29th August 2010. CATHY ADAMS
72/142There was a large turnout of spectators and participants for the 2014 Nimbin Mardi Grass which aims to raise awareness about prohibition and marijuana. Photo Marc Stapelberg / The Northern Star
73/142Sebastien Loeb competing in the World Rally at Kyogle in 2009.
74/142Australian painter Margaret Olley Deceased July 2011, aged 88 Photo Cathy Adams / The Northern Star
75/142Historic. 1954 Flood, Lismore.Photo The Northern Star Archives
76/142Whaling in Byron Bay, circa 1950.
77/142The Winsome Hotel in North Lismore during the 1954 flood.
78/142Kadina High School student Jaiden Pyke has been selected to dance in Singapore. Photo Marc Stapelberg / The Northern Star
79/142Lismore Viking re-enactment group Rognvald's Lith members Michael Rowe, Richard Guy, Travis Woods, Warren Thompson and Jim Hammond, will be participating in battle at the winter village at Liismore on June 25th and 26th. Photo Marc Stapelberg / The Northern Star
80/142Big waves at Lennox Head in 2016.
81/142MP Thomas George at the site where the second major construction site at the Lismore Base Hospital has started initial work to continue expansion and upgrading of the existing building.
82/1422017 Lismore FLood
83/142Our Kids Fundraising Coordinator Rebekka Battista is creating an incredible winter wonderland to help raise funds for Our Kids. Photo: Marc Stapelberg
84/142Fires on the hills of Mt Nardi and Tuntable Falls bear Nimbin.
85/142Missing Belgium backpacker Theo Hayez's father Laurent Hayez talks at a press conference at Tweed Heads flanked by Theo's godfather Jean-Phillippe Pector and Theo's cousin Lisa Hayez.
86/142The Fauna Fetcher team Sophie and Bridget Thomson are passionate about wildlife and the environment.
87/142A massive crowd turns up to watch Michael Franti and the Speahead perform at the 25th Annual Byorn Bay Bluesfest. Photo Marc Stapelberg / The Northern Star
88/142Inventor and CEO of Flow Hive Cedar Anderson collects honey from the Flow Hive with His Excellency General The Honourable David Hurley near Newrybar.
89/142The final stage of the installation of Corey Thomas' 12 metre tall lighthouse sculpture on the new Bayshore Drive Roundabout at Byron Bay.
90/142Historic. 1954 Flood, Lismore.Photo The Northern Star Archives
91/142School children in Lismore during the 1954 floods.
92/142Construction of Rocky Creek Dam circa 1950.
93/142American rocker Iggy Pop at the 30th Bluesfest Byron Bay 2019.
94/142Peter van der Wyk (aka Peter Pedals) inspects the damage with RFS members after fire destroyed his Blue Knob house. Photo Cathy Adams / The Northern Star
95/142Floodwater gong over the levee wall in Molesworth Street, Lismore.
96/142Historic. Flood in Lismore, 1954.
97/142Bexhill brickworks pool. Quarry.Photo Cathy Adams / The Northern Star
98/142Historic. 1954 Flood, Lismore.Photo The Northern Star Archives
99/142Robert Corowa protests at the site of the North Lismore Plateau development.
100/142Damage to St Matthews Anglican Church from 2007 tornado. Photo Cathy Adams / The Northern Star
101/142Lismore Lantern Parade.
102/142Geoff Hannah of Lismore and the Hannah Cabinet. The cabinet is the culmination of six years work . Photo Jacklyn Wagner / Northern Star
103/142Historical: Restoration work on Saint Andrews in Lismore in 2001. Photo Jacklyn Wagner / The Northern Star
104/142Kelvin and Kay Frost are warning Lismore residents to be weary of a new scam doing the rounds.
105/142Historical: Frank Scarrabelotti pictured in 2000 promoting the Bangalow Cup. Frank died in 2007 aged 109 yrs. I photographed Frank over many years aand we became really good friends. It was an honour to cover Franks funeral. Photo Jacklyn Wagner / The Northern Star
106/142Classrooms at the Dunoon Public School were demolished by a tornado that hit the town in 2007.
107/142Historic: A young boy with a python hams it up for the camera during a reptile visit to a local school. A photo like this may not now be published. Photo Jacklyn Wagner / The Northern Star
108/142Historic: Face in the crowd at an assembly at the Suimmerland Christian School Photo Jacklyn Wagner / The Northern Star
109/142Violent Femmes at Blues Festival , 2005.
110/142Githabul elder Aunty Bonnie and resident Angie Froud, at Doubtful Creek after Metgasco announced suspension of coal seam gas operations.
111/142Colin Crouch and Bernie Bock put the finishing touches to the Lismore levee in 2005.
112/142Historic: A scene at Lismore racecourse between trainer and jockey Photo Jacklyn Wagner / The Northern Star
113/142Murray Brown and Troy Johnston celebrate their win.
114/142The ark in Woodlark Street, Lismore, has had a coat of paint.Photo Cathy Adams / The Northern Star
115/142A Rural Fire Service member hoses down the smoking ruins of the kombi that fronted the Nimbin Museum. Fire destroyed a number of businesses in Cullen Street, Nimbin in the early hours of Wednesday morning. Photo Cathy Adams / The Northern Star
116/142Patti Smith at Bluesfest 2017 in Byron Bay.
117/142Adam Gilchrist at Adam Gilchrist Oval in Caniaba. Photo Patrick Gorbunovs / The Northern Star
118/142Director of The Lismore Regional Gallery, Brett Adlington.2013
119/142Police escort a truck from The Doubtful Creek CSG mining site in 2012.
120/142Historical photo of The Northern Star press.
121/142The North Coast National. 1960s.
122/142Historic, scouts 1960's Lismore. The Northern Star Archives
123/142The Lions Road Project, Kyogle. September 24, 1971.
124/142The Coraki to Lismore cream boat on its final run in 1973.
125/142Construction of the Ballina Street bridge in Lismore, circa 1950.
126/142The North Coast National, 1960s.
127/142Only one way out of the rodeo shoots was on the back of a bull for Casino Bull rider Wayne Richardson for the Australian Professional Rodeo Association competition at the North Coast National Exhibition on Saturday. 2010
128/142Crowds where treated to a rare sight at Thursdays Ballina Cup with a Bikini Parade in the mounting yards of the Ballina Jockey Club
129/142Gina Lollobrigida visited the Northern Rivers.
130/142A Midsummer Night's Dream, a Drill Hall Theatre Company Production. Performer Ben Morrisey pictured at The Mullumbimby Drill Hall. Photo Patrick Gorbunovs / The Northern Star
131/142The aftermath of the Lennox Head tornado, 2010.
132/142The Queen outside the Gollan Hotel in Keen Street, in 1954.
133/142Lion Trainer and Clown, Matt Ezekial from Stardust Circus. Pictured getting ready for their upcoming Lismore shows. Photo Patrick Gorbunovs / The Northern Star
134/1421954 flood Lismore.
135/142A local farmer stands in protest against CSG mining in Bentley. Photo Patrick Gorbunovs / The Northern Star
136/142Protester, Culley Palmer, aged 25 of Brisbane gets arrested by police at The Doubtful Creek CSG mining site. February 2012.
137/142Tibetan monks took time out from making sand mandalas to play basketball with Rosebank Public school students in 2003.
138/142Clown doctor Helen Quinlan (aka Dr Sniggles) with Lyn Orchard, bringing smiles to patients at Lismore Base Hospital.
139/142Kelsie Slade, 12 of Lennox Head, performs a beautiful dance in the Expressive or Creative Dance category at the Lismore Eiteddfod held at the Lismore City Hall.Photo Cathy Adams / The Northern Star
140/142Eight year old veteran of the Cow Pat Lotto Mandy the Cow selects her favourite number at Beef Week in 2013.
141/142Historic. 1954 Flood, Lismore.Photo The Northern Star Archives
142/142Hisotircal: Eager eyes on the cake display at Alstonville Show in 2003 Photo Jacklyn Wagner / The Northern Star
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