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

Its mission is to collect, preserve, display and disseminate historical material relevant to the continuing history of North Eastern NSW.

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

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:

• 4,000 files on people, places, and subjects
• 16,000 photographs and portraits
• audio files, including oral histories
• indexes of land grants
• electoral rolls
• personal diaries
• memorabilia
• indexed obituaries and funeral notices
• birth, death and marriage indexes
• NSW Government Gazettes from 1878 to 1900
• family histories
• maps
• a large reference library

For visitors who wish to carry out personal research, the Research Centre is open on Wednesdays from 10am to 4pm.  It may be possible to arrange an appointment outside these hours by phoning or emailing the Society in advance.

Written research requests are also accepted. These are completed by volunteer researchers. A fee of $25.00 is imposed for each topic researched. To request research on your behalf, simply print out and complete the Written Research Request Form and forward to the Research Centre with payment.

Postal address:
P.O. Box 467, Lismore NSW 2480