About Us

Formation of the Society

A public meeting was called by Councillor C. H. Lundberg, president of the Tweed Shire Council, at the request of the Murwillumbah Rotary Club, on 16 March 1959. This meeting saw the birth of Tweed River Historical Society, which is now known as the Murwillumbah Historical Society. More than 50 people attended the meeting, at which Mr R. C. Whittle was elected President and Dr J. K. Marks was elected Vice President.

Our Mission

Murwillumbah Historical Society Inc. is an incorporated not-for-profit organisation engaged in preserving, researching and promoting the history of Murwillumbah and environs.

Services and Facilities

• Research Library
• Historical research
• Production of our free Timelines quarterly newsletter
• Support to, and cooperation with, Tweed Regional Museum and the other Historical Societies
• Community research projects
• Assistance with personal research projects such as family history

Murwillumbah Historical Society Committee Members 2026-2027

Office Bearers:

• Bev Fairley (President) president@murwillumbahhistoricalsociety.org.au
• Robert Budd (Vice-President) vicepresident@murwillumbahhistoricalsociety.org.au
• Natasha Green (Secretary) secretary@murwillumbahhistoricalsociety.org.au
• Ian Batten (Treasurer) treasurer@murwillumbahhistoricalsociety.org.au

General Committee Members:

• Henry James (Membership) membership@murwillumbahhistoricalsociety.org.au
• Joan Cuthel (Research Manager) research@murwillumbahhistoricalsociety.org.au
• Pauline Hibbard (Bookshop Manager) librarian@murwillumbahhistoricalsociety.org.au
• Māris Bruzgulis (Editor, Timelines/Webmaster) editor@murwillumbahhistoricalsociety.org.au or webmaster@murwillumbahhistoricalsociety.org.au
• David Taylor
• Belinda Neilson

Patron

• Max Boyd AM

Website Credits

• Website Author/Creator: Beverley Lee
• Website Updates: Christopher King 2012, David Taylor 2014