Media Releases - Tweed River Regional Museum
The following Tweed River Regional Museum Media Releases are available for download from this site:
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Caravans and communes - a journey to the Tweed in the '70s and '80s
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June 2011
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The Tweed River Regional Museum will celebrate the contemporary history of the region with the upcoming launch of their new publication Caravans and communes - a journey to the Tweed in the '70s and '80s...
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Local vintage film footage to hit the big screen
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April 2011
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Friends of Tweed River Regional Museum will host a screening of vintage films at the historic Regent Theatre in Murwillumbah and the Cinemax Cinema at Kingscliff next month...
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New stairs and ramp make Murwillumbah Museum now accessible to all
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September 2010
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The 1915 heritage-listed building which houses the Tweed River Regional Museum has had a facelift after 95 years of public service...
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Family of early Tweed pioneer makes generous donation - Photographs remember Joshua Bray of 'Kynnumboon' and family
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April 2010
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The Tweed River Regional Museum hosted an afternoon tea last Saturday at ‘Kynnumboon’, the original site of the home of Joshua Bray, one of the earliest European settlers to the Tweed Valley...
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Vintage film night unearths some local treasures - Friends of the Tweed River Regional Museum host event at historic Regent Cinema
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April 2010
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38KB
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Friends of the Tweed River Regional Museum are hosting a vintage film night at the historic Regent Cinema in Murwillumbah on Thursday 13 May...
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Friends of the Museum Donate $2500
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August 2009
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28KB
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The building fund for the Tweed River Regional Museum grew by $2500 today following a kind donation from the Friends of the Tweed River Regional Museum...
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Families of Fortune – Celebrating Chinese Community in the Tweed
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May 2009
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A new book and exhibition celebrating the contribution of the Chinese community to the Tweed will be launched on Saturday 30 May in Murwillumbah...
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Tweed River Regional Museum Wins National Trust Award
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April 2009
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A Tweed River Regional Museum project has won a prestigious state award for preserving cultural heritage in conjunction with the NSW Migration Heritage Centre, which is based at the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney...
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Centenary of 1907 Fire
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September 2007
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On the evening of 15 September 1907, 66 of Murwillumbah’s shops burnt to the ground. It was a day which drastically changed the town’s streetscape. Many new buildings were erected with some now highly-valued for their art deco features...
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Migration to the Tweed Book Launch
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June 2007
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A new book based on a groundbreaking local historical research project on migration to the Tweed will be launched on Saturday, 23 June at the Stokers Siding/Dunbible Memorial Hall.....
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Flagstaff Hill Development
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January 2007
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The Minister for Lands, Tony Kelly, has announced that the Department of Lands will draft a lease for Tweed Shire Council for the proposed Tweed River Regional museum on Flagstaff Hill, overlooking the Pacific Ocean and the mouth of the Tweed River.....
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Milkshakes, Sundaes and Café Culture
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August 2005
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42KB
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Do you remember your first visit to your favourite café or milk bar? Your first banana split, ice cream sundae or lime flavoured spider? Do you remember the frothy milk shakes in coloured metal containers served with a striped paper straw?.....
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