realestate.com.au is owned and operated by ASX-listed REA Group Ltd (REA:ASX) © REA Group Ltd. Australia's biggest share accommodation site, First glimpse inside Chris Hemsworth’s Byron mega mansion, Pat Rafter and Chris Hemsworth now Byron Bay neighbours, Rare full floor sky high mansion up for sale. Where do Survivor contestants live once voted off? (Credits sourced from AFC Production Database). But the first farmers had trouble with poor natural grasses and the industry didn't begin to grow until Mr Edwin Seccombe found on his Wollongbar farm that paspalum (grass) improved his butter production. There was no first order light between South Solitary Island and Cape Moreton, a distance of more than 350 kilometres, and Cape Byron, being the most easterly point of the continent, was a logical place at which to fill this significant gap in the chain of navigational lights along the NSW part of Australia’s eastern coast. Aboriginals came to the meeting place - "cavvanbah". He named it Cape Byron after Vice Admiral (then Captain) John Byron who sailed around the world in HMS Dolphin in 1764-1766. Once Europeans turned up in the area, red cedar logging in the bush and gold mining or whaling on the beaches became boom industries so there was plenty cash to spend on real estate. The manufacture of butter trebled in five years from 1899 to 1904. Price: $4.4 million. It was a place where people came to heal when they were ill and to give birth. Aboriginals came to the meeting place - "cavvanbah". It was not until 28 August 1896 that it was officially declared a town even though the first allotments were offered for sale in July 1886. The original inhabitants of Byron Bay, the Arakwal people have been swimming and fishing from the beaches here for thousands of years. Byron Bay, with a great selection of world class breaks, has now become a surfing mecca. The village of Cavvanbah was surveyed in 1884 and in December 1885, 200 lots were sold in the first speculative land sale. Cape Byron Trust contact the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service Byron Coast office on   -. The Byron Bay Jetty Opening Celebration Committee arranged a day of activities to mark the opening of the jetty on 24 July 1888.1 The government took over the jetty probably a few months afterwards. Byron Bay is known all over the world as a place where you can have fun, surf, relax, and live an alternative lifestyle. A little more history of Byron Bay. Privacy Policy. As well as being 20kms from Byron Bay, Longfield is 44kms to Ballina Airport. Privacy Policy. Captain Cook sailed past in May 1770 and named Cape Byron as a tribute to Admiral Byron. Much of the original forests, which were known as the ‘Big Scrub’, had long been logged for cedar in the 1800’s. Known as Tyrone, the 22ha landholding features a grand Federation homestead built back in the 1880s, which has since been meticulously restored to include six bedrooms, three bathrooms and multiple living areas. All Rights Reserved. Before the Byron Shire became the playground of Hollywood heavyweights like the Hemsworths and gaggles of Insta-influencers, the rich region was home to an altogether different kind of local. The homestead has been restored and now includes four bedrooms, a study, sunroom, grand formal dining room, open plan living areas, a modern kitchen and traditional wide wraparound verandas. Please Contact Us. The jetty and the railway at Byron Bay made it the obvious choice. Much of the original charm remains including yellow teak cladding on the external walls, timber panelling inside, timber floorboards and the original granite steps at the entrance. Byron Bay has a population of approximately 9,000 people and is the nucleus of Byron Shire, which has in excess of 28,000 residents. Picture: Jerad Williams. New centrifugal separators took cream from milk quickly and hygienically. History Indigenous peoples. Byron Bay weddings bus transfers: if you’re organising a wedding in Byron Bay and are looking for a bus transfer for your guests, please contact us and we’ll send you a quote. Maiden Gully home with slick ‘50s garage perfect for car collectors, Golden Mile home once fit for an ambassador up for sale. Cape Byron was named by Captain Cook after Admiral Byron, grandfather of the poet Lord Byron. Picture: @chrishemsworth/Instagram. The factory expanded its operations to become the biggest butter factory in the southern hemisphere - some have said the world. The Byron Bay Surf School – operator of Surf Camp Byron Bay – is Byron Bay’s original surf school, teaching locals and visitors how to surf since 1996. The sandy beaches were mined extensively in the 1950’s and 60’s. Their ancestors, the first humans in the region,  arrived more than 20,000 years ago. Their ancestors, the first humans in the region,  arrived more than 20,000 years ago. Opt Out of personalisation. In 1883, Captain Frederick Howard, a nautical surveyor in the Department of Harbours and Rivers, made an examination of Byron Bay and prepared a plan for its improvement. The land also comes complete with a creek, rainforest remnants and a spring-fed dam. The video was produced by Frontline Films , Producer David Bradbury, Directors and writers David Bradbury and Richard Mordaunt. In July 1954, the first whale was taken for Mr Anderson's Byron Bay Whaling Co. As the 1960s arrived, so did the surfers, then came the celebrities and the VIP property prices. While many of those blocks were purchased very few homes were built until completion of the railway in 1894 and the town became viable. This was the beginning of Norco, and the plant was built beside the railway line. In pre-colonial times the Arakwal people called Byron Bay Cavanbah,which means meeting place. With the influx of farmers, settlers and merchants following the development of the port and first jetty in 1888 and the opening of the railway and the NORCO butter factory in the 1890’s, the town’s population grew rapidly and roughly.

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