The Terrace.

Photograph supplied by Brunswick Valley Historical Society, P O Box 378 Mullumbimby 2482

Our history

Originally inhabited by people of the Bundjalung nation, the Brunswick River was charted by Captain Rous in 1828.
His visit was followed more than 20 years later by cedar cutters whose activities led to the first town in what is now Byron Shire. By the 1880s Brunswick Heads was a busy port and a robust little commercial centre.
The township went into decline after the construction of the railway through Mullumbimby in 1894. In time however, Brunswick’s popularity for family seaside holidays returned, and from the 1920s onwards its fame spread far and wide. Holiday cottages from that period are still in evidence throughout the town.
The early camping grounds along the foreshores later became caravan parks and are now the comfortable holiday parks we know today.