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LISMORE NSW AUSTRALIA

L I S M O R E " T H E G R E A T G A R D E N "

Incorporated into a Municipality on March 5, 1879, and on August 30, 1946, elevated to the status of City.

John William Tozeland

Elevated to the Status of City

August 30, 1946 - 2021 Since elevated to the status of City.

The City of Lismore, a noble incorporation in the ancient noblesse of Scotland, has been received from the Court of Lord Lyon, ELM. Register House, Edinburgh.

The coat of arms shows the armorial hearings which have been conferred by Lord Lyon. An inscription attached, states that the Municipality of Lismore, incorporated in the year 1879, was named after, the Isle of Lismore in Loch Linnhe iri the Firth of Lorne, County of Argyll, Scotland.

The coat of arms is in the form of a three compartmental shield. The first shows the ancient galley of Lome, the second an episcopal mitre in the midst of water, indicating the Island of Lismore, the seat of the historic episcopal see, and the third compartment relates to the meaning of the word Lismore, "the great garden."

It shows white roses, in allusion to the activities of the men of Lismore and Appin on behalf of Prince Charles Edward.

In the centre of the shield is a conventional cow's head in gold, symbolical of the industry around Lismore.

At the foot of the coat of arms Is the motto of the city of Lismore in Gaelic: "He who does not progress, retrogresses."

August 30, 1946 - 2021 Since elevated to the status of City.

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Northern Star, Lismore, NSW.

Saturday 31 August 1946.

LISMORE ATTAINS CITY STATUS Coast Town People Proclamation of the City of Lismore by the Governor of New South Wales (Lieut. General Northcott) was officially announced in the Government Gazette yesterday, said the Mayor of Lismore (Aid. C. A. H. Dalziell) last night.

Excepting Newcastle, Lismore is the twelfth country centre to attain city status. Three of those centres — Armidale, Bathurst and Grafton—received the recognition as Diocesan centres of the Anglican Church. Lismore is the fourth centre to advance from its municipal status in the last three months, the others being Wagga, Tamworth and Orange. Other country cities are Wollongong, Broken Hill, Goulburn, Maitland and Katoomba.

Planning Sets Standard For State The Local Government Act set the minimum requirements for a city at an average population of 15,000 for five years and revenue of £20,000 for each of five years.

The population accepted by the proclamation of Lismore is 16,350.

Revenue last year was £155.934.

LISMORE • THE GREAT GARDEN • THE STORY OF LISMORE

Ald. Dalziell, in his first announcement as Mayor of the new city, said he was delighted that Lismore's' outstanding claims had, at last, received the recognition they had merited for so long.

He said that for many years Lismore had been a long way ahead of the revenue requirements, but there had been difficulty in establishing definite population figures during the war years.

Ald. Dalziell said that by virtue of the general planning of the town, the high standard of. public and commercial buildings and churches and the well laid out recreation areas he believed Lismore was an example for other cities and major towns throughout the State.

"Our shopping block is unique as a commercial centre in country towns. The foresight of our town builders has provided a magnificent basis for the further town development that is certain to come in both the immediate and distant future," said Ald. Dalziell.

Northern Star (Lismore, NSW : 1876 1954), Saturday 31 August 1946, page 4

MADE FIRST MOVE 10 YEARS AGO

The section of the Local Government Act by which Lismore qualified for City status was adopted by the department after! it had been moved by a Lismore alderman at the Local Government conference in Lismore in 1936

It was submitted by Ald. S. J. Hosie, who was then a member of Lismore Municipal Council, as an amendment to the Act to secure a reduction from, 20,000 to 15,000 in the population demands for a city.

Ald. E. J. Eggins was Mayor of Lismore at the time.

The motion was unanimously adopted by the conference, which was attended by more than 200 delegates from all municipalities, and shires throughout the State.

In moving the motion, Ald. Hosie stated that except for Broken Hill 110 town had the population, although a number, including Lismore, had exceeded the revenue requirements.

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Northern Star, Lismore NSW. Saturday 31 August 1946.

TO THE TASK....

Lismore, Hail! Our Rural Queen.

Hail ! "City" in thy new Estate, In eager pride, the people of, This fair" domain pay homage, As the proclamation of a virile State, Doth crown thee with this garland new.

Nourished by a smiling realm, Caressed by Nature in her softest mood; Reclining in thy virgin charm, Distorted not by Poverty's congestion— Long flourish !

Thy welfare, jealously we guard, That to Posterity we may bequeath, The vital, beauty of a City, Filled with laughing children, And where Age is paid the just respect, Engendered of a worthy life.

Where Culture walks o'er flowered paths And blossoms fill the parks, And gardens gay.

Where stately civic places will resound.

With music and orations prompted, By a love of Land and Civic Pride.

Where graceful arches span, A river dreamy, blue, reflective, Of the depthless skies above.

Oh! Happy lot, indeed, is ours, As to the task in hand, we turn.

—W. BIRCHLEY.

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Official blazon Tierced in pairle reversed, 1st, Argent, a Lymphad Sable, sails furled and oars in action, her fighting-top inflamed of a Beacon proper (in allusion to the land of Lorne); 2nd, Bendy wavy Argent and Azure, a Mitre Or (in allusion to the holy island of Lismore, seat of the ancient Episcopal See of the Isles); 3rd, Vert, a Bull's head cabossed Or between four Roses Argent, barbed and seeded Or (in allusion to the meaning of the word Lismore, 'great garden', and symbolical of the richness and industry centred on Lismore, New South Wales). Above the Shield is placed the Coronet appropriate to a City, and in an Escrol below the same this Motto: 'Am Baile Nach Teid Air Agaidh, Theid E Air Ais'. The accepted translation of the motto is: 'He Who Does Not Prosper, Retrogresses'.

Definition of pairle : a heraldic ordinary in the form of a Y extending to the upper corners and the base of the field called also pall.

— compare SHAKEFORK in pairle 1: in the direction and position of the three arms of a pairle tierced in pairle sable, gules, and azure.

2: in such a way that of three heraldic bearings one is bendwise, one bendwise sinister, and one palewise so as to approach or join at a common centre three shields arranged in pairle with the points meeting in the center of the escutcheon.

Origin/meaning The arms were granted on on January 29, 1947.

The origin of the naming of Lismore having been established, the City Council petitioned the Right Hon. The Lord Lyon, King of Arms of Edinburgh, Scotland, to grant a Coat of Arms based on Scottish heraldry and with appropriate ancient symbols.

The design of the Coat of Arms is that of a three compartmental shield.

The first section shows an ancient galley of Lorne; the second, an Episcopal mitre in the midst of water, indicating the Island of Lismore, seat of the historic episcopal see, and the third compartment relates to the meaning of the word "Lismore", "The Great Garden". The latter compartment shows white roses surrounding a bull's head, this being symbolical of the industry around Lismore.

The Latin motto "Qui Non Proficit Deficit" (He who does not progress retrogresses) is inscribed on the Coat of Arms in Gaelic as follows:-"Am baile nach teid air agaidh, theid e air ais"

NORTHERN STAR, LISMORE, NSW. WEDNESDAY 16 MAY 1894.

EARLY HISTORY OF LISMORE The town of Lismore takes its name, as we have before published, from the squattage of Lismore, the head station of which composed what is now part of the site of the town. The country was first taken up by a Mr. Dumaresque, but soon passed into the hands of the late Mr. William Wilson, of Monaltrie, who took possession in February 1844, just half a century ago.

Lismore's Jubilee Publication 1929

ISLAND OF LISMORE

SURVEYED IN 1856

Mrs. Wilson, who died about three years

The site of his store, a simple hut, was that now

since, we have ascertained, named her

occupied by the Australian Joint Stock Bank,

future home after the small island of Lismore, one of the Hebrides in Loch Linnhe, Argyleshire.

For

many

years

and

a

schooner came up to load cedar, and entirely missing the embryo township, went away up Leycester's Creek several miles, when, to the

the

population

here

consisted of Mr. and Mrs. Wilson, their family,

and the story is told that in the early days a

few

station

hands,

supplemented by the cedar getters, who

crew's great disgust, they discovered their mistake.

The stories of early days would fill a small volume, but we must pass on. The only means of access to Ballina in those days was by water,

for many years found a rich harvest of

and by pulling a boat, the distance close on 70

cedar along the banks of the various

miles, making a total of 140 miles which had

streams and in the dense brushes which

often to be accomplished to procure rations,

clothed the volcanic hills to their summit.

Schooners

were

regular

visitors,

and

eventually, a small store was established

tobacco and other requisites.

A town was surveyed in 1856, and then, early in 1857, a few town Iots were sold. It made very little progress for many years, and the older

by Mr. Henry Brown, who was a local

settlements

buyer of timber.

looked.

of

Casino,

Coraki

and

Ballina

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NORTHERN STAR, LISMORE, NSW. SATURDAY 21 MARCH 1891.

THE ORIGIN OF THE TOWN OF LISMORE The late Mr. William Wilson, of Monaltrie, who had resided for some years at Illawarra came to the Richmond by sea in February 1844, and as the only means of getting up the river and to the open forest land, had a raft constructed, and on this he placed his family and furniture, and we think a cow, and after a tedious voyage reached Lismore, where he located himself and subsequently formed it into a cattle station.

William Wilson Lismore's first Settler

It had been occupied for a short time previously by Mr. Dumaresque for sheep. The name of the station, subsequently given to our town, it will be interesting to many to know, is taken from the small island of Lismore, one of the Hebrides in Loch Linnhe, near the Island of Mull, Argyleshire.

The name was chosen by Mrs. W. Wilson, who, it will be remembered, died only a few weeks ago at Monaltrie, at the great age of 89. The site of the old head-station was at the end of Molesworth Street, where the ornamental trees and the site of the garden can still be seen in the grounds occupied by Mr. T. Exton.

The town of Lismore then formed the homestead paddock. For many years the squattages and the few cedar cutters constituted the small population of the district if we add thereto the establishment of the late Mr. W. Yabsley who had, after living for a short time at Pelican Tree, eventually located himself at Coraki where he built a number of fine vessels, including the Auxilliary (steamer), the Examiner, and his fine shed is now utilised as a saw-mill by his son, Mr. W. Yabsley, J.P.

The first place of business that we can hear of established in Lismore was the store of Mr James Brown, who was in the timber trade and was located on the site now occupied by the new A.J.S. Bank. A town was surveyed in 1856, and about the beginning of the year 1857, the first lots were sold.

For a long time the progress of the township was small, and at the time of the first Municipal election one of the early residents - and we are pleased to say still in our midst. Mr. James Baillie, as a candidate, said; "In 1857 they had not a Post Office in Lismore, and there was only a bridle track leading from Casino to Ballina. In 1858 to 1859, they got police protection and a non-vested school. In 1860 they got the bridle track to Ballina improved.

In 1862 a Police Magistrate for the district was appointed, and in 1865 the National School was built, but it was not until the period 1860 to 1872 that they obtained a Post and Telegraph Office." In 1879 the town was incorporated as a Municipality, and probably no country town in the colony shows more rapid or vigorous growth.

As a supplement to this we may add; In 1871 we find the population, according to the census returns, was 93; in 1881 it had grown to 473, and next month's enumeration will probably disclose an increase to 3000. The estimated annual value of its rateable property in 1879 was £5869; its revenue £296. Last year the annual value was £19113; capital value, £117, 044; and the general and special rate actually collected is £1999 4s 2d.

The town has its own gasworks and waterworks, the latter having been constructed under the Country Towns and Water Supply Act, with a reticulation of about seven miles. The expenditure under these heads would be about £16,000. The debt of the town, exclusive of the waterworks, is only £12,000, for the most of which there is a good asset in the gasworks.

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