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Home Contents Introduction Murwillumbah Mullumbimby Other Feedlots Banana Benders The Macedonians The Other Aliens Undesirable Aliens Desirable Aliens Annexes Bibliography


Aliens of the Tweed and Brunswick

Contents

INTRODUCTION

Chapter 1
MURWILLUMBAH

The Early Kytherians
The Aroneys     
The Turbulent Twenties
Undesirable Aliens
Cafes Continued
The Great Depression
The Austral Cafe  
The Bellevue Café 
The Continental Café 
The Civic Café
Wartime Trading 
The Angouras Brothers
The Varella Brothers 
Other Players
The Greek Community 

Chapter 2
MULLUMBIMBY

First Contact
Colourful Competition  
Kytherian Competition 
The Mullumbimby Café 
The Marble Bar Café
The Caponas Era
Consolidating 
Empire Building   
Postscript                                                     Chapter 3
OTHER FEEDLOTS

Bangalow
Byron Bay      
Brunswick Heads  
Tweed Heads
Coolangatta
Gold Coast  

Chapter 4
THE BANANA BENDERS

The First Ithacans
Alidenes Brothers
Mullumbimby Creek 
Main Arm, Montecollum, Wilson’s Creek
Billinudgel     
Tweed District                      

Chapter 5
THE MACEDONIANS

Crabbes Creek
Burringbar and Dunbible 
Billinudgel 
Macedonian Settlement
Identity
Bananas

Chapter 6
THE OTHER ALIENS

The South Sea Islanders
The Indians   
The Chinese
The Italians  
The Finns

Chapter 7
UNDESIRABLE ALIENS

The Early War Years
Alien Fears  
Invasion Fears  
Boom and Bust
Profit Sharing
Mullumbimby  

Chapter 8
DESIRABLE ALIENS

Council Dilemmas
Begin the Benign
Minor Hassles
Eat More Bananas
Banana Marketing 
Assimilation  
Mullumbimby’s Predicament
The Beginning of the End
The End
Afterthought

ANNEXES
A - Population Statistics
B - Depression Statistics
C - Banana/Dairy Statistics

REFERENCES
Murwillumbah
Mullumbimby
Undesirable Aliens
Desirable Aliens
Indians -1
Indians -2
South Sea Islanders 
Chinese
Italians
Finns and Others

BIBLIOGRAPHY

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