43-490: The Australian Union of Students ( AUS ), formerly National Union of Australian University Students ( NUAUS ), was a representative body and lobby group for Australian university and college of advanced education students. It collapsed in 1984 and was succeeded by the National Union of Students in 1987. The NUAUS formed in 1937 as a representative body for Australian university students. An early president (1940) of
86-508: A humid subtropical climate ( Cfa in the Köppen climate classification ) with warm summers and mild winters. Winters have daily maximums usually reaching 19.4 °C and a minimum of 12 °C. Summer can be hot, with a daily average of 27 °C. Summer evenings can be wet, cooling the day down. Due to its location on an ocean-facing cape , it is, therefore, more exposed to moist easterly flows, hence its annual rainfall above 1,500 mm, which
129-571: A degree supplanted, by cash-rich conspicuous consumers who in turn stimulated the development of retail precincts and accommodation more tuned to their needs. In 1994, a native title claim was made by Arakwal Elders Lorna Kelly, Linda Vidler and Yvonne Graham. After seven years of negotiation, an Indigenous Land Use Agreement was formed with the State of New South Wales in 2001, a national first and precedent for subsequent agreements around Australia. Two further local agreements also followed. Today, Byron Bay
172-437: A history of primary industrial production ( dairy factory, abattoirs , fishing, and whaling until 1963) and was a significant, but hazardous, sea port. The poet Brunton Stephens spoke of cattle grazing on the "mossy plains" of Cape Byron in a poem he penned in 1876. The first jetty was built in 1886, and the railway was connected in 1894, and Cavvanbah became Byron Bay in 1894. Dairy farmers cleared more land and settled
215-485: A large network of contacts, and the newspapers could be distributed to many people and organisations around Australia. These included trade unions , women's groups, gay liberation groups, Friends of the Earth Australia and Greenpeace Australia . Black News Service carried an article about activist and later poet, Lionel Fogarty , then aged 17, in its seventh issue in 1975. At first the students' union controlled
258-570: A shuttle service on a rehabilitated 3 km section of the disused Murwillimbah line between Byron Bay station in the Byron township and North Beach station, adjacent to the Elements of Byron resort. The service opened in December 2017, and uses an ex- NSWGR railmotor , converted to run exclusively on solar power using panels on top of the train and at the stations. Until 2004, Byron Bay railway station
301-489: A significant Arakwal men's ceremonial ground. In 1930, the first meatworks opened. The smell from the meat and dairy works was appalling and the annual slaughter of migrating whales in the 1950s and 1960s made matters worse. Sand mining for monazite ( zircon , uranium and thorium ) between the World Wars damaged the environment further. Mining ceased in 1968 and processing in 1972. Longboard surfers arrived in
344-545: A significant contributor to the local economy. Temperate and tropical waters merge here, making it a popular place for scuba diving and snorkelling . Most diving is done at Julian Rocks , 2.5 kilometres from the town and part of the Cape Byron Marine Park . Subtropical rainforests are nearby, and areas such as the Nightcap National Park and its Minyon Falls are within easy reach of the town. Byron Bay
387-607: A state-specific Australian Tertiary Admission Rank . All Australian universities use the ATAR based "selection rank" as one of their methods of admission; universities also use past study, work experience and other considerations in granting admission. The ATAR provides an indication of the overall position of the student in relation to the student body for that year across the state. The ATAR is used by state-specific centralised admission centres for admission into university. The following bodies allocate ATAR based selection ranks and admission for
430-547: A successor to the NUAUS, changing its name to reflect the addition of colleges of advanced education to the tertiary education system in Australia. The 28th Prime Minister of Australia , Tony Abbott , was a member of the AUS in 1977. American laser physicist and author Frank Duarte was a Macquarie delegate to AUS in 1980. Julia Gillard , later the 27th Prime Minister of Australia,
473-507: Is Avondale University in 2021. Byron Bay [REDACTED] Byron Bay ( Minjungbal : Cavvanbah) is a beachside town located in the far-northeastern corner of New South Wales , Australia (in Bundjalung Country ). It is located 772 kilometres (480 mi) north of Sydney and 165 kilometres (103 mi) south of Brisbane . Cape Byron , a headland adjacent to the town, is the easternmost point of mainland Australia. At
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#1733093080186516-746: Is a popular destination for Schoolies week during late November and early December. Festivals held in or near Byron Bay include the Byron Bay Bluesfest at Tyagarah at Easter, Falls Festival NYE and Splendour in the Grass , the Byron Bay International Fashion Festival on 29 April each year, the Byron Bay Writers Festival , the Byron Bay Film Festival , Byron Bay Surf Festival, Byron Spirit Festival and
559-636: Is also a Byron Community Market held on the same site on the first Sunday of each month and the Artisan Market held on Saturday evenings at Railway Park from October to Easter. There are three annual specialist Beachside Markets held in January, Easter and September. A bus interchange is located west of the old railway station along Butler Street and is served by Greyhound Australia , NSW TrainLink and Premier Motor Services coach services from Sydney and Brisbane . The privately run Byron Bay Train operates
602-546: Is based on a somewhat more run-down version of Byron Bay and its surrounds, with much of the filming taking place in and around Byron Bay including obviously recognisable landmarks such as the lighthouse and local beaches. Parts of the 2014 film The Inbetweeners 2 take place in Byron Bay. The town also features in the 2016 open world racing video game, Forza Horizon 3 and is where the Horizon Byron Bay Festival
645-463: Is higher than that of Brisbane and the Gold Coast . The town is a resort popular with both domestic and international tourists, not the least backpackers . It has several beaches that are popular for surfing and the scenery attracts skydivers. An oceanway allows visitors to walk and cycle from the centre of town to Cape Byron Lighthouse . The area is noted for its wildlife, with whale watching
688-484: Is one of the most up-market residential areas on the Australian east coast with the growth in multi-million dollar mansions now pushing the median value of house sales up beyond AU$ 1.5 million in 2017, over a 100% increase since 2013, based on 2018 data from realestate.com.au. At the same time, the town has not lost its attraction to a diverse range of visitors including surfers, backpackers and general tourists interested in
731-592: Is part of the erosion caldera of an ancient shield volcano , the Tweed Volcano , which had erupted 23 million years ago. The volcano formed as a result of the Indo-Australian Plate moving over the East Australia hotspot . Although was named a Bay when discovered, it is in fact in geological terms a "Bight" as the angle of curvature from Cape Byron to Hastings point is less than 25 degrees. Byron Bay has
774-682: Is the longest-standing current sports club; it has been one of Australia's leading surf clubs and has been in continuous operation for more than 105 years. The rugby league club the Byron Bay Red Devils and the Australian rules football team Byron Magpies are well known. Byron Bay FC has won 14 top grade honours in Football Far North Coast competitions including 4 ANZAC Cups (2003, 2004, 2007 and 2017), 5 premierships (2006, 2014, 2015, 2017 and 2019) and 5 Cyril Mayo Cups for winning
817-577: The 2021 census , the town had a permanent population of 6,330. It is the largest town of Byron Shire local government area, though not the shire's administrative centre (which is Mullumbimby ). Byron Bay and surrounds are located on traditional lands of the Bundjalung Nation of the Arakwal, Minjungbal and the Widjabul people who have lived by the coast for at least 22,000 years. Traditional custodians of
860-530: The National Union of Students was established as a successor organisation. The Black Resource Centre ( BRC ), established in Melbourne by Cheryl Buchanan in 1975, was supported by the AUS. The BRC produced two publications: Black News Service and Black Liberation . Black News Service was published from April 1975 (vol.1, no.1) and c. 1977 ; Black Liberation was published between November 1975 (no.1) and July 1977 (Vol. 2, no. 3). Buchanan had
903-451: The "old" jetty adjacent to the township and then to "new" jetty to the north when it was completed in 1928. Later it hauled whales from the jetty to the rendering down works, livestock to the meat works, mineral sands and meat wagons to the station for onward movement and regularly shunted Norco and other railway sidings and between these duties ran the passenger tramway until the coastal passenger shipping service stopped. The Simplex locomotive
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#1733093080186946-501: The 1960s and used natural breaks at The Pass, Watego's, and Cosy Corner. This was the beginning of Byron Bay as a travellers' destination, and by 1973, when the Aquarius Festival was held in nearby Nimbin , its reputation as a hippy , happy, alternative town was established, although tourism facilities remained minimal. From the 1980s, tourism began to develop in earnest, with the cash-poor surfers and hippies supplemented, and to
989-436: The AUS to court, claiming they were spending student fees wrongfully, contravening the union's constitution. Along with other organisations, BRC was listed as receiving funds illegally, and their funding was withdrawn as a result. BRC and its publications became dependent on donations from readers and other organisations, leading to its demise. NUAUS and then AUS organised four alternative festivals, between 1967 and 1973, called
1032-1027: The Australian Universities Arts Festival and Aquarius Festival , the latter being a starting point for a new development era of Byron Bay area. The archives of the Australian Union Of Students are held at the National Library of Australia . List of universities in Australia There are 42 universities in Australia out of which 38 are public universities and 4 private universities. The Commonwealth Higher Education Support Act 2003 sets out three groups of Australian higher education providers : universities, other self-accrediting higher education institutions and state and territory accredited higher education institutions. For admissions to universities, those students who have completed Australian state curricula are granted
1075-661: The Byron Underwater Festival. The Byron Bay Triathlon is held on the second Saturday in May every year; 1,300 competitors from many countries enter this Olympic Distance event. The vibrant musical community has produced internationally renowned bands such as Blue King Brown , Parkway Drive and 50 Lions . Byron Bay has a number of regular markets including a weekly farmers' market at the Cavanbah Centre every Thursday with over 70 local farmers selling fresh produce. There
1118-425: The Byron area are: All major television channels are available in Byron Bay and the wider Northern Rivers region: Notable people from or who have lived in Byron Bay include: John Macgregor's 1986 novel Propinquity is partly set in Byron Bay and nearby Mullumbimby . The 2008/2009 ABC drama series East of Everything , written by Deb Cox and Roger Monk, is set in the fictional town of Broken Bay which
1161-583: The NUAUS was Frank Coaldrake , who was also the founding editor of the pacifist newspaper The Peacemaker , the Chairman of the Australian Board of Missions and, just before his death, the Archbishop-elect of Brisbane . John Bannon , who would later be elected the 39th Premier of South Australia , was President of NUAUS in 1968. Australian Union of Students (AUS) was established in December 1970 as
1204-673: The North Coast Steam Navigation Company. Motive power was a Simplex petrol locomotive, locally known as the "Green Frog", and the passenger vehicles comprised former Newcastle B2 class steam tram trailer 74B and former Sydney C class electric tram C37. After the trams stopped running both the cars went to a heritage tramway in Parramatta Park where 74B was destroyed by fire. The Simplex was built in Bedford England and went into service in 1923 shunting freight to and from
1247-468: The area. In 1895, the Norco Co-operative was formed to provide cold storage and manage the dairy and processes meat industry. The introduction of paspalum grass improved production, and Byron Bay exported butter from its depots at Murwillumbah and Lismore to the world. The Cape Byron Lighthouse was built in 1901 at the most easterly point on the Australian mainland. Its construction destroyed
1290-436: The bay and surrounding areas. A total 16 are known with the most famous of these being the 'Wollongbar' which due to bad conditions sank off the eastern tip of Belongil beach, it now rests about 150 metres (490 ft) from the coast and is still visible above water during low tide . Byron Bay has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: According to the 2021 census , there were 10,914 people in Byron Bay. Byron Bay
1333-549: The fields of adult education, there are international education providers Lexis English Centres and Lexis Training (previously Global Village English Centres), the Byron Region Community College, which is a registered training organisation and the SAE Institute Byron Bay which is an institution in the fields of audio engineering, digital film making, multimedia and animation. The Byron Bay Surf Club
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1376-620: The finances and all BRC activities had to be approved by them, but in 1976 Buchanan negotiated a A$ 27,000 grant from them that was administered directly by the BRC. The BRC moved to Brisbane , where Buchanan's family lived. Buchanan was a member of the Black Power movement and was quite militant in her approach, and like many other Aboriginal activists, was watched by ASIO . In 1977, the University of Melbourne 's National Liberal Student Association took
1419-405: The grand final (2005, 2006, 2013, 2017 and 2018). Byron Bay was created as a junior club in 1963 and formed their first senior team in 1966. In 1982, Byron Bay joined Lismore & District Soccer Association competitions. In 2017, Byron Bay became one of only 5 clubs to win the treble (ANZAC Cup, premiership and Cyril Mayo Cup) in the same season, and became the first, and so far only club to win
1462-521: The natural attractions of the area, and also supports a healthy cross section of creative persons including artists, craftspersons and musicians, while its more recent hippy/new age past is reflected to a degree in a prevalence of alternative "new-age" shops, "spiritual" services such as meditation and yoga classes, and holistic healing/"wellness" retreats. As at 2018, the town is cited as having around 5,000 permanent residents, while being visited by 2 million tourists each year. A number of shipwrecks litter
1505-540: The purposes of selection and meeting prerequisites." In addition to the following universities, the Australian campus of Carnegie Mellon University's H. John Heinz III College operated in the city of Adelaide in South Australia between 2006 and 2022. University College London also operated an Australian campus in Adelaide between 2009 and 2017. The newest Australian institution to receive university status
1548-442: The region believe that the land and people were created by Nguthungulli, who rests at what is now called Julian Rocks . The traditional name of the township area was Cavvanbah , meaning "meeting place" . Significant totems for the area include Wajung and Kabul. In 1770 Lieutenant James Cook found safe anchorage and named Cape Byron after a fellow sailor Vice Admiral 'Foul-Weather Jack' John Byron , circumnavigator of
1591-974: The tertiary institutions in their respective states: For International Baccalaureate (IB) Australian students (Australian citizens) as well as the international students in Australia, the "Australasian Conference of Tertiary Admission Centres" (ACTAC) calculates an Australia-wide ATAR-like national rank called "Combined rank which combines results from across all states, thus enabling IB students to "apply in any Australian state or territory with confidence about how their results compare to their peers who have completed state curricula and received an ATAR", also "when completing your final year of schooling, ensure that you provide permission via your school for your IB results to be released to Australian tertiary admissions centres. As long as you identify yourself as an IB student and provide your IB candidate number when applying for courses, your IB scores and subject results will be received electronically and automatically converted for
1634-424: The timber-cutters would "shoot" the logs down the hills to be dragged to waiting ships. Timber getting became insignificant after World War I . As a result, many former timber workers became farmers. Gold mining of the beaches was the next industry to occur. Gold was discovered in Byron Bay in 1870. Up to 20 mining leases set up on Tallow Beach to extract gold from the black sands around the 1870s. Byron Bay has
1677-534: The treble and Summer Youth League (which began in 2008). Other clubs include Byron Bay Golf Club, Byron Bay Cricket Club, Byron Bay Rugby Union Club, Byron Bay Gliding Club, Byron Bay Hang Gliding / Paragliding Club and the Byron Bay Bowling Club. The Byron Bay Ocean Swim Classic is held every year. The Byron Bay area has a number of newspapers: The community radio station Bay FM broadcasts on 99.9 FM from within Byron Bay itself. Other local stations in
1720-426: The world and grandfather of the poet Lord Byron . European settlement in the area took place in the 1830s. A massacre took place in the 1850s, south of Suffolk Park where the quarry is today. The first industry in Byron was cedar logging from the Australian red cedar ( Toona ciliata ). The timber industry is the origin of the word "shoot" in many local names – Possum Shoot, Coopers Shoot and Skinners Shoot – where
1763-559: Was a stop on the Casino to Murwillumbah railway line . It was served by trains from Sydney and, for various periods, also by services originating at Casino that connected with expresses running between Sydney and South Brisbane. An earlier local train service, known as the Byron Bay Tram conveyed passengers from about 1928 until about 1954 between the railway station and the "new jetty" where connections were made with passenger carrying ships of
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1806-490: Was elected President of the Australian Union of Students in 1983. In late 1984 a special National Conference of AUS, chaired by the union's Western Australian state organiser, wound up the union. The reason for its dissolution was its lack of access to funding from previously affiliated university campuses, which disaffiliated in 1983 as a result of a series of student referendums held at campuses around Australia. In 1987
1849-575: Was retired in 1984 when the meat works closed and is now stored in a shed near the Kendall Street level crossing under the care of volunteers and the Byron Bay Council. Byron Bay schools include Byron Bay Public School, Byron Bay High School , St Finbarr's Primary School, Byron Bay Community School, and Cape Byron Rudolf Steiner School . Among these are a number of early childhood facilities including Byron Bay Preschool and Periwinkle Preschool. In
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