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Postcard - Point Danger - Gold Coast - Murray Views 34 - 1000x647.png  
Date:   ???
   
Photo source:   Postcard  (Murray Views 34)
   
Larger view:   Click here     (1644 x 1063)
   
Comment:   Rear at here

Postcard - From Point Danger, Tweed Heads, N.S.W. - Murray Views No. 37 - 1000x647.png  
Date:   ???
   
Photo source:   Postcard  (Murray Views 37)
   
Larger view:   Click here     (6640 x 4296)
   
Comment:   A shipwreck is visible
   
Comment:   Rear at here

Photo - Point Danger - September 1962 - 1000x679.png  
Date:   1962   (date on rear of photo)
   
Photo source:   Photo
   
Larger view:   Click here     (3000 x 2036)
   
Comment:   Rear at here
   
Comment:   The later pet porpoise pool is at far right
   
Comment:   Poor quality photo

Tweed Heads - Tug boat Terranora - 1000x542.png  
Date:   1933
   
Photo source:   Internet
   
Larger view:   Click here     (1545 x 838)

StateLibQld_1_294451_Aerial_view_of_Tweed_Heads,_ca._1950.jpg  
Date:   Circa 1950     (according to source)
   
Photo source:   State Library of Queensland

Postcard - Ocean swimming pool, Point Danger, Coolangatta.png  
Date:   1950     (according to source)
   
Photo source:   https://queenslandplaces.com.au/exhibit/postcard-folder/pc0690

Postcard - Point Danger - Gold Coast - Murfett Publishers P55708 - 1000x640.png  
Date:   1960's ???
   
Photo source:   Postcard  ("Murfett Publishers P55708")
   
Larger view:   Click here     (3000 x 1919)
   
Comment:   Rear at here

Point Danger - Postcard - 1 - 1000x706.png  
Date:   Before 1965
   
Photo source:   Postcard
   
Larger view:   Click here     (2000 x 1412)
   
Comments:  
• Greenbank Island Development Scheme yet to start (land reclamation)  (about 1964/65)
• The later pet porpoise pool is at far left

Point Danger - Postcard - 8 - 1000x700.png  
Date:   Between 1961 and 1970
   
Photo source:   Postcard  ("Kibble K 207")
   
Larger view:   Click here     (1662 x 1163)
   
Comments:  
• The later pet porpoise pool is present
• No lighthouse yet  (built 1970, opened April 1971)

Point Danger - Postcard - 2 - 1000x698.png  
Date:   Between 1968 and 1970
   
Photo source:   Postcard
   
Larger view:   Click here     (2000 x 1396)
   
Comments:  
• Woolworths built on reclaimed land  (opened June 1968)
• No lighthouse yet  (built 1970, opened April 1971)
• Quarry at base of Gul Place is visible

Point Danger - Postcard - 3 - 1000x715.png  
Date:   Between 1970 and 1973
   
Photo source:   Postcard  (of poor quality)
   
Larger view:   Click here     (2000 x 1430)
   
Comments:  
• Lighthouse present  (built 1970, opened April 1971)
• Tweed Mall yet to be built  (in 1973)

Point Danger - Postcard - 4 - 1000x716.png  
Date:   Between 1970 and 1976
   
Photo source:   Postcard
   
Larger view:   Click here     (2000 x 1432)
   
Comments:  
• Lighthouse present  (built 1970, opened April 1971)
• Road in front of lighthouse: a 1976 postcard shows a new road with cul de sac and gutters

Photo - Duranbah Beach Tweed Heads - Source of Bill Bache - Early 1970s - 1000x678.png  
Date:   Early 1970's     (according to source)
   
Photo source:   Bill Bache  (source)
   
Larger view:   Click here     (2048 x 1388)

Point Danger - Postcard - 12 - 1000x714.png  
Date:   Very close to following postcard.
   
Photo source:   Postcard
   
Larger view:   Click here     (3000 x 2141)

Point Danger - Postcard - 5 - 1000x700.png  
Date:   Between 1973 and 1976
   
Photo source:   Postcard
   
Larger view:   Click here     (2000 x 1400)
   
Comments:  
• Tweed Mall present, so post 1973
• Road in front of lighthouse: has just been properly sealed, with cul de sac and gutters added
• Road in front of lighthouse: postcard following, presumably circa 1976, shows the cul de sac to be worn

Point Danger - Postcard - Australia Post GC1.8.76 - 1000x671.png  
Date:   Circa 1976 ???
   
Photo source:   Postcard  ("Australia Post GC1.8.76")
   
Larger view:   Click here     (3000 x 2014)
   
Comments:  
• "GC1.8.76" on the postcard's rear suggests circa 1976
• Later than the preceeding postcard.  For example, there is now a pathway running down the hill from the lighthouse.

Point Danger - Postcard - 6 - 1000x700.png  
Date:   Circa 1980
   
Photo source:   Postcard
   
Larger view:   Click here     (2000 x 1400)
   
Comments:  
• The rear of one of these postcards is postmarked 1982.
• Shows construction of the Greenmount Beach Resort, opened in 1980.

Postcard - Tweed Heads - 1982 - PC-068 - 1000x691.png  
Date:   1982
   
Photo source:   Postcard
   
Larger view:   Click here     (1594 x 1101)
   

Point Danger - Postcard - 11 - 1000x662.png  
Date:   Early 1980's ???
   
Photo source:   Postcard
   
Larger view:   Click here     (2000 x 1324)
   
Comment:   Trees in park about the same size as in previous photo.

Postcard - Murray Views W134C - Tweed Heads N.S.W. Coolangatta Queensland - 1000x707.png  
Date:   1980/90's ???
   
Photo source:   Postcard  (Murray Views W134C)
   
Larger view:   Click here     (3000 x 2121)
   
Comment:   Rear at here

Point Danger - Postcard - 10 - 1000x705.png  
Date:   Pre 1994
   
Photo source:   Postcard  (Nu-Color-Vue of Australia)
   
Larger view:   Click here     (2955 x 2082)
   
Comments:  
• It looks like the pools at Snapper Rocks are being filled in.
• Pre 1994 because this card is earlier than the card immediately below.
• No Tweed River Entrance Sand Bypassing Project (TRESBP)     (established 2021)

Point Danger - Postcard - 9 - 1000x687.png  
Date:   Pre 1994
   
Photo source:   Postcard  (Murray Views W134C)
   
Larger view:   Click here     (1715 x 1178)
   
Comment:   1994 dated postmark on rear
   
Comment:   Fresh landscaping over pool remnants at Snapper Rocks

Point Danger - Postcard - 7 - 1000x689.png  
Date:   ???
   
Photo source:   Postcard
   
Larger view:   Click here     (1968 x 1355)

Postcard - Point Danger Gold Coast Australia - Murray Views GC 61 - 1000x688.png  
Date:   ???
   
Photo source:   Postcard  (Murray Views GC 61)
   
Larger view:   Click here     (3000 x 2063)