James Henry Martin

James was a keen footballer and runner in his younger years. He left school before finishing secondary education to care for his family after his father moved on. He was caretaker of the Boyd farm at Dulguigan during WW2 where he med and married Faith Boyd. They lived at Duranbah, then Farrants Hill producing six children up to 1954. During this time he cut sugar cane in season and struggled to produce a living from bananas and small crops the rest of the year.

Faith and the children helped in any way they could. In 1968 they moved to Murwillumbah with only three children left at home and lived at 38 Condong St for the rest of their lives.