 Mining

Mining for gold was attempted in the starting in the late 1800s

Horse racing

The Corindi Reserve was gazetted with a I racecourse in 1909 but was used a in the 1880s.Zulu, the race horse, was ridden by Billy Morto, a stockman on the Corindi Station, in a maiden stakes in Grafton in July 1880.Zulu went on to win the 1881 Melbourne Cup at 100-1 odds.