Old Bar Recreation Reserve and Pavilion
The first pavilion on Old Bar Recreation Reserve was built in 1887 to provide refreshments and shelter to beachgoers…
The first pavilion on Old Bar Recreation Reserve was built in 1887 to provide refreshments and shelter to beachgoers…
For decades Graham Boyd dived along the riverbanks of the Wallamba River searching for artefacts…
Vic Rushby had a secret. During the week he was the ‘mild-mannered’ manager of Rushby Shoes, while on the weekend he unleashed his superhero powers on Old Bar…
As the township of Taree continued to expand in 1912, the land at Section 82 along Victoria Street was offered for sale…
In 1931 John Foster opened a new business, the Columbian Café and Accommodation House, in Victoria Street, Taree…
In September 1936, Australian film star Brian Abbott, leading lady Jean Laidley and a crew of 30 set off for Lord Howe Island on the SS Morinda to film the movie ‘Mystery Island’…
Nancy-Bird Walton, Jean Batten, Captain Charles Ulm, Captain Les Holden – the list of pilots who used the Old Bar Airstrip is a who’s who of aviation pioneers…
In the early 1920s Russian born John Kusnetzoff and his family arrived in Queensland. He later moved to NSW and joined the staff at Sanders Dairy…
It was here that he erected an hotel reputedly known as the “Ship Inn”, and later the “Steam Packet Hotel”…
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