“Mr Hockey”: Allan Taylor
Allan Taylor had many titles over his life “King of the respirator kids”, “Mr Hockey” and “Tate”. No matter what he put his talents to he led and inspired…
Alfred Baker: Baker of Taree
While Alfred Baker was born into a shipbuilding family, his taste and skills for baking was stronger…
George Albert Chapman
George Albert Chapman was born in Raymond Terrace and in 1880, aged 23, he walked up the beach to the Wallamba looking for a place to settle…
Mervyn Chapman
Mervyn Chapman was born in 1918. His trip from Taree Hospital to his home on Chapman Island in the Wallamba River was a perilous journey on the back of a motorcycle…
Daphne Irene Chapman: A flair for hair
Growing up between two world wars Daphne Chapman knew what it was like to go without. Using her flair for hair styling she realised she could…
Maud Mabel Wilkes
In June 1917 Maud Mabel Wilkes married the Cape Hawke Regatta Champion Rower Albert George Chapman…
Hobson’s Store – 135 Victoria Street, Taree
Late in 1922 an imposing two storied commercial building was under construction in Victoria Street, near the intersection with Manning Street…
Albert George Chapman – Champion Rower
In 1886, the Balmain Working Men’s Rowing Club established itself just a few hundred metres from the Balmain Rowing Club. In these early days a working man…
Sauzier’s “Sanitarium House”
One of the earliest buildings in Old Bar, apart from the Pavilion, was John Sauzier’s “Sanitarium House”. It was a wooden guesthouse that catered for…
“Rito” 25 David Street, Old Bar
“Rito” at 25 David Street is known as the second oldest surviving house in Old Bar…