1 Manning Street, Taree
This building is a rare survivor. A purpose-built dental surgery, constructed for Cuth Haddan in 1938…
Camping at Black Head
In the 1960s, families packed their camping gear and spent the school holidays at Black Head. My dad spared no expense in purchasing a two-pole canvas tent with grass as our floor…
Guy Prior – A Young Boy’s Hero
Only my parents would have a greater influence on my early life than Guy Prior…
Boyle Holden: Last of the bullockies
In 1959 Andrew “Boyle” Holden drove a team of bullocks across the newly opened Forster-Tuncurry Bridge. Not only was Boyle one of the last bullockies of the Mid North Coast…
Driving Miss Maisie…Philp
Maisie started work on the Forster-Tuncurry-Taree bus service owned by Brien Ivens as the conductress in 1941…
The trials of getting to school
Boats, horses, bicycles and a big red bus just to get to school…
The remarkable life of Lloyd Haig Moule
Lloyd Haig Moule was captured just west of Tobruk in 1941 and was interned in the POW Camp No 57 Grupignano, Italy…
Dee, Me and Three
I was born after WWII. We lived in a reasonably modern home at Shalimar built by my father. We bathed in a tub in front of the fuel stove…
Leslie Hopetoun Osmond-Dreyer (1901-1959)
Leslie Hopetoun Osmond was born in 1901 in Marrickville. At the age of 10 years he was orphaned and, with his sister, was taken in by Mr and Mrs Dreyer at Koribar (Dyer’s Crossing)…
Gold Freemason’s pin
A tiny article of jewellery passed down through my family is a gold pin. On one side is a Freemason’s sign and on the other the Lord’s prayer – so tiny you can hardly make out the words…