James Bugg: Overseer of Shepherds AACo
English born James Bugg arrived in Australia as a convict in 1826 and a year later was in the employ of the AACo…
English born James Bugg arrived in Australia as a convict in 1826 and a year later was in the employ of the AACo…
The Majestic Theatre was established by baker and picture show enthusiast Albert Augustus Smith in 1926…
Charley Dumas (Bripmuarrimian) was born in western Victoria and along with 12 other men, takes his place in history as a member of Australia’s first international cricket team…
Of the seven original shareholders of the Northern Champion Printing and Publishing Company Limited registered by David Cowan in 1912, one seems an odd fit…
While the other buildings down Pulteney Street slept, Taree’s Civic Theatre teemed with life. Its glass doors welcomed patrons into its newly formed entrance hall…
In 1912, Taree was served by one local newspaper, the Manning River Times. But things were about to change …
Scotts Creek starts at the junction of the Manning River near Croki and divides Oxley and Mitchells Islands as it snakes to the south channel of the Manning River…
By 1863 the growing population of “Manning South”, including Glenthorne, Pampoolah, Sidebottom, Oxley and Mitchells Islands, deemed it necessary…
On Saturday 30 November 1918, hundreds of people gathered at Mitchells Island to witness the opening of the Manning River Cooperative Dairy Company’s butter factory…
It is hard to believe that a forgotten, dirt road terminating at the Manning River was once the hub of a busy, farming community. Redbank Road, Pampoolah used to host a…
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