Naming of Scotts Creek
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…
Redbank Cemetery
By 1863 the growing population of “Manning South”, including Glenthorne, Pampoolah, Sidebottom, Oxley and Mitchells Islands, deemed it necessary…
Mitchells Island Butter Factory
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…
Pampoolah Public School
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…
Pampoolah Church
When Harriett Susan McCartney passed away in 1934 she was the last of her family to live at the old Pampoolah homestead…