Mr & Mrs George’s Beautiful Home
Edgar Thomas George was a building contractor based in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney. In the 1930s he won tenders for the construction of a variety of buildings across the city…
Captain George John Ricketts
For more than 40 years, Captain George Ricketts was a familiar figure on the Manning River. Powerfully built, with a flowing grey beard…
The Spirit of Captain Ricketts
Captain Ricketts was a well-known sea captain in Taree in the 1800s. He was a big man with a flowing grey beard…
Gloucester Railway Refreshment Room
When Gloucester Railway Station opened in February 1913, a refreshment room was sorely needed. North bound travellers had no opportunity to obtain food or drink once the train left Newcastle…
Elizabeth Barnes Merchant: Trip Around the World
Elizabeth Barnes was born in Wiltshire, England. In 1826, aged 20, she travelled to New South Wales with her father William and four brothers, after her mother died young. William had accepted a contract as a shepherd…
The Gloucester Motorcycle Club: 1924–1926
In 1924, four Soars brothers—Albert, George, William and John—joined with brothers Chas, Tom and Ike Ellis and their brother-in-law Les Parish to form the informal Gloucester Motorcycle Club. The young men, all in their late teens and early twenties…
Lola Ralph: The Girl Friend from Australia
Lola Ralph was a gifted pianist and vocalist. Growing up in Taree, she caught the eye of the former Ella Caspers (Mrs Maloney)…
The Railway Man Who Stood For Taree
Tucked away at the end of the Taree Railway Station’s platform is a memorial dedicated to Bernie O’Neill…
Robert Small and the Sudan contingent
In 1851, a Presbyterian Denominational School was operating at Redbank: the schoolmaster was William Small. Robert, one of his sons, was born in 1859…
James Lethbridge Templer (1811-1845)
James was born in Dorset, England in 1811 and entered the East India Company in 1828. A decade later he left the company and sailed to Australia – a country he was destined to never leave…