Harry Combo: The Valley’s Greatest Showman
At the age of 42, buck-jumping champion Harry Combo from Dingo Creek, was considered the “old man” as he took centre stage at the 1920 Wingham Show. With the grandstand full to overflowing…
George Garlick Godwin
George Garlick Godwin was born around 1803 in Wiltshire, England. He was given a life sentence for pig stealing and transported to Australia on the convict ship ‘Burrell’ in 1830…
North Arm Cove – the city that never was
Most Australians would be familiar with the name of Walter Burley Griffin as the architect of the nation’s capital, Canberra. Lesser known is another scheme designed by him…
Joseph De Lore
The tattoos of this young romantic, Joseph De Lore (Dolleur), were recorded when he was arrested in Montreal, Canada in 1837 for housebreaking…
Nurse Jane Mayers
At the age of 16 Jane De Lore married Joseph Mayers of Mayer’s Flat, Bungwahl, riding 30 miles on horseback to Maitland to be married…
“Malvern” 120 Manning Street, Taree
Ray Hurst has been a long time resident of 120 Manning Street, Taree and was interested in the history of this old house. Here is what we found…
Granny Rennie
In 1852 on the ship “Argyle”, Mary Keleher aged 19 left her native County Clare, Ireland to become one of the first assisted immigrants to arrive directly into Moreton Bay (Brisbane), Qld…
Early settlement at Bulahdelah
On 29 September 1856 land throughout NSW was offered for sale by public auction at upset prices, including country lots at “Bullah Delah” for £1 per acre…
Adolph and Charlotte Ohma
Adolph Ohma was born in 1892 in Sydney to an Australian mother and Norwegian father. As a young man Dolph left Sydney on a steamer to work at Wright’s shipyard, Tuncurry…
Formation of the QUOTA Club of Taree
On Friday night the 20th August 1947 a meeting was called in the CWA rooms to form a Quota Club of Taree…