Daphne Irene Chapman: A flair for hair
Growing up between two world wars Daphne Chapman knew what it was like to go without. Using her flair for hair styling she realised she could…
Maud Mabel Wilkes
In June 1917 Maud Mabel Wilkes married the Cape Hawke Regatta Champion Rower Albert George Chapman…
Hobson’s Store – 135 Victoria Street, Taree
Late in 1922 an imposing two storied commercial building was under construction in Victoria Street, near the intersection with Manning Street…
Albert George Chapman – Champion Rower
In 1886, the Balmain Working Men’s Rowing Club established itself just a few hundred metres from the Balmain Rowing Club. In these early days a working man…
Sauzier’s “Sanitarium House”
One of the earliest buildings in Old Bar, apart from the Pavilion, was John Sauzier’s “Sanitarium House”. It was a wooden guesthouse that catered for…
“Rito” 25 David Street, Old Bar
“Rito” at 25 David Street is known as the second oldest surviving house in Old Bar…
Edward Cannon: Bight Cemetery
Edward Cannon was one of many British teenagers assisted to migrate to Australia between 1911 and 1939 under the Dreadnought Scheme…
Walter Brunton Brownlee – a determined Scottish Lad
Among the names inscribed on the Nabiac War Memorial, most of which have connections to local families, one may be unfamiliar – Walter Brunton Brownlee…
“Uncle Lou” Waterman
Louis Augustus Waterman was born in Balmain in 1877. He came to the Manning with his brother Harry where they became farmers at Tinonee…
“Invermay”, 70 Wynter Street, Taree
The story of “Invermay” is connected to the story of Catherine Thomson. Catherine was a commercial institution in Taree…