“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…
Christina ‘Ruth’ Gardiner
Christina ‘Ruth’ Cameron was born 31 March 1909 at Wingham to Alexander and Agnes Cameron and is believed to have been the first baby born at Nurse Cameron’s Private Hospital…
When John Gardiner met Ruth Cameron…
They spoke for seven years before they met face to face. Mervyn Machin decided to play matchmaker and reportedly said to John who had a reputation for being a man of few words…
John Gardiner, MC
John Gardiner was born near Glasgow, Scotland in 1894. At age 17 he enlisted in the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) as part of the Territorial Forces. With the start of WWI…
William Baird
This photograph from the 1960s shows the headstone of William Baird at the Angel Close Historic Cemetery in Forster. William Baird was born in 1851 in Sydney…
Alfred Basham and Jane Middlemiss
In the Angel Close Historic Cemetery at Forster lies the remains of Alfred Basham and Jane Middlemiss. While these two youths were not related nor did they die together they were nevertheless connected…