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Gathang Guuyang (Gathang Canoe)

ArtefactsBy Janine RobertsJune 1, 2019

On 20 May 2012 at Bungwahl, for the first time in over 150 years the guuyang builders, led by Steve Brereton, a Warrimay (Worimi) man, with strong connections to country and culture took a canoe from Gathang country…

The 1956 Olympic Torch

EventsBy Janine RobertsMay 29, 2019

On 17 November 1956, forty six fit, local men relayed the Olympic Torch from Kew in the North to Burrell Creek in the South of the region, a grand total of 46 miles…

A Film Star visits Taree!

EventsBy Janine RobertsMay 17, 2019

The Boomerang Theatre in Taree had the honour of hosting the first official NSW screening of the much publicised Australian film “Tall Timbers”…

“Tall Timbers” a tale of treachery and deceit

EventsBy Janine RobertsMay 17, 2019

The 1937 film “Tall Timbers” directed by Ken Hall featured many scenes shot in the vicinity of Stroud and Gloucester on the Mid North Coast of NSW…

Yarads Taree

CommerceBy Janine RobertsMay 12, 2019

“We are here to stay!” declared Callile Abraham Yarad and his son Michael Callile ‘Mick’ in this 1933 advertisement of their store’s opening…

Sewing Lessons at Mitchell’s Island Public School

EventsBy Janine RobertsApril 24, 2019

The year was 1973 and on Thursdays, sewing was on the agenda at Mitchell’s Island Public School (for girls only of course!)…

Pindimar Shark Factory

CommerceBy Janine RobertsApril 23, 2019

“Every shark taken by us lessens the chance of your being taken by a shark.” This was the catchcry of Marine Industries Ltd who in 1929…

Former National Australia Bank, Taree

Buildings, CommerceBy Janine RobertsApril 22, 2019

Hardly recognisable today (2019) in its Priceline Pharmacy livery, this building started life in 1935 as a branch of the National Australia Bank…

Former Manning River Times Building, Taree

BuildingsBy Janine RobertsApril 21, 2019

Taree’s local newspaper, the Manning River Times, has a long history dating back to January 1869 when the first issue was published by Charles Boyce and George Buckleton…

“Merton”, 3 Macquarie Street, Taree

BuildingsBy Janine RobertsApril 21, 2019

In November 1903 George Ford, a Taree butcher, paid £50 for land in Macquarie Street, being Lot 17 in Section 15…

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