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The Flag Dress

ArtefactsBy Janine RobertsApril 19, 2019

Amelia Ellis was a gifted needlewoman with her own business in Tinonee at the time of World War 1…

Spanish Flu in the Manning Valley

EventsBy Janine RobertsApril 17, 2019

The pneumonic influenza pandemic of 1918 and 1919 had a devastating impact on the world population, leaving more casualties in its wake than the Great War…

James Arthur Winney – music teacher and journalist

PeopleBy Janine RobertsApril 14, 2019

James Arthur Winney was born in London on 18 July 1859. He received a musical education at the Tonic Solfa College in London and as a young man was…

Mrs Maude Scharkie

PeopleBy Janine RobertsApril 8, 2019

In April 1906, Maude Hall married John Edward Scharkie in Newcastle, NSW. The early years of their marriage were marred by the death of their three year old son…

Waukivory School

BuildingsBy Janine RobertsApril 8, 2019

In 1907 The Gloucester Estate Ltd put to auction the first blocks in the so called Waukivory Subdivision. As the land was taken up the community saw the need for a school…

Massacre at Belbora

EventsBy Janine RobertsApril 8, 2019

In 2017, the University of Newcastle began documenting massacres of Aboriginal people at the hands of early settlers. One such massacre occurred at Belbora…

Mill Creek – Taree’s hidden waterway

PlacesBy Janine RobertsApril 5, 2019

The very first entry in the 1885 Taree Municipal Council Rate Book shows a Mr Avery as the owner of a mill and dwelling…

Tahlee House

Artefacts, BuildingsBy Janine RobertsApril 5, 2019

Nestled in the grounds of Tahlee Ministries near Carrington is the beautiful, heritage-listed ‘Tahlee House’. It was built in 1826 by the Australian Agricultural Company…

The Owl Store, Gloucester

CommerceBy Janine RobertsApril 4, 2019

On 27 March 1929 ‘The Owl Store’ opened at 36 Church Street, Gloucester. It was a Self-Serve Grocery Store – a new method of shopping at the time…

Dan Bros, Gloucester

CommerceBy Janine RobertsApril 3, 2019

‘Dan Bros’ was an early business in Gloucester established in 1929. The brothers who emigrated from Lebanon were…

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