The Columbian Café – a glimpse of Taree in the Great Depression
In 1931 John Foster opened a new business, the Columbian Café and Accommodation House, in Victoria Street, Taree…
Tales from Old Bar Airstrip “Mystery Island”
In September 1936, Australian film star Brian Abbott, leading lady Jean Laidley and a crew of 30 set off for Lord Howe Island on the SS Morinda to film the movie ‘Mystery Island’…
Old Bar Airstrip
Nancy-Bird Walton, Jean Batten, Captain Charles Ulm, Captain Les Holden – the list of pilots who used the Old Bar Airstrip is a who’s who of aviation pioneers…
The Bridge Service Station, Cnr Victoria and Commerce Streets, Taree
In the early 1920s Russian born John Kusnetzoff and his family arrived in Queensland. He later moved to NSW and joined the staff at Sanders Dairy…
The Steam Packet Hotel, Taree
It was here that he erected an hotel reputedly known as the “Ship Inn”, and later the “Steam Packet Hotel”…
9 Smith Street, Taree
The land on which the heritage-listed brick house at 9 Smith Street is situated, was part of the Taree West End Estate granted to William Wynter in June 1839…
41 Florence Street, Taree
I have always admired the lovely house that sits on the corner of Florence and Wynter Streets, Taree. The property was part of the original Taree estate granted to William Wynter in 1834…
Mysterious Suicide in Taree Park
On the afternoon of Wednesday 9 May 1923, a tragedy unfolded in Taree Park. A visitor, Phillip William Osborne, committed suicide by ingesting strychnine…
Taree Old Bar Surf Life Saving Club
On New Year’s Day 1928 a meeting was held to discuss the formation of a surf club at Old Bar. A week earlier on Boxing Day there had been almost 4000 beachgoers…
Jeanette Elphick aka Victoria Shaw: Model turned Actress
In 1985, Hollywood actress Victoria Shaw returned to Australia in failing health to live with her sister Margaret McDonell at 37 River Street, Taree…