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Timber Building, Taree Park

BuildingsBy Janine RobertsMarch 29, 2019

This building was purchased in 1985 by the fledgling 2BOB Radio. The purchase price was $2,000 with a small annual lease payment to NSW Department of Lands…

Dorothy Hayter Memorial and 2BOB Radio Station

Buildings, PeopleBy Janine RobertsMarch 29, 2019

On 29 July 1949, 4 year old Dorothy Hayter was playing in Railway Parade, Chatham just near the Peters Creameries Factory with her sisters and other children from the street…

The kindness of fishermen: Broughton Island

EventsBy Janine RobertsMarch 24, 2019

Broughton Island’s pristine environment has long been popular with fishermen. In the 1880s Italian fishermen established a small settlement on the island followed later by Greek fishermen who arrived around WW1…

Fire in Victoria Street, Taree, 1905

EventsBy Janine RobertsMarch 24, 2019

Shortly before 7 pm on 29 November 1905, fire broke out in Victoria Street, Taree. It started in a small room at Donnelly’s Red Colonnade Store…

Arthur William Mackenzie Mowle – Architect and Dairy Cattle Enthusiast

PeopleBy Janine RobertsMarch 24, 2019

Arthur was born at Bondi on 27 October 1894, the eldest son of William Stewart Mowle and grandson of Mr A K Mackenzie of “Boonara”, Bondi…

Camphor Laurel Trees, Albert Street, Taree

PlacesBy Janine RobertsMarch 24, 2019

In the early twentieth century, the planting of street trees for town beautification was strongly advocated…

32 Eric Street, Taree

BuildingsBy Janine RobertsMarch 24, 2019

32 Eric Street, Taree is a modest, yet eminently practical residential development, which has stood the test of time…

The McAskill Murders, Booral Wharf

Events, PeopleBy Janine RobertsMarch 22, 2019

In January 1878, the Booral Wharf store was alight and there was no sign of the wharfinger Alan McAskill or his wife Mary…

Alice Ann Withycombe – an exemplary seamstress

PeopleBy Janine RobertsMarch 22, 2019

A finely carved headstone in Woola Cemetery, near Taree, marks the final resting place of Alice Ann Withycombe…

Ladies’ Old Bar Surf Club

Buildings, StoriesBy Janine RobertsMarch 8, 2019

In September 1930, a proposal to form a Ladies’ Surf Bathing Club at Old Bar in conjunction with the Old Bar Surf Club was eagerly adopted and five weeks later the club house was complete…

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