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Graham Barclay: Water ski champion

PeopleBy Janine RobertsJanuary 19, 2019

As a young man, Graham Barclay played professional rugby league football before a serious knee injury ended his career…

Fred Williams: Father of Australian waterskiing

PeopleBy Janine RobertsJanuary 19, 2019

As the grandson of Captain Peter Williams and son of Frederick Williams, Forster marine engineer, it is no surprise that Fred Williams has had a lifetime’s association with water…

Henry Woodward, Oyster Merchant

PeopleBy Janine RobertsJanuary 15, 2019

Henry Woodward has been called ‘Father of Australia’s oyster industry’ after he was granted the first ever oyster lease in 1884. The lease was No. 41 in Breckenridge Channel, Wallis Lake – just off Little Street, Forster…

Wesley Chambers, 146 Victoria Street, Taree

BuildingsBy Janine RobertsJanuary 9, 2019

For two separate Councils to occupy premises in the same regional town is not unheard of, but to occupy space just across the hallway in the same building … now that is unusual…

Tom L Dudgeon – Stonemason

PeopleBy Janine RobertsJanuary 9, 2019

Born in 1884, Tom Dudgeon followed in his father’s footsteps and became a stonemason…

Blackout Practice

EventsBy Janine RobertsJanuary 9, 2019

Blackouts were considered the best form of defence against possible night time bombardment and practice drills were initially held in Sydney…

Level Crossing Smash, Wingham 1956

EventsBy Janine RobertsJanuary 4, 2019

On 7th January 1956, around 9.50pm, the southern bound North Coast Mail train No. 14 collided with a 1950 Studebaker utility, on the Wingham-Taree Road level crossing…

A successful farmer with a wooden leg

PeopleBy Janine RobertsJanuary 4, 2019

After losing a leg due to an accident with a cricket ball, Royden Robert Newell made use of a wooden replacement…

Taree’s first town clerk

PeopleBy Janine RobertsJanuary 4, 2019

Born and raised in London, Horace Beeton trained as a draper’s assistant and at the age of 21 decided to try his luck in New Zealand…

A new road for Strathcedar and Mooral Creek

PlacesBy Janine RobertsDecember 23, 2018

During the late 1800s, access to Strathcedar and Mooral Creek was along a road carved out by early Mooral Creek settlers, the Fords…

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