Alice Ann Withycombe – an exemplary seamstress
A finely carved headstone in Woola Cemetery, near Taree, marks the final resting place of Alice Ann Withycombe…
Ladies’ Old Bar Surf Club
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…
Fotheringham’s Hotel, Taree
Fotheringham’s Hotel (affectionately called Fog’s) in Victoria Street, Taree started out as the Commercial Hotel and was owned by John Keats, then Alfred McCartney…
Taree’s Volunteer Air Observers Corps
Tom Dyball was not only science master at Taree High School during World War II, he was Zone Commandant of the Volunteer Air Observers Corps (VAOC) in Taree…
Nigel Kennedy and Fotheringham’s Hotel Taree
Nigel Kennedy is an English violinist, famous for bringing classical music to the masses when he sold over two million copies of his above album in 1989. But did you know of his connection to Taree?
Bob Hope in Taree ‘Thanks for the memories’
On Monday evening 14 August 1944, Chief Observer of the Laurieton Volunteer Air Observers Corps (VAOC), Mrs I M Grierson, was on duty when she saw a Catalina flying boat make a forced landing…
Taree’s Big Oyster, 100 Manning River Drive
On Friday 30 March 1990, the NSW Premier, Nick Greiner, opened Taree’s newest tourist attraction – the Big Oyster…
John Cassimaty: Café owner
John Cassimaty opened his first cafe in 1911 in Victoria Street known as the ‘Elite Refreshment Rooms’…
Don Athaldo: Taree’s Strongman Connection
In 1935 Lewis Gorton and his brothers played in the Failford Football Club. As there were no gyms at the time, training was difficult, so Gorton wrote to Don Athaldo…
The Great White Train
The Great White Train steamed into Taree in the early hours of Thursday 2 September 1926…