In 1923, the ‘Barrington Tops League’ formed to progress the idea of establishing a health and tourism resort, similar to the Blue Mountains, for “ordinary tourists” but especially for the large industrial population of the Lower Hunter…
The bridge we know today as the Cedar Party (Creek) Bridge was the second one built in this spot. The first bridge was built in 1869 by Tinonee surveyor George Ochs…
Bill was tasked with protecting the strategically located Old Bar Airstrip. Airplanes used to stop at Old Bar for refuelling and repairs…
In June 1863, Jane Andrews, her husband Thomas, and Henry Western met together as the first members of the Church of Christ on the Manning River. They were joined by…
On Friday 18 April 1958 over 1000 people attended the opening of the Neville Weiley Bridge at Bohnock. It was the first bridge to link the islands of the Manning River’s delta…
Taree Freemasons held their first meeting in the Protestant Hall (now a liquor store, 2024) in Manning Street on 4 October 1878…
The Loyal Orange Institution is a Protestant masonic order founded in Ireland in the 1790s. It aims to uphold and promote strict Protestant beliefs. In June 1874, a lodge known as “McGibbon”…
Scottish born Andrew Thomson was a baker by trade but after arriving in Taree in the mid 1850s he was encouraged to become a school teacher. Having taught at The Bight, Woolla and Ghinni…
A “beehive” implies a busy place with small compartments – an apt description for a department store “always humming with business”…
Speedboats from the festival swarmed the island as the plane continued to burn. Eric Henshaw and John Paine were among them. They scrambled up the bank…