Charley Dumas: Australia’s First International Cricket Team
Charley Dumas (Bripmuarrimian) was born in western Victoria and along with 12 other men, takes his place in history as a member of Australia’s first international cricket team…
William Augustus Fay: journalist
Of the seven original shareholders of the Northern Champion Printing and Publishing Company Limited registered by David Cowan in 1912, one seems an odd fit…
Picture Perfect: Taree’s Civic Theatre
While the other buildings down Pulteney Street slept, Taree’s Civic Theatre teemed with life. Its glass doors welcomed patrons into its newly formed entrance hall…
The Northern Champion Newspaper: the first edition
In 1912, Taree was served by one local newspaper, the Manning River Times. But things were about to change …
Naming of Scotts Creek
Scotts Creek starts at the junction of the Manning River near Croki and divides Oxley and Mitchells Islands as it snakes to the south channel of the Manning River…
Redbank Cemetery
By 1863 the growing population of “Manning South”, including Glenthorne, Pampoolah, Sidebottom, Oxley and Mitchells Islands, deemed it necessary…
Mitchells Island Butter Factory
On Saturday 30 November 1918, hundreds of people gathered at Mitchells Island to witness the opening of the Manning River Cooperative Dairy Company’s butter factory…
Pampoolah Public School
It is hard to believe that a forgotten, dirt road terminating at the Manning River was once the hub of a busy, farming community. Redbank Road, Pampoolah used to host a…
Pampoolah Church
When Harriett Susan McCartney passed away in 1934 she was the last of her family to live at the old Pampoolah homestead…
Sergeant Ian Affleck
Ian Affleck thrived at the Black Head Surf Life Saving Club; achieving his Junior Qualifying Certificate in 1933 aged 14, his Bronze Medallion in 1935…