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…
Taree High School’s first Agricultural Farm
Centred in a large farming region, Taree High School established agricultural studies as part of its curriculum in 1941. Initially the subject was for male students…
Survey Reference Trees
These old survey trees were an early way of marking the landscape to define roads, Crown Lands and property allotments…
