Taree’s First Eisteddfod
In the early years of the 20th century, musical festivals were very much in vogue. One such festival had been successfully held in Taree in 1912…
The Victoria Fever Ward, Manning Base Hospital, Taree
Located in a quadrangle, surrounded by the ‘new’ buildings of the Manning Base Hospital is the 125 year old building called the Victoria Fever Ward…
The Green Hornet
The Green Hornet began life in the workshops of John Fowler & Co in 1910. Of course, it wasn’t known as the Green Hornet then…
Miss Gertrude Richardson: Taree’s one and only female mayor
At a meeting on 15 December 1947, Miss Richardson was elected Mayor of Taree Municipal Council…
Shirley Morris – Biripi Activist
Biripi woman Shirley Mitchell was born in 1933 and grew up on Purfleet Aboriginal Reserve. When welfare authorities came to Purfleet to take Aboriginal children with fairer skin…
Archaeological dig at Taree Police Station
In December 2018 an archaeological excavation began at the site of the Taree Police Station. The dig uncovered the remains of four cesspits…
19 River Street, Taree
For nearly a century this beautiful timber house at 19 River Street, Taree has overlooked the Manning River. Florence Emma Billingham…
The mysterious wedding photo
This wedding photo, stored at the Batemans Bay Heritage Museum, was donated by the Dunne Family and is described as a 1920s wedding…
Mayo Private Hospital
Doctors Frank Oliver Stokes and Allen Muscio opened the Mayo Private Hospital in Taree with the first patients being treated in January 1921…
Temple Chambers – 138 Victoria Street, Taree
Manning born David Cowan had established a legal practice in Taree in 1899. In 1921 a fire threatened his offices which were then located in the Belmore Hall, a timber building in Pulteney Street, Taree…