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Tag Archives: Taree

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Taree Photographer: Robert Crombie

PeopleBy Janine RobertsOctober 15, 2022

This iconic photo of the first train arriving in Taree in 1913 was taken by photographer Robert Edward Crombie…

Manning District Ambulance Service

Buildings, EventsBy Janine RobertsOctober 11, 2022

In 1934 Taree citizens approached the Newcastle Ambulance Committee to establish a district ambulance service. Newcastle agreed and donated an ambulance and £100…

Taree’s First Eisteddfod

EventsBy Janine RobertsMay 12, 2022

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

BuildingsBy Janine RobertsApril 24, 2022

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

ArtefactsBy Janine RobertsMarch 18, 2022

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 first female mayor

PeopleBy Janine RobertsNovember 15, 2021

At a meeting on 15 December 1947, Miss Richardson was elected Mayor of Taree Municipal Council…

Shirley Morris – Biripi Activist

Events, PeopleBy Janine RobertsNovember 3, 2021

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

Artefacts, BuildingsBy Janine RobertsSeptember 16, 2021

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

BuildingsBy Janine RobertsAugust 28, 2021

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

ArtefactsBy Janine RobertsAugust 28, 2021

This wedding photo, stored at the Batemans Bay Heritage Museum, was donated by the Dunne Family and is described as a 1920s wedding…

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