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…
“Malvern” 120 Manning Street, Taree
Ray Hurst has been a long time resident of 120 Manning Street, Taree and was interested in the history of this old house. Here is what we found…
Formation of the QUOTA Club of Taree
On Friday night the 20th August 1947 a meeting was called in the CWA rooms to form a Quota Club of Taree…
12 Alban Street, Taree
12 Alban Street, Taree sits on traditional Birrbay land which later became part of the 2560 acres granted to William Wynter in 1839…