The Great White Train
The Great White Train steamed into Taree in the early hours of Thursday 2 September 1926…
The Great White Train steamed into Taree in the early hours of Thursday 2 September 1926…
Harry Bennett Park is located off River Street, Taree on the Manning riverfront, visible to all who cross the Martin Bridge…
A new brick hotel, constructed by local contractor H W Alcorn, was built on the corner of Victoria and Manning Street opposite Clerke’s butcher shop…
David Stirling Sharpe was a land surveyor who worked for many years in the Manning region…
The Peters group of companies was founded by American born Frederick Peters who, in 1907, saw an opening in the Australian market for ice-cream, which was not then commonly available…
Late in the afternoon on Thursday 23 July 1953 a four year old Taree boy, Michael Dunn, was reported missing at Coomba Park (Wallis Lake)…
For two separate Councils to occupy premises in the same regional town is not unheard of, but to occupy space just across the hallway in the same building … now that is unusual…
Born in 1884, Tom Dudgeon followed in his father’s footsteps and became a stonemason…
Blackouts were considered the best form of defence against possible night time bombardment and practice drills were initially held in Sydney…
On 7th January 1956, around 9.50pm, the southern bound North Coast Mail train No. 14 collided with a 1950 Studebaker utility, on the Wingham-Taree Road level crossing…
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