Boyce Street, Taree
In 1909 the Trustees of Taree Estate further subdivided land bounded by Wynter, Florence, Stevenson and Victoria Streets. The survey, carried out…
West End Estate, Taree
The town of Taree came into being when Henry Flett subdivided part of his extensive landholding in 1854. It developed into the largest urban settlement in the Manning Valley…
Belmore Hall and Monsieur De Croix
In 1893, a mysterious man called “Monsieur De Croix” arrived in the Manning Valley…
Fly the flag
In 2004, Greater Taree City Councillors voted against flying the Aboriginal flag outside the Council building, eight votes to four…
A bump on the head
This boy has a fairly large head. It is 21½ in circumference by 13 inches in coronal measurement. It is of good quality brain…
Church of Christ Taree
In June 1863, Jane Andrews, her husband Thomas, and Henry Western met together as the first members of the Church of Christ on the Manning River. They were joined by…
Taree Masonic Hall
Taree Freemasons held their first meeting in the Protestant Hall (now a liquor store, 2024) in Manning Street on 4 October 1878…
Taree Protestant Hall
The Loyal Orange Institution is a Protestant masonic order founded in Ireland in the 1790s. It aims to uphold and promote strict Protestant beliefs. In June 1874, a lodge known as “McGibbon”…
The Beehive Store
Scottish born Andrew Thomson was a baker by trade but after arriving in Taree in the mid 1850s he was encouraged to become a school teacher. Having taught at The Bight, Woolla and Ghinni…
The Beehive Store: behind the scenes
A “beehive” implies a busy place with small compartments – an apt description for a department store “always humming with business”…