Wingham Wharf
The remnants of the Wingham Wharf have witnessed nearly 190 years of activity. Apart from stories of the timber and shipping industries, there are tales of celebration, sadness and madness. Read on…
The Changing Fortunes of Algar and Cath Bunyard
A headstone in Wingham Cemetery marks the final resting place of Algar Bunyard. He died in Taree on 22 July 1910 of cirrhosis of the liver, aged 47 years…
Chinese Market Garden of Wingham
Just north of the Cedar Party Bridge at Wingham is the site of an old Chinese market garden that was originally worked by Ben Lee (Yee Sow) in the early 1900s…
Tom L Dudgeon – Stonemason
Born in 1884, Tom Dudgeon followed in his father’s footsteps and became a stonemason…
Level Crossing Smash, Wingham 1956
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…
A successful farmer with a wooden leg
After losing a leg due to an accident with a cricket ball, Royden Robert Newell made use of a wooden replacement…
Prickly Pear Cough Syrup – a local speciality?
Until the mid nineteenth century cochineal was highly sought after as the pre-eminent agent to produce a rich, vibrant red dye. It was the substance used to colour the British army ‘Red Coat’ uniforms…
George De Saxe and Amy Mackay, Dentists
George De Saxe was born in 1856 and worked most of his life as a dentist in Sydney and Parramatta. He often visited smaller towns providing dental services and in September 1900 visited Wingham for this purpose…
Wingham School of Arts
The first School of Arts in Wingham began in 1875 in a single-storey building at 23-29 Isabella Street…
Alfred Cavalchini: Baker, Confectioner and Photographer
Italian born Alfred Cavalchini arrived in Sydney at the age of 16 in 1900. During World War I, Cavalchini took photographic portraits of young men as they headed to war in their uniforms…