Why Taree?
What 2430 has that nowhere else does. Every fact sourced.
- Oldest building dates from 1869
The old St Paul's Presbyterian Church was built in 1869 in Victorian Gothic Revival style. It is Taree's oldest surviving building.Source: Wikipedia
- Martin Bridge replaced the ferry
The Martin Bridge opened across the Manning River in 1940 and replaced the ferry. Taree then grew into the district's business centre.Source: Wikipedia
- A big rowing regatta every January
Every January Taree hosts the NSW Rowing Association regatta, with more than 200 races and over 500 competitors.Source: Wikipedia
- Home of a national first
Ella Simon of Taree is recognised as the first Aboriginal person in Australia to become a Justice of the Peace.Source: Wikipedia
And the whole area: Why Taree?
Big river, big story. Every fact sourced.
- A huge single drop
Ellenborough Falls, near Wingham, is described as the second longest single-drop waterfall in the Southern Hemisphere.Source: Wikipedia
- A double delta river
The Manning is called the only double delta river in the southern hemisphere with two permanent entrances to the sea, at Harrington and Old Bar.Source: Wikipedia
- Lighthouse since 1878
Crowdy Head Light was built in 1878.Source: Wikipedia
- Named after a fig tree
Taree comes from the Biripi word tareebit, meaning tree by the river: the sandpaper fig.Source: Wikipedia
- Biripi Country
Taree is on Biripi Country.Source: Wikipedia
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