Taree, New South Wales

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Taree, New South Wales

Taree is a city on the Mid North Coast, New South Wales

New South Wales

New South Wales is Australia's oldest and most populous States and territories of Australia, located in the south-east of the country, north of Victoria and south of Queensland....
, Australia

Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
. Taree and nearby Cundletown were settled in 1831 by William Wynter. Since then Taree has grown to a population of around 20,000 people and is the centre of a significant agricultural district. It is 16 km from the sea coast, and 317 km north of Sydney

Sydney

Sydney is the List of cities in Australia by population in Australia, with a metropolitan area population of approximately 4.34 million . It is the List of Australian capital cities of New South Wales, and was the site of the first British Empire colony in Australia....
. Taree can be reached by train via the North Coast Railway

North Coast railway line, New South Wales

The North Coast Line is the primary rail route on the North Coast, New South Wales of New South Wales, and forms a major part of the Sydney-Brisbane rail corridor....
, and by the Pacific Highway

Pacific Highway (Australia)

The Pacific Highway is a major transport route in easternAustralia and is part of Australia's Highway 1 . It is long and links Sydney, the capital of New South Wales, to Brisbane, the capital of Queensland, along the coast, via Gosford, Newcastle, Taree, Port Macquarie, Kempsey, Coffs Harbour, Grafton, Ballina and the Gold Coast....
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Taree is within the Local Government Area of the City of Greater Taree

City of Greater Taree

The City of Greater Taree is a Local Government Areas in Australia on the Mid North Coast of New South Wales, Australia, centered on Taree, New South Wales....
, the state electorate of Myall Lakes

Electoral district of Myall Lakes

Myall Lakes is an New South Wales Legislative Assembly electoral districts of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales....
and the Federal electorate of Lyne

Division of Lyne

The Division of Lyne is an Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives located in the State of New South Wales. It lies on the Mid North Coast, New South Wales of New South Wales and includes parts of the Local Government Areas of New South Wales of the City of Greater Taree, Port Macquarie-Hastings Council and Kempsey Shire....
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name Taree is derived from "tareebit" the local native Biripi word meaning tree by the river, or more specifically, the Sandpaper Fig (Ficus coronata
Ficus coronata

Ficus coronata, commonly known as the Sandpaper Fig or Creek Sandpaper Fig, is a species of fig tree, native to Australia. It is found along the east coast from Mackay, Queensland in Central Queensland, through New South Wales and just into Victoria near Mallacoota....
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e was laid out as a private town in 1854 by Henry Flett, the son-in-law of William Wynter who had originally settled the area in 1831.

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Taree is a city on the Mid North Coast, New South Wales

New South Wales

New South Wales is Australia's oldest and most populous States and territories of Australia, located in the south-east of the country, north of Victoria and south of Queensland....
, Australia

Australia

Sydney

North Coast railway line, New South Wales

The North Coast Line is the primary rail route on the North Coast, New South Wales of New South Wales, and forms a major part of the Sydney-Brisbane rail corridor....
, and by the Pacific Highway

Pacific Highway (Australia)

City of Greater Taree

Electoral district of Myall Lakes

Division of Lyne

Name

The name Taree is derived from "tareebit" the local native Biripi word meaning tree by the river, or more specifically, the Sandpaper Fig (Ficus coronata
Ficus coronata

Ficus coronata, commonly known as the Sandpaper Fig or Creek Sandpaper Fig, is a species of fig tree, native to Australia. It is found along the east coast from Mackay, Queensland in Central Queensland, through New South Wales and just into Victoria near Mallacoota....
).

History

Taree was laid out as a private town in 1854 by Henry Flett, the son-in-law of William Wynter who had originally settled the area in 1831. The government of New South Wales had established Wingham

Wingham, New South Wales

Wingham is a town of 4,600 people on the Mid North Coast of New South Wales, Australia in the City of Greater Taree; about 4 hours drive north of Sydney; about 335km north of Sydney....
at the head of navigation of the Manning River as its administrative centre which hindered Taree becoming the major centre of the region.

This changed, however, when the North Coast railway line

North Coast railway line, New South Wales

The North Coast Line is the primary rail route on the North Coast, New South Wales of New South Wales, and forms a major part of the Sydney-Brisbane rail corridor....
was connected to Taree but not Wingham in 1913.

Although connected to the railway, sea transport continued to dominate along the North Coast until the 1930s and this acted as a break of Taree's growth. This changed when the Martin Bridge replaced the ferry across the Manning River in 1940.

The oldest surviving building in Taree is the old St Paul's Presbyterian Church

Presbyterian Church of Australia

The Presbyterian Church of Australia is the largest Presbyterian denomination in Australia. ....
, built in 1869 in the Victorian Gothic Revival

Gothic Revival architecture

The Gothic Revival is an Architectural style which began in the 1740s in England. Its popularity grew rapidly in the early nineteenth century, when increasingly serious and learned admirers of neo-Gothic styles sought to revive Middle Ages forms in contrast to the Neoclassical architecture styles which were then prevalent....
style, next door to the current building, in Albert Street.

Notable residents

Many successful people have come out of Taree including poets Les Murray

Les Murray (poet)

Leslie Allan Murray, Order of Australia , known as Les Murray, is an Australian poet, anthologist and critic. His career spans over forty years, and he has published nearly thirty volumes of poetry, as well as two verse novels and collections of his prose writings....
and Henry Kendall

Henry Kendall (poet)

Henry Clarence Kendall was an nineteenth century Australian poet....
, Troy Bayliss

Troy Bayliss

Troy Bayliss is a retired Australian motorcycle racer. He has won the Superbike World Championship three times, as well as the British Superbike Championship and a MotoGP race and all on Ducati....
(motorbike rider), Danny Buderus

Danny Buderus

Danny Buderus is an Australian professional rugby league player for the Newcastle Knights in the National Rugby League premiership. He is the incumbent New South Wales Rugby League team captain, and Rugby league positions#Hooker and a former captain for the Australian national rugby league team....
(rugby league player), Onene Wood (cyclist), Milo Nusav (Liverpool player), Jade North

Jade North

Jade Bronson North is an Indigenous Australians Australian football player. He currently plays as a Defender for K-League club Incheon United....
(Socceroos, Newcastle Jets captain), Dr Ken Henry

Ken Henry (Australian public servant)

Kenneth Ross "Ken" Henry, Order of Australia is an Australian economist and public servant. He has been the Secretary of the Department of the Treasury since April 2001....
(Secretary to the Treasury), and Liz Hayes

Liz Hayes

Elizabeth "Liz" Hayes is an Australian television presenter. She was born in Taree, New South Wales. In a long career with the Nine Network, Hayes is best known for her work as a correspondent on 60 Minutes , and as a former co-host of Today in which she held for a decade....
(Australian Television Reporter).

Education

There are several public schools in the Taree area including Taree Public School, Taree High School

Taree High School

Taree High School, also known as THS, is a Secondary school, Public school, co-educational, Comprehensive school day school, located in Taree, New South Wales, a city on the Mid North Coast, New South Wales of New South Wales, Australia....
, Taree West Public School, Manning Gardens Public School, Chatham Public School, Chatham High School, and Cundletown Public School.

Private schools in and around Taree include Manning District Adventist School, Tinonee

Tinonee, New South Wales

Tinonee is a small town on the banks of the Manning River, near Taree, New South Wales on the Mid North Coast of New South Wales in the City of Greater Taree....
, Manning River Steiner School, Manning Valley Anglican College, Cundletown, Taree Christian College, Kolodong

Kolodong, New South Wales

Kolodong, New South Wales is a locality between Taree, New South Wales and Wingham, New South Wales in the Manning Valley on the North Coast, New South Wales of New South Wales, Australia in the City of Greater Taree....
, Taree Steiner School, St Joseph's Primary School, and St Clare's High School.

Several post tertiary training facilities have a presence in Taree: the North Coast Institute of TAFE, Taree Community College, the Australian Technical College - Manning Valley Campus.

Media

The Manning River Times is based in Taree.

Prime Television

Prime Television

Prime Television is an Australian Television broadcasting in Australia owned by Prime Television Limited. Prime Television launched on 17 March 1962 as CBN in Orange, New South Wales and Dubbo, New South Wales, and has since expanded to cover regional New South Wales, Victoria and the Australian Capital Territory as a Seven Network affi...
, NBN Television

NBN Television

For Philippine TV Network. see National Broadcasting NetworkNBN Television is a television station based in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia....
and Southern Cross Ten

Southern Cross Ten

Southern Cross Ten is an Australian television channel broadcast by the Macquarie Media Group in Queensland, New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory, Victoria and South Australia....
all maintain sales departments in the city.

There are four local radio stations, commercial stations 2RE

2RE

2RE is a commercial radio station that broadcasts to the North Coast, New South Wales of New South Wales, Australia from its station at Seal Rocks, New South Wales, near Forster, New South Wales....
and Max FM

Max FM

Max FM came back on air in 2008 and is streams continuously in MP3 and aacPlus on Shoutcast and Icecast....
and community stations 2BOB

2BOB

2BOB FM radio is a volunteer radio station in Taree, New South Wales on the Mid North Coast of New South Wales, Australia. 2BOB FM broadcasts on 104.7 FM....
and 2TLP.

The ABC broadcasts Triple J

Triple J

Triple J is a nationally-networked, government-funded Australian Radio in Australia , mainly aimed at youth . Music played on the station is generally more alternative music than commercial stations with a heavy emphasis on Music of Australia music and new music....
, ABC Classic FM

ABC Classic FM

ABC Classic FM is an Australian European classical music radio station available in major centres around the country. It is operated by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation ....
, Radio National

Radio National

ABC Radio National is an Australia-wide radio network broadcast by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation with programs including news and current affairs , arts, music, society, science, drama and comedy....
and ABC Mid North Coast into Taree, and Rhema FM Manning Great Lakes

Rhema FM Manning Great Lakes

Rhema FM Manning Great Lakes is a Christian community radio radio station broadcasting to the Manning River and Great Lakes, New South Wales regions of New South Wales, Australia, Australia....
broadcasts from studios in nearby Wingham

Wingham, New South Wales

Tourism

Nearby towns include historic Wingham

Wingham, New South Wales

Wingham is a town of 4,600 people on the Mid North Coast of New South Wales, Australia in the City of Greater Taree; about 4 hours drive north of Sydney; about 335km north of Sydney....
, Tinonee

Tinonee, New South Wales

Tinonee is a small town on the banks of the Manning River, near Taree, New South Wales on the Mid North Coast of New South Wales in the City of Greater Taree....
, and the beachside town of Old Bar.

A local tourist attraction is a building called "The World's Largest Oyster", also called "The Big Oyster". Big Things

Australia's Big Things

The Big Things of Australia are a loosely related set of large structures or sculptures. There are estimated to be over 150 such objects around the country, the first being the Big Banana in Coffs Harbour, which was built in 1964....
are a common form of tourist attraction in Australia. Like the Big Merino

Big Merino

The Big Merino is a 15 metre tall concrete Merino domestic sheep , located in Goulburn, New South Wales, New South Wales, Australia. Nicknamed "Rambo" by locals, the Big Merino contains a gift shop on the ground floor and a wool display on the second floor....
and Big Banana

Big Banana

The Big Banana is a tourist attraction in the city of Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, New South Wales and consists of a large building in the shape of a banana....
, the 'Oyster' is an artifact based on local produce; the Manning River

Manning River

The Manning River is a river in the Mid North Coast of New South Wales, Australia that flows through the Manning ValleyThe River is one of Australia's few Large River systems not to be Dammed for water supply purposes anywhere along its entire catchment System the local water supply is fed by Bootawa Dam Reservoir which is an of...
produces some 3 and a half million oysters a year. The Big Oyster was an unsuccessful business venture, known to the locals as a 'Big Mistake', and is now home to a motor dealership.

The Manning Entertainment Centre was built in the 1980s as the cultural centre of the district. Although it seats 500 people it is too small to accommodate large acts; for example the orchestra pit is not large enough for a full symphony orchestra. However a great variety of acts, including the District Eisteddfod and local amateur dramatic societies, utilise it to provide cultural outings for the local community.

Located next to the Entertainment Centre and the Visitor Information Centre at the northern entrance to Taree is the Manning Aquatic and Leisure Centre. This facility includes a 25 metre indoor heated pool with slippery dip and a 50 metre outdoor pool and soon after the time of opening had the second most expensive pool entrance fee in Australia, the most expensive being a pool in Perth, Western Australia

Perth, Western Australia

Perth is the List of Australian capital cities and largest city of the Australian States and territories of Australia of Western Australia. With a population of 1,554,769 , Perth ranks fourth amongst the nation's cities, with a growth rate consistently above the national average....
. The Aquatic Centre was built in the late 1990s – early 2000s to replace the Taree Pool, which could no longer be used for swimming. Located next to the Manning River in the centre of town, the Taree Pool had fallen into disrepair and is now condemned.

The Manning Regional Art Gallery is located in a cottage style building next to Taree Public School. The art gallery hosts a changing selection of works by local artists and visiting exhibitions.

Annual events

January

Events in the Annual Pointscore Rowing Regatta are held at Endeavour Place in Taree during the third week of January. This Regatta consists of 50 races with competitors travelling from many parts of New South Wales to compete.

March

The Easter Powerboat Classic is held on the Manning River

Manning River

August

The Taree Gold Cup is a prestigious horse racing event held at the Bushland Drive Racecourse.

October

The Taree Annual Show is held the second weekend in October, comprising of sideshow, precision driving team, rodeo events, cattle and livestock judging.

Taree, New South Wales

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History

Notable residents

Education

Media

Tourism

Annual events

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