Taree, New South Wales

Taree is a city in the east of the Australian state of New South Wales near the coast of the Tasman Sea. 1831 William Wynter was the first country has been allocated to the area of ​​today Taree and its suburb Cundletown. To date, the city has grown to a population of approximately 20,000 and is the center of an agriculturally important area. It is 16 km from the coast at the Manning River, 317 kilometers north of Sydney. By train Taree is accessible via the North Coast Railway Line, with the car on the Pacific Highway.

Taree is part of the Local Government Area Greater Taree City, the state electoral district of Myall Lakes and the Federal constituency Lyne.

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Name

The name ' Taree ' is the word ' tareebit ' of the local Aboriginesstammes the Biripi derived, means ' tree at the river' or even Ficus coronata.

History

Taree, was founded in 1854 as a private estate of Henry Flett, the son of William Wynter, who had settled in this area in 1831 as the first. 400,000 m² were reserved for the private settlement and 40 plots were sold at first. On March 16, 1885 Taree was declared a city and elected the first City Council of the population. 1844, the government of New South Wales, the city had Wingham located furthest upstream, founded navigable point on the Manning River and established it as an administrative center. This initially prevented that Taree could develop as a regional center of the region.

This changed, however, when in 1913 Taree, Wingham and not, was connected to the newly built North Coast Railway Line. Despite the railway terminal dominated until the 1930s, freight transport by ship along the coast, which slowed down the development of Taree. This changed when the Martin Bridge in 1940 replaced the ferry over Manning River.

The oldest, still existing building in Taree is the Presbyterian Church, which was built in 1869 in neo-Gothic style, right at the present church in the Albert Street.

Well-known residents

Many successful people come from Taree, for example, the poet Les Murray and Henry Kendall, the journalist and author, Ian Moffitt, the motorcycle racer Troy Bayliss, the former captain of the Australian Rugby League Danny Buderus, the cyclist Oenone Wood, the football player and captain of the Newcastle Jets Jade North, the rower Murray Doust, the financial Secretary Dr Ken Henry, the mathematician John Coates, the squash player Kasey Brown and the Australian TV reporter Liz Hayes.

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In Taree, there are several public schools, such as the Taree Public School, the Taree High School, Taree the West Public School, the Manning Gardens Public School, the Chatham Public School, the Chatham High School and the Cundletown Public School.

Private schools in and around Taree are for example Manning Adventist School District in Tinonee, the Manning River Steiner School, the. Manning Valley Anglican College in Cundletown, the Taree Christian College in Koloding, St. Joseph's Primary School and St Clare's High School

Also, some adult education institutions are represented in Taree: the North Coast Institute of TAFE, the Taree Community College and the Australian Technical College with the Manning Valley campus.

Media

The Manning River Times has its headquarters in Taree.

All major TV stations can be received in Taree. These are:

  • Prime Television, 7Two on PRIME
  • NBN Television, Go! Channel
  • Southern Cross Ten and One HD
  • (ABC TV) with ABC1, ABC2, ABC3 and ABC News 24
  • SBS ONE and SBS Two.

There are four local radio stations, the private 2RE and MaxFM and public 2BOB and 2TLP.

Tourism

Located near the historic Taree Wingham, Tinonee and the seaside village of Old Bar are

A tourist attraction is a building that is " the largest oyster in the world" - is called - or simply " The Big Oyster ". Big Things are usual tourist attractions in Australia. How the Big Merino ( Large sheep) or the Big Banana ( Big Banana ) The Big Oyster is based on local products: approximately 3.5 million oysters annually in Manning River bred. The Big Oyster was an unsuccessful business idea that when the people in the area The Big Mistake ( Eng.: The big mistake ) is called. Today it houses a car dealer.

The Manning Entertainment Centre was built in the 1980s as a cultural center of the district. Despite its 500 seats, it is too small for big performances, as is for example the orchestra pit too small for a full symphony orchestra. Nevertheless, a large number of performances will take place there, such as the District Eisteddfod, and local theater groups use it for cultural ideas for the city.

Near the Manning Entertainment Centre and the tourist information center on the northern edge of Taree is the Manning Aquatic and Leisure Centre. This facility has an indoor pool with 25 - meter pool and an outdoor pool with 50 - meter pool. Shortly after the opening turned out that this pool demanded the second highest entrance fee for swimming pools in Australia; the highest is required in Perth. The Aquatic Centre was built in the late 1990s and early 2000s and was intended to replace the bathhouse of Taree, which no longer was good for swimming. This bathhouse was in the city center on the Manning River, was no longer maintained and is now demolished.

The Manning Regional Art Gallery is located in a building in the style of a farm near Taree Public School. The art exhibition features a changing assortment of works by local artists, as well as traveling exhibitions.

Events

January

In the third week of the year the NSW Rowing Association rowing regattas are held at Endeavour Place in Taree. These races consist of over 100 races, with participants from all over New South Wales.

The Manning Summer Festival runs throughout the month and also includes the New Year celebrations of the city, a Family Fun Day at Queen Elizabeth Park on Australia Day and a series of cultural events.

March

The Easter Powerboat Classic will be held for the long Easter weekend at the Manning River at Queen Elizabeth Park. The event begins on Friday morning and includes the Stuart Doyle Cup on Saturday and the Ken Warby - time runs on Saturday and Sunday lunch.

August

The Taree Gold Cup is a prestigious horse races on the Bushland Drive Racecourse.

October

The Taree Annual Show will be held on the second weekend in October. It consists of a sideshow, a skill skiing, rodeo events and a calf and cattle evaluation.

Rail links

Taree is located on the North Coast Railway Line of the CityRail network. Six CountryLink trains arrive daily, three to Sydney and three in the north to Grafton, Casino or Brisbane.

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