The first European explorer to traverse the Manning River was John Oxley who explored the Manning Valley in 1818 and named the settlement of Harrington at the mouth of the Manning River.
Today Taree is a successful rural centre sustained by a wide range of activities including dairying, a timber industry, leather goods and engineering work. The famous Australian poet, Les Murray, was educated at Taree High School.
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The first European explorer to traverse the Manning River was John Oxley who explored the Manning Valley in 1818 and named the settlement of Harrington at the...
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1770 Captain Cook, sailing a fair distance from shore, observed three prominent mountains grouped together, which he called the Three Brothers. They also observed smoke from the fires of...
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Taree is a substantial service centre on the Manning River. It's one of the major towns on the rivers of the New South Wales Mid North Coast; Taree is idyllically situated on the Manning River 317 km...
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Located on the Mid North Coast of New South Wales, about 3 hours north of Sydney, less than 2 hours north of Newcastle and 1 hour south of Port Macquarie, the Local Government Area of Greater Taree......
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Taree - Travel Stop on the way North

This picture is of the 'Big Oyster' in Taree - it shows the changing face of tourism in New South Wales! Once the Big Oyster was quite an attraction - a bit of a testament to Australia's 1980s...
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