Glenreagh Memorial Museum

Glenreagh Memorial Museum Open First Saturday of each Month. This page is for people who are interested in the history of the Glenreagh. Gold coin donation for entry

This is a similar photo to the previously published AccNr00289 but the children have moved around the circle doing their...
02/06/2026

This is a similar photo to the previously published AccNr00289 but the children have moved around the circle doing their dancing. This was during the Glenreagh Public School Centenary Week activities - Pupil Dance afternoon, which was held on Monday, 21st September 1987. The Principal, Richard Tanner, standing to the right of the flag pole, was supervising while Wilma Towells can be seen in the blue dress, on the right. The children that can be seen in the photo are, clockwise from front right - Chris Gibb (blondish brown hair, grey trousers, white shirt and braces), ? (glimpse of blonde hair to left of Chris), Rainah Andrews (mop cap, blue dress with white apron), Anne-Marie Elks (blue skivvy top, blonde hair), Ben Partridge (blue shirt), Rachael Ware (white dress, red check pinafore), Steve Camac (green shirt/white trim), Debbie York (white shirt/apron), Joel Hansford (glimpse of face between Debbie and Steve), Kate Berry (Joel's partner), Delma Loy (glimpse of black check skirt behind Kate), ? (short blonde hair, brown check shirt seen just to Steve's left), ? (blue shirt), Timothy Froesch (striped shirt), Damonde Andrews (red check shirt), Lindy Booker (straw hat and pinafore over pink dress), Luke Ellem (blonde hair/grey trousers), John Massingham (blonde hair/dark coloured clothing), Carly Teale (pink & white check dress, white mop cap), ? Partridge (dark hair), Ballad Dempsey (white dress, blue check pinafore with flowers), John Drysdale (bare foot seen nead Ballad's leg), ? (dark hair), ? (blonde hair), Nicole Elks (blonde hair), Bronwyn Webb (pale dress). A lady is seated on the bench seats on the left, also Peter Teale, on the left of the flagpole, and ? seen on the right of the flagpole, stand at the fence to watch. If you can identify any that are unnamed, please tell us. AccNr00291
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This photo from the Playford collection is posted with our utmost respect to our First Nations readers. This photo depic...
01/06/2026

This photo from the Playford collection is posted with our utmost respect to our First Nations readers. This photo depicts a man and a lady standing in front of a rough slab building. They are a different couple to others that have been in photos published before, and they may also be dressed for the wedding of Victor Neville and his wife, which took place in the 1920s at 'Merrylands', a property between Nana Glen and Glenreagh. Unfortunately we don't know the names of these two. The part of the building seen on the right behind them, has sides enclosed by hessian sacks, and the part of the building on the left, has the bottom half enclosed by wood, and hessian used to enclose the top. You can also see the sky beyond the building that is visible between the hessian side and the roof. Jutting from the slab roof, seen behind the right shoulder of the man, is what appears to be a piece of tin, perhaps used to catch the rain from the left hand roof. It is believed that this is the same building as the one in AccNr00849. The photos were taken by Len Playford. AccNr00855

This is another photo from the Nethie Davis/Lorraine Grace collection and depicts two happy little boys. These are the W...
31/05/2026

This is another photo from the Nethie Davis/Lorraine Grace collection and depicts two happy little boys. These are the Webster twins, Anthony and Adrian, although we can't tell which one is which. They were the first children of Sonny and Tossy Webster. While it is not known at who's home this photo was taken, we do know that it would have been taken in 1959. AccNr01008

Fred Shipman, on the right, and his partner show the crowd how easy the double handed saw competition is. Seen in the mi...
30/05/2026

Fred Shipman, on the right, and his partner show the crowd how easy the double handed saw competition is. Seen in the middle of this picture, directly above the block, and standing behind the crowd, with his right hand on his hip, is Robert (Bob) McPherson. He is wearing a white shirt and brown shorts. Can you name anyone else? This photo was taken at the Glenreagh 125 Years A Village celebrations when the woodchopping events were held on Saturday, 1st October 1983 at the Glenreagh Recreation Grounds. AccNr00571

This image is of a newspaper clipping that was in the Grafton Daily Examiner published on Saturday, October 3rd, 1987. I...
29/05/2026

This image is of a newspaper clipping that was in the Grafton Daily Examiner published on Saturday, October 3rd, 1987. It depicts the crowd that gathered to celebrate part of the Glenreagh Public School centenary that took place. Can you recognise anyone in the photo? Children dressed in period clothing are seated in the front rows with adults seated behind and standing at the rear. A huge marquee can also be seen behind the crowd. AccNr00427

These are former residents of Glenreagh, Mr John and Mrs Ruth Handford. They lived on Coramba Street, at the northern en...
28/05/2026

These are former residents of Glenreagh, Mr John and Mrs Ruth Handford. They lived on Coramba Street, at the northern end of town. While it is not known what year this photo was taken, according to the notice found on Trove, John Handford, who passed away in 1963, was a retired farmer. This photo also has the name 'Douglas McNaughton Photographer' and 'Glenreagh' stamped on the rear. This photo is another that the Museum had been allowed to scan and return, courtesy of Shirley Towells. AccNr01051 and 01051r

This photo depicts Alex McPherson with his bullock team and was taken in 1961. How many bullocks can you spot? My count ...
27/05/2026

This photo depicts Alex McPherson with his bullock team and was taken in 1961. How many bullocks can you spot? My count is ..... (You go first, I'll go last 😁😉)
Alex worked his bullocks in the bush with their timber jinker or 'bobtail.' In this photo it appears that they are taking a break from their work. The first pair of bullocks, known as the polers, are still attached to the jinker. The remainder of the team are unattached although it appears they are still harnessed together in pairs. At least 6 or possibly 7 bullocks can be seen in this photo. Alex is probably holding his long handled bullock whip. or a long stick that was used for the same purpose, to guide and command the bullock team. This was just one of several teams that operated in the Glenreagh area. Shipmans' mill on Shipman's Road in Glenreagh, may, most likely, have been the destination for the logs that this team hauled. To hear bullocky's cry, the crack of the whip and the creak of the chains as the timber was dragged through the bush is now largely a lost sound. Accnr00099

Here is another of our Nana Glen photos that we have, that we can't name who is in the photo. If you can recognise anyon...
26/05/2026

Here is another of our Nana Glen photos that we have, that we can't name who is in the photo. If you can recognise anyone please let us know. It is believed that they were people from the Nana Glen area. In this photo we have a group of men and women and a couple of children sitting on the ground. Perhaps the building behind them may jog some memory for someone. Was it a picnic area or similar? AccNr01035

The flood that occurred in June 1950 was one that lived on in the minds of those who were here in Glenreagh at the time,...
25/05/2026

The flood that occurred in June 1950 was one that lived on in the minds of those who were here in Glenreagh at the time, and has been talked about many times in the years since. This picture, most likely taken from the signal gantry over the train lines in the railway yard, was taken by one of the railway workers who lived on the eastern side of the river. The view looked out over the entrance to the railway station entrance, towards Glenreagh and the Orara River. On the top right side of the picture you can see some of the buildings in the Glenreagh township, across the Orara River. On the far left is the Allan Taylor sawmill, where just above the top fence line, the roof of a building can be seen on the waterline. If you look to the left of the telegraph pole in the middle of the photo, you can see a building in the background, which is also on the western side of the river. In front of this building, you can see the traffic bridge which spans the Orara River, with the river height up to the deck of the bridge. Also seen on the left of the picture is another building on the western side of the river, which is surrounded by water. The first photo is the original, the second sharpened a little. AccNr00078

Before the ribbon cutting, Sam Hyatt, president of the School of Arts committee welcomes the guests to the official open...
24/05/2026

Before the ribbon cutting, Sam Hyatt, president of the School of Arts committee welcomes the guests to the official opening of the School of Arts Hall extensions. Playing on the stage that night was the band Jus Simply Us, with band member Grant Rigby, seen on the far right. It is not known who the man is that can be seen bottom right, not who the children are that are sitting on the stair and seen against the wall. The official opening was held on 17th October 1986. AccNr00802

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