MACAULEY’S Headland is a well-known landmark in Coffs Harbour, with extensive views over the ocean, its walking tracks and nearby beach. Its name came from the area’s initial selector, Donald Macauley, who was born in Stornaway, on Lewis and Harris, the largest island in Scotland’s Outer Hebrides archipelago. Initially, he migrated to Canada then came […]

COFFS Harbour Jetty Foreshores was an idea promoted by Harry Lovett in an editorial printed in the Advocate-Opinion in 1968. He had moved to Coffs Harbour in 1934 and worked as a correspondent for the Daily Examiner and Sydney Morning Herald before serving in the 2/2nd Infantry Battalion as Lieutenant. After his capture at Veria […]

PERRY’S circus was one of the earliest to be formed in Australia by convicts, George and Mary Ann Perry. Their son, Charles Perry and his wife Bridget, took over its management, with Perry’s circus becoming the first circus to circumnavigate Australia’s mainland. Charles specialised in horse riding feats and by the mid-1880s was advertised as […]