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This little taste of the real Australia is brought to you by

MANILLA
HISTORICAL SOCIETY
New England Region, New South Wales Au

We're an enthusiastic bunch of local Volunteers with a mutual passion for the preservation of Australian Rural Community Heritage. 
Europeans moved into these parts of the now New England Region in the 1830s and settled on land long-familiar to local indigenous families of the large Kamilaroi Nation, the boundaries of which extend from Tamworth in the east, out westward to Narrabri, Walgett and Lightning Ridge; and from Coonabarabran in the Southwest to Goondawindi in the north at the Queensland border. See Places on the Map
 Manilla built its early prosperity upon products of the land - cattle, wheat & wool. The community which grew out of those early days is much the same as any other in small towns in 'the Bush'. Here are stories typical of life through thick and thin in country New South Wales. We hope you enjoy reading about our findings in these pages.                                                                     Di Nichol, M.H.S.

NEWS    April 2013 

WW1 Centenary Publication

Historians put names to faces for History Book.
                                               Read more...

*2013 Website Upgrade*

Our Internet pages have been 'up there' in one form or another since 1999. In 2001 We developed an active following via our Page on 'MSN Groups', an early form of social media, which ran throughout the 1990s. We maintained our 'dotOrg-dotAu' Domain in the following years, with a History Forum and links to Manilla stories and photos. Now, as we mark more than a decade online, we're tackling the task of site renewal. So any unresponsive links to topics that you may find throughout these pages will become live as we work our way through digitising the MANILLA COMMUNITY COLLECTION.  

Moving around the Museum Website

All our information has been arranged with ease of access in mind. If you find any difficulty in navigating your way through our topics, subjects and articles, please let us know via our contact form, and we'll do our best to simplify the tour. Just click here, to contact us. 
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