1800 – 1830: Early contact & Settlement
1830 – 1860: Churches & Schools
1860 – 1890: Selection & Commerce
1890 – 1920: Dairying & Technology
1920 – 1950: Tourism & Talkies
1950 – 1980: Closures & National Parks
1980 – 2012: Lifestyle & Dams
1800 – 1830: Early contact & Settlement
1801 First explorations of Hunter, Williams & Paterson Rivers
1804 Convict timber cutters
1812 Small grants begin (Paterson)
1821 Major land grants begin (Paterson River)
1825 Small grants begin (Clarence Town)
1828 Court House & Lockup (Old Banks, Paterson River)
1829 Major land grants begin (Williams River)
1830 – 1860: Churches & Schools {Back}
1831 William the Fourth built at Clarence Town
1833 Court at Dungog
1834 School at Lowe’s shipyard (Clarence Town)
1835 Charley hanged at Dungog
1837 Blanket distribution to Gringai people
1838 Barracks built for troopers (Dungog)
1840 Bishop Polding visits Dungog
1840 Summer Hill Catholic Chapel
1842 St Ann’s Church (Presbyterian)
1844 Horse race (Clarence Town)
1846 Oddfellows (Paterson)
1848 Troopers withdrawn from Dungog barracks
1849 First National School (Clarence Town )
1851 National School (Dungog )
1852 German vinedressers in Allyn Valley
1855 Two Presbyterian Churches at Dungog
1858 Rev Vanderkiste lost in Allyn Valley
1860 Reading Room (Dungog)
1860 – 1890: Selection & Commerce {Back}
1861 First saw mill (steam driven) in Dungog
1863 Kendall writes poem Dungog
1864 Mutual Improvement Society (Dungog)
1865 Three schools open (Alison, Croom Park, Fosterton)
1869 Court House (Clarence Town)
1870 St Mary’s Catholic Church (Dungog)
1871 Summer Hill Public School
1872 Gold mining at Wangat
1875 First saw mill (Paterson)
1878 Cornflour Mill (Dungog)
1879 Bridge over Williams River (Clarence Town)
1882 Gringai removed to Maloga Mission
1884 Congregationalist Church (Eccleston)
1888 Catholic Convent and School (Dungog)
1890 – 1920: Dairying & Technology {Back}
1892 Cottage Hospital (Dungog)
1893 Municipal Council (Dungog)
1894 Creamery set up by Boydell (Allyn River)
1901 Aged pensions awarded
1904 Telephone at PO (Dungog)
1905 Butter Factory (Dungog)
1908 Butter Factory (Gostwyck)
1911 Railway reaches Dungog
1912 Picture Palace (Dungog)
1913 Williams River Shipping Co liquidated
1915 School of Arts (Clarence Town)
1916 Mt Rivers P&C begun
1920 Memorial Town Hall (Dungog)
1920 – 1950: Tourism & Talkies {Back}
1923 Martin’s Creek transferred from Port Stephens to Wallarobba Shire
1924 Motor Car service Dungog to Chichester
1925 Street lights (Dungog)
1926 Vacy estate subdivided
1928 Tarring of Main St (Dungog)
1930 Talking pictures arrive in Dungog
1930 Barrington Guest House
1936 Electricity beyond Vacy
1936 CWA Gresford
1938 Sewerage works begin (Dungog)
1945 Clarence Town receives electricity
1949 Last new school opens (Upper Allyn)
1950 – 1980: Closures & National Parks {Back}
1950 Rotary (Dungog)
1951 Tillegra Dam proposed
1954 Dusodie & Wangat Schools close
1956 Lions Club (Dungog)
1957 Tennis allowed on Sundays (Dungog)
1958 Paterson & Vacy incorporated into Wallarobba Shire
1958 Dungog Shire created
1960 Mains water (Clarence Town)
1962 Cinema closed (Clarence Town)
1965 Tocal College begins
1967 Paterson Court House closes
1968 Seaham Weir
1970 Clarence Town courthouse closes
1971 Dungog High School opens
1973 Public Library (Dungog)
1974 Paterson Museum opens
1975 Summer Hill School closed
1976 Filming of The Outsiders – ABC TV
1979 Filming of The Earthling
1980 – 2012: Lifestyle & Dams {Back}
1980 Stevens Knitting Mill closes
1982 Community work funding
1985 Tocal Field Days begin (Paterson)
1985 Community Health Centre (Gresford)
1986 First computer at Glen William Public School
1986 Last one teacher school (Eccleston) closes
1987 Croll’s Mill closes (Dungog)
1994 Film Society starts (Dungog)
1995 First Pedalfest
2006 Dungog Red Cross finishes
2007 First Dungog Film Festival
2012 Gresford Ladies RSL auxiliary ends
2012 Drovers Ay-One closed
2012 Dungog Community College opens
2012 Mumford & Sons concert (Dungog)