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Early Days at The Entrance

The first known report of The Entrance area corn farm, fishing spot, guest houses, ferry

was when a search party was sent north to look service and was the site where several families

for escaped convict Mary Morgan (known as settled and grew.

Molly Morgan). Their search included a lagoon A very generous family throughout several
between Broken Bay and Cape Three Points,
generations, the Taylors donated land for
which was“within the sea beach of about twenty
schools, churches, halls and other community
miles in length, parallel with the sea coast”. This amenities to be built. The area, known as

lagoon was Tuggerah Lakes.
Tuggerah Beach in the early 1900s, was a

Brisbane Water Magistrate Willoughby Bean popular tourism destination – and still is.

bought a property, which took in The Entrance The first subdivision of the Taylor’s land was

and Long Jetty (an area of three square miles), released for sale on March 3, 1920, when 200
from the Crown in the 1820s. The property
blocks were sold for 60-80 pounds ($120-$160).
changed hands several times, after many
“Very special choice” blocks sold for 200 pounds
owners suffered financial difficulties, until Jane
($400). The Commonwealth Land and Agency
Taylor bought it in 1854.
Company of Sydney undertook a second

The area was used for many purposes, including subdivision in 1923.

a stock and cattle property, dairy, wheat and

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