Taree, New South Wales

Taree is a town on the Mid North Coast, New South Wales, Australia. Taree and nearby Cundletown were settled in 1831 by William Wynter. Since then Taree has grown to a population of around 20,000 people and is the centre of a significant agricultural district. It is 16 km from the sea coast, and 317 km north of Sydney. Taree can be reached by train via the North Coast Railway, and by the Pacific Highway.

Taree is within the local government area of the City of Greater Taree, the state electorate of Myall Lakes and the Federal electorate of Lyne.

Name

The name Taree is derived from "tareebit" the local native Biripi word meaning tree by the river, or more specifically, the Sandpaper Fig (Ficus coronata).

History

Taree was laid out as a private town in 1854 by Henry Flett, the son-in-law of William Wynter who had originally settled the area in 1831. 100 acres (40 ha) had been set aside for the private township and 40 lots were initially sold. Taree was declared a municipality on 26 March 1885 and the first municipal council was elected by the residents. In 1844, the government of New South Wales had established Wingham at the head of navigation of the Manning River as its administrative centre which hindered Taree becoming the major centre of the region.

Taree (disambiguation)

Taree may refer to:

Taree (song)

"Taree" is a song by American rock band Soundgarden. Written by bassist Ben Shepherd (music) and frontman Chris Cornell (lyrics), the song appears as the seventh track on the band’s sixth studio album, King Animal (2012).

Origin and composition

Before releasing King Animal, Soundgarden uploaded a string of promotional commentary videos, shot in the Moore Theatre in Seattle, Washington, to its official YouTube account in October and early November 2012. A video involving guitarist Kim Thayil and bassist Ben Shepherd discussing "Taree" was posted online on November 4, 2012, although it had already premiered on MSN two days earlier. In this interview, Shepherd stated that he wrote the music to "Taree" prior to the disbanding of Soundgarden in April 1997:

Shepherd added that in the years following the only singers he expected to record in "Taree" were Cornell, Mark Lanegan, or Paul Rodgers. He did a demo of the song with Soundgarden drummer Matt Cameron while making his solo album In Deep Owl, and decided to show it to the band once King Animal went into production. According to Metro, the song is in 14/4 time. In the past, Kim Thayil has said that Soundgarden usually did not consider the time signature of a song, until after the band had written it, and said that the use of unorthodox meters was ‘‘a total accident.’’ Additionally, Thayil uses the wah wah pedal, sometimes cited as being his signature effect, on the track.