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History & Heritagein Berry NSW

The indigenous people of the area were the Wodi Wodi people. In the 1810s, George William Evans, Government Surveyor, reported on the Berry district as a possible settlement and on the good stands of red cedar. Subsequently, itinerant timber cutters visited to cut and send cedar to Sydney.

Alexander Berry, with his business partner Edward Wollstonecraft, pioneered European settlement in the Shoalhaven region in 1822. The locality was known as Broughton Creek from its beginning in 1825 as a private town and part of a large rural grant holding called “Coolangatta”. The name was changed to Berry in 1889, following the death of David Berry, Alexander’s brother, to honour the Berry family. The local public hospital was also bequeathed by the Berry family, and is now named the David Berry Hospital – a rehabilitation hospital and palliative care hospice.

For much of its early history the town depended on timber cutting and dairy farming, with a tannery and boat building also present, but today, Berry is a town of thriving independent businesses and a unique blend of stylish boutiques, homewares stores, gourmet cafes and restaurants.

Berry Museum

History & Heritage

Learn about the history of Berry and its people. The Berry Museum is operated by the Berry and District Historical Society....

Berry Historic Walking Trails

History & Heritage

A walk around Berry township with a written walking guide complete with directions, historical photographs and information on Berry’s buildings and history...

Muir House Gallery

Community Groups, History & Heritage

Come and visit Muir House Community Gallery, and browse through a selection of art, textiles, jewellery and woodwork at affordable prices....

Churches

Community Groups, History & Heritage

Berry has many historic churches dotted around the township....

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Garbage Collection Day in Berry

Garbage is collected from Berry residences on Wednesday mornings, with red-lid waste bins collected weekly and yellow-lid recycling bins collected fortnightly. Bins MUST be placed on the kerbside the night before, at least 1m apart....

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