Timeline Stories

Boxing Day: South Coast Bush Fires.   Eden Library relocated from the Eden Log Cabin to its present location.

Eden Community Access Centre opened.

Eden’s Heinz Wattie Cannery closed leaving 1 in 8 of Eden workers unemployed.

The first Eden Whale Festival was held in October.

Green Cape Lighthouse converted to solar power and the old light was decommissioned in favor of a steel-framed latticework tower.

TASMAN HAULER. Scuttled off Twofold Bay July 30.

100 years after its construction Green Cape Lighthouse was automated.

Due to over-fishing Eden fisheries were placed under management with restrictions on many fish species and abalone. Consequently, the number of commercial fishermen declined.

Bega Valley Council, Imlay (Eden) Shire Council, and Mumbulla Shire Council amalgamated to form Bega Valley Shire Council.

The Fishermen’s Memorial Wall completed.