Narooma Historical Society president Laurelle Pacey gave a talk on Saturday (20 September). Photos: Marion Williams.

An entertaining series of storyboards captures how the early settlers crossed Narooma’s Wagonga Inlet and how their innovative descendants introduced hydro-electric power and the first public water supply south of Nowra.

Narooma Historical Society created the exhibition to mark History Council NSW’s History Week 2025 theme of water stories.

Sea transport was vital for coastal settlements such as Narooma until after World War II.

Initially, small vessels carried cargo such as timber, wattle bark and oysters, mainly to Sydney. They returned with supplies, mail and occasionally passengers.

The small vessels could be stuck for weeks waiting for a favourable wind, so steamer

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