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Eriko Takefuji
Local ResidentEriko at a Chado Workshop at Mitcham Community Centre in 2025
As a dedicated instructor of the Urasenke school of Japanese tea ceremony (Chado), one of Japan’s oldest and largest tea traditions, I also conducts workshops introducing the art and spirit of Chado to Australian audiences.
Across my work in traditional crafts, landscape design and tea ceremony, I am passionate about sharing the richness of Japanese culture and the essence of Japanese aesthetics with people in Australia.
TAKEFUJI
While the online boutique is the heart of TAKEFUJI, Eriko also participates in Japanese cultural events and markets held in Adelaide, creating opportunities for people to discover and experience the richness of Japanese craftsmanship.
Launched in 2026, TAKEFUJI LAWLER is a landscape design practice that explores how Japanese aesthetics can be expressed within the unique natural environment of Australia. Working alongside her husband Richard, whose background is in architectural design, TAKEFUJI LAWLER aims to create gardens that are not confined to the traditional Japanese garden style, but instead draw on the essence of Japanese aesthetics to create spaces that respond to both people and nature.
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Distinguished and Famous people from Tenterfield Region
🗣️ Sir Henry Parkes
Henry Parkes gave Tenterfield an enduring place in the Federation story when he spoke at the School of Arts on 24 October 1889. His argument for an Australian government linked defence and other shared concerns with the practical case for bringing the colonies together. He had also represented Tenterfield in the colonial Parliament after local voters returned him following his loss of East Sydney in 1882. Parkes did not live to see Federation in 1901, but the address became one of the best-remembered steps towards it.
🎹 Peter Allen
Peter Allen's international career began far from the cabaret stages where he made his name: he was born in Tenterfield in 1944. As a teenager he joined Chris Bell in the Allen Brothers, later developing a solo career distinguished by energetic performances and successful songwriting. His writing reached audiences through other artists as well as his own recordings, including the Oscar-winning Arthur's Theme. The musical The Boy from Oz later brought his life story to Australian and Broadway audiences, introducing another generation to the performer whose beginnings lay in this northern NSW town.
The family connection also became a song: Allen’s grandfather George Woolnough was a saddle maker, remembered in Tenterfield Saddler in 1972. The town was therefore more than a birthplace in his public story; family memory helped carry its name into his songwriting.
🐑 Sir Stuart Donaldson
Stuart Donaldson's district association began through pastoral investment, including Tenterfield Station from 1840. His business interests extended across large New England sheep runs, while his public career developed in Sydney. He became the first premier of New South Wales in June 1856, holding office only until August. The station connection and the Scottish family name behind Tenterfield are a different part of his story from that short premiership. London-born Donaldson was a merchant and pastoralist before becoming a colonial political leader.
