You are here: Home › Archive › Our Story › Our History Old › Local History › NNSW › Port Macquarie › Closure Closure Share Facebook Twitter Tweet Increase Text Size Decrease Text Size Print The Salvation Army, however, wasn’t to last. Port Macquarie Salvation Army was closed on 8 May 1901 for reasons not entirely known. It was another 83 years before The Salvation Army re-established full-time operations in the town.