[2][3] Wright adopted the local Worimi Aboriginal place name "Tuncurry" for the area north of Forster, which is said to mean "plenty fish".

[4] The Worimi people called John Wright "big boss" and "first fella".

Before settling in Tuncurry, Wright sold his share of a sawmilling and shipwright business with Alexander Croll at Bungwahl on the Myall Lakes.

Another son, Sidney Garden Wright managed a large sawmill known as Avalon Mill near Krambach.

[6] The water front land where the mill and shipyard stood at Tuncurry was gazetted as an area for public recreation and in 1962 was renamed John Wright Park.