AERIAL VIEW OF NEWCASTLE (N.S.W.), LOOKING SOUTH. (Milton Kent photo.) The Australasian, 22 June 1929 p.71 (TROVE)
The aerial view of Newcastle by Milton Kent, located in TROVE, and reproduced above was originally published in The Australasian on the 22nd June 1929 page 71, and appears to come from the same set of original glass negatives reproduced below. This may provide some evidence to the dating of at least some of the images prior to 1929.
The originals were held in the archives of the former A. Goninan & Co. Ltd. originally established in 1899, which later changed its name to United Goninan before being taken over by the United Group in 1999. The company designs, manufactures and undertakes maintenance work on railway rolling stock, locomotives and light rail vehicles.
Phillip Warren arranged for the original glass negatives to be re-scanned by Greg and Sylvia Ray. They have kindly provided us with the higher resolution files to assist in dating the images, please see below.
The original negatives were aerial photographs taken by Milton Kent Airplane Photographs, Sydney.
Along with the digital files was a scan of a listing of the glass negatives undertaken in 1988 by a J.L.N. Southern.
We have decided to retain the descriptions but ignore the dates that Southern assigned to each image, as it became clear that many of the images were taken in the late 1920s, and not the 1930s as Southern had surmised.
Click on the image to download the high resolution images, and again, many thanks to Phillip Warren, Greg and Sylvia Ray.
Gionni Di Gravio
University Archivist & Chair, University of Newcastle’s Coal River Working Party
Newcastle, Signal Hill, Fort Scratchley, Zaara Street Power House, Port Hunter, The Dyke, The Basin (Photograph by Milton Kent Airplane Photographs, Sydney. Southern No. 70.4.-.20.1935.W.jpg)
Merewether, Newcastle, Signal Hill, Fort Scratchley, Zaara Street Power House, Port Hunter, Wave Trap, Stoney Point, The Dyke, The Basin, Bullock Island (Photograph by Milton Kent Airplane Photographs, Sydney. Southern No. 66.-.-.-.1935.W.jpg)
“Newcastle From The Air” 22 August 1928, p.17 Sydney Mail. (Located by Jude Conway in TROVE)
Newcastle Entrance, Knobbys head, Signal Hill, Fort Scratchley, Merewether, Port Hunter, Wave Trap, Pirate Point, Stockton, The Dyke. (Photograph by Milton Kent Airplane Photographs, Sydney. Southern No. 61.6.-.1.1934.jpg)
Newcastle, King Edward Park, Watt Street, Bolton and Newcomen Streets, Church of England Cathedral, Customs House, NSWR Station, 19, 35 and 32 class locomotives. (Photograph by Milton Kent Airplane Photographs, Sydney. Southern No. 67.-.-.13.1935.S.jpg)
Newcastle aerial, rail, circa 1928. Newcastle, Stevenson Street, Scott St., Hunter St., King St., NSW Railway Station, 19, 35 and 32 class locomotives. (Photograph by Milton Kent Airplane Photographs, Sydney. Image labelled 68/13 now 68-1935 Courtesy of Phillip Warren)
Newcastle, Stevenson Street, Scott St., Hunter St., King St., NSW Railway Station, 19, 35 and 32 class locomotives. (Photograph by Milton Kent Airplane Photographs, Sydney. Southern No. 68.-.-.14.1935.E.jpg)
Port Hunter, Stockton, Knobbys Head, Newcastle, The Dyke, The Basin, Carrington, Bullock Island, Cowper Street Bridge Over Throsby Creek, Hannell Street. (Photograph by Milton Kent Airplane Photographs, Sydney. Southern No. 56.5.-.2.1930.SM.jpg)
Newcastle, Port Hunter, Stockton, Walsh Island, The Dyke, Carrington, The Basin, Bullock Island, Throsby Creek. (Photograph by Milton Kent Airplane Photographs, Sydney. Southern No. 57.3.-.7.1930.S.jpg)
Port Hunter, Stockton, Walsh Island, Port Waratah, Carrington, Bullock Island, The Dyke, Ingall Street, Lysaght Works, Rylands, BHP, 9 Open Hearth stacks, Merchant Mills, Brink Plant, Administrative Building, Crebert Street, Bull Street, Arthur, William, Avon, Vine and Kerr Streets, Mayfield. (Photograph by Milton Kent Airplane Photographs, Sydney. Southern No. 58.-.-.8.1930.jpg)
Port Hunter, Stockton, Moscheto Island, Walsh Island, Port waratah, South Channel, Lysaght Works, Rylands, BHP, Ingall Street, Bull, Arthur, William and Crebert Streets Mayfield. (Photograph by Milton Kent Airplane Photographs, Sydney. Southern No. 59.-.-.11.1930.jpg)
BHP, three blast furnances, Raw Materials Trestle, 10 Open Hearth stacks, 7 Soaking Pit stacks, Coppee-Wilputte Coke Ovens, Coke Screen House and Bins, By-Products Plant. (Photograph by Milton Kent Airplane Photographs, Sydney. Southern No. 62.4.-.1.1935.jpg)
Port Hunter, Stockton, Walsh Island, Port Waratah, BHP, Coke Screen House and Bins, By-Product Plant, Wilputte Coke Ovens, Pig Mills, New By-Product Plant, Spares Area and Slag Dump. (Photograph by Milton Kent Airplane Photographs, Sydney. Southern No. 63.3.-.2.1935.jpg)
Newcastle, Port Hunter, BHP, three Blast Furnances, Raw Materials Trestle, 10 Open hearth stacks, 7 Soaking Pit stacks, Coke Screen House and Bins, By-Product Plant, Coppee-Wilputte Coke Ovens, Pig Mills, New By-Product Plant, Spares Area and Slag Dump. (Photograph by Milton Kent Airplane Photographs, Sydney. Southern No. 64.9.-.1935.S.jpg)
BHP, Merchant Mills,Brick Plant, Administrative Building, Tirrikiba, Rylands, Lysaght Works, Ingall Street, South Channel.(Photograph by Milton Kent Airplane Photographs, Sydney. Southern No. 65.5.-.-.1935.SE.jpg)
Port Hunter, Newcastle, The Dyke, The Basin, Carrington, Cowper Street bridge over Throsby Creek, Bullock Island, Hannell and Michael Streets. (Photograph by Milton Kent Airplane Photographs, Sydney. Southern No. 69.-.-.19.1935.S.jpg)
Georgetown, NSW Rail Broadmeadow, Show Ground, Australia Road and Stormwater Drain, Thorn Road, Broadmeadow Road, Hartley Vale branch railway, Goninan & Co. Workshop, Lambton Coal Company Railway, Caledonian Collieries Ltd railway. (Photograph by Milton Kent Airplane Photographs, Sydney. Southern No. 71.3.-.-.1935.SE.jpg)
Lake Macquarie Entrnace, Swansea Heads, Reid’s Mistake, Signal Staion, Northcote Avenue, Caves Beach. (Photograph by Milton Kent Airplane Photographs, Sydney. Southern No. 72.6.-.-.1935.jpg)
