On the 6th October 2017 the University of Newcastle (Australia)’s Natural History Illustration Field Studies & Culture Class NHIL3004 visited the historic sites of Newcastle. Under the supervision of Dr Bernadette Drabsch, the students were introduced to a variety of important places on a walking tour including Christ Church Cathedral, the former Parsonage site, the former Newcastle Court House, Rose Cottage, James Fletcher Hospital Site, former military barracks site, Exchange and former Town Hall Chambers in Watt Street, Customs House, Cornish Dock, Macquarie Pier and Fort Scratchley. Their history guides were Dr Ann Hardy and Gionni Di Gravio. This work forms part of the greater initiative of the GLAMx Living Histories Site Documentation Team.
Fascinating – particularly the Victoria Theatre. Thanks so much.
Thank you but what about the Stockade site the first industrial site in Australia the original forge pit Dr john Turner uncovered & fort Scratchily , Shepard’s Hill , Nobbys Legend of the Big kangaroo ,Cottage creek corroboree and cemetery site , The Tank Streams Three that I know of ,The old Jail & Hospital ,The first sandstone Warf at Customs House . the FOUR Boat harbours one was at the Sandstone Warf ,The Drilled Tunnels at Nobbys , Newcastle’s first mine , the incline coal Skips Gravity Feed ,The Pilot Station on the north side of the breakwater Rocky Point, Ship wrecks that made Stockton Breakwater . The Original Christ Church with stories of the Newcastle creep ( soil) . Then and now the Shape of the Harbour Foreshore . The original Place of Shortland’s landing camp Stream . Then and now of the Change to the Hunter River Hamilton was part of the river flats and Stockton was a Island . Then and Now Kooragang Island and the Islands that made it up.. The Brick Large storm water under the court house . The original Newcastle Water Supply Reservoirs. Scott st was High water and the Build up of Hunter st because of that . Stockton Ballast ground and the Jesus Tree the tree of Thorns . gold and silver bearing rocks from Africa . Nobbys place for Criminal Lady’s. The Cedar Getters and Rafts to Newcastle Big john Young C.M. & O.A.M. bigjohn@optusnet.com.au
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This is the first natural history illustration project at Newcastle:http://archival.sl.nsw.gov.au/Details/archive/110320794 – Thomas Skottowe’s Select Specimens of Nature, from 1813. It could be argued that Richard Browne could have benefited from a Field Studies and Culture class…