Category: European People

Posts relating to the history of European migrant cultures that have arrived in Newcastle and the Hunter Region after 1770

From Scone to the Head Waters of the Hunter. A Survey of Properties and People Following the Gundy Road 1896 – 1897

September 8, 2016

DOWNLOAD From Scone to the Head Waters of the Hunter. A Survey of Properties and People Following the Gundy Road and Various Side-roads Along the Way 1896-1897 By M.H. (Mac) Bridge (20 MB PDF FILE) From Scone to the Head Waters of the Hunter. A Survey of Properties and People Following the Gundy Road and … More From Scone to the Head Waters of the Hunter. A Survey of Properties and People Following the Gundy Road 1896 – 1897

Barrallier’s Surveys of the Hunter Region (1801-1802)

July 15, 2016

  Coal Harbour and Rivers When historians once spoke of the “Barrallier Survey” or “Map of the Hunter Region”, conducted during the survey mission of June to July 1801, the map (pictured above) was the only one known to them. It was published in the Historical Records of New South Wales, Volume 5 between pages … More Barrallier’s Surveys of the Hunter Region (1801-1802)

Lieutenant John Shortland – Hunter’s River 1797

July 12, 2016

Lieutenant John Shortland. An eye sketch of Hunter’s River. 1797. Signed J.S. [initials presumed to be those of Lieutenant John Shortland]. 1797 Lieutenant John Shortland, R.N. Lieutenant John Shortland of the H.M.S. Reliance officially “discovered” the River on the 10th September 1797 while on route to Port Stephens. The letter to his father reporting the … More Lieutenant John Shortland – Hunter’s River 1797

The Twelfth Man: John Fleming and the Myall Creek Massacre By Patricia Withycombe

July 6, 2016

In 2015 Patricia (Patsy) Withycombe wrote a Honours thesis The Twelfth Man: John Fleming and the Myall Creek Massacre as part of a UON Bachelor of Arts (Hons). Patsy completed her Bachelor of Arts in 2013, having majored in History and French. In 2015 Patsy completed her History honours thesis, which argues that that John … More The Twelfth Man: John Fleming and the Myall Creek Massacre By Patricia Withycombe

The Convict Coal Mines of Newcastle (Coast Series 3 Filmshoot Backgrounder)

April 15, 2016

When was coal first identified in Newcastle (Australia)? And by who? Australia’s first discoveries of coal were in 1791 (unoffically) and 1796 and 1797 (officially, by unnamed fishermen and Lieutenant John Shortland respectively), leading to the first export (1799) and first profit (1801) of a natural resource in this country. 1791 (Escaping Convicts – James … More The Convict Coal Mines of Newcastle (Coast Series 3 Filmshoot Backgrounder)

Beautiful Images of Newcastle in the 1870s from the State Library of Victoria

February 23, 2016

These wonderful postcard image Views of Newcastle from the mid-1870s are available in both jpg and tif format from the State Library of Victoria site here: http://search.slv.vic.gov.au/primo_library/libweb/action/dlDisplay.do?vid=MAIN&docId=SLV_VOYAGER2517591&fn=permalink Click on the images to see the higher resolution jpgs generated from the original tif images. Dr Ann Hardy has located very similar postcard images in the Holtermann … More Beautiful Images of Newcastle in the 1870s from the State Library of Victoria

Lt William Sacheverell Coke and Desmond

November 6, 2015

This work is conducted in memory and respectfully honours the First Australian People, the Aboriginal People of this land. The second-in-charge of the Colony of Newcastle in 1827 was just 22 years old. Lieutenant William Sacheverell Coke is another of those early European inhabitants who kept a record of his relationships with the local Aboriginal … More Lt William Sacheverell Coke and Desmond

The “We Live In This Valley” (1962) Film Archive

July 2, 2015

  “We Live In This Valley” (1962) The 1962 documentary feature by Douglass Baglin “We Live In This Valley” was recently unearthed by Peter Smith and Greg & Sylvia Ray. In addition, its (until recently) lost outtake reels, have now also been digitised by the University of Newcastle (Australia) and available freely online. Who Made … More The “We Live In This Valley” (1962) Film Archive