Category: Fortress Newcastle

Fortress Newcastle: A Call To Action

March 24, 2020

Fortress Newcastle: A Call To Action Lessons from History: Can Newcastle and the Hunter & Central Coast Regions help in the fight against COVID-19?   History repeats, and now is the time for our past achievements to help the world confronted with new challenges.  The Newcastle Industrial Heritage Association’s story of “Fortress Newcastle” is one … More Fortress Newcastle: A Call To Action

Defences N.S.W. Newcastle Fort General Plan of the Works with Contours & Lines of Sections, 1879

Conservation for Rare Fort Scratchley Plan 1879

December 8, 2009

Delivery of Rare Fort Scratchley Plan This week the Fort Scratchley Historical Society sent us an important and rare plan of the Fort works dating from 1879 for emergency conservation work. Fort Scratchley Representative on the Coal River Working Party, Mr Bill Hanley delivered the plan to us after Monday’s meeting. We were asked to … More Conservation for Rare Fort Scratchley Plan 1879