Digitised maps and plans relating to Newcastle and the Hunter Region
![Plan of the Town of Maitland As Approved By His Excellency The Governor A.D. 1829 [Digitised from a reprint from July 1986 by the Central Mapping Authority, Department of Lands New South Wales, courtesy of the original A.O. 3634 held in the Archives Office of New South Wales]](https://hunterlivinghistories.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Maitland1829-365x365.jpg?crop=1)
Emeritus Professor John Fryer provided us with this reprint of this amazing plan of Maitland by the original name: Plan of the Town of Maitland As Approved By His Excellency The Governor A.D. 1829 Digitised from a mounted reprint created in July 1986 by the Central Mapping Authority, Department of Lands New South Wales. … More Maitland in 1829
Proposed BHP Steelworks Site Newcastle 1911 Parish of Newcastle, Northumberland : Port Waratah (with future site of B.H.P. Steelworks) by A.F. Hall, Licensed Surveyor ; photo-lithographed by W.A. Gullick, Government Printer, Sydney, N.S.W. [Sydney] : [New South Wales Department of Lands], [1911]. Note: Land proposed to be sold to Broken Hill Proprietary Co. Ltd edged … More BHP Steelworks Site Newcastle in 1911
The engraving above of “Newcastle N.S.W. was published in the Supplement to “The lIlustrated Australian News for Home Readers” on the 3 November 1875. The “Key to the View of Newcastle” was published over a month later on the 29 December 1875. It was also (apparently) published in The Illustrated Sydney News of the 8 … More Newcastle in 1874
Acknowledgment of Aboriginal Country The Awabakal and Worimi peoples are the traditional custodians of the lands and islands surrounding the mouth of the Hunter River (Coquon) and present day Newcastle and Stockton. This work respectfully honours the First Australian People, the Aboriginal People of this land. Appendix A Shows harbour depths, Hunter River Islands: … More Deepening the Hunter River in 1857
Acknowledgment of Aboriginal Country The Dunghutti people are the traditional custodians of the land surrounding the Macleay River catchment and the Apsley River catchment. This work respectfully honours the First Australian People, the Aboriginal People of this land. DOWNLOAD Macleay River report on entrance to. by Sir John Coode. Sydney : George Stephen … More Report on The Entrance To The Macleay River (1890)
Here are two digital copies of G.B White’s 1844 Plan of the Hunter Region from the Port Hunter (Newcastle) to the Maitland Falls. Title Plan of the River Hunter from Port Hunter to the Falls at West Maitland Surveyed in October 1844 by G.B White. Lithographed by J. Allen 81 King St. West. 1844 … More 1844 Plan of the Hunter Region
Kooragang Island is the name, now given, to what was once a number of Islands that made up the Hunter River estuary. Ash Island was one of these Islands, there were many more. Local Radio ABC 1233 Local ABC Radio 1233 asked what was the difference between Ash Island and Kooragang Island? University Archivist & … More Kooragang Island
First Complete Aerial Coverage for Greater Newcastle 1944 A team working through Transport NSW and Spatial Services NSW have successfully digitised a complete set of aerial photographs of Newcastle as it looked in 1944. The Department of Main Roads (DMR) commissioned the aerial photography during World War II, as part of its aerial surveys. This … More Newcastle and Suburbs Aerial View, 1944
One of the more bizarre episodes in the history of aerial photography occurred during World War I with the use of “squadrons” of homing pigeons, each equipped with a single shot camera on a time-fuse. The photograph (above) illustrates 3 different types of cameras used by the ‘pigeon squad’. History of Aerial Photography and the … More The History of Aerial Photography
Interview with former Pilot Officer Ronald (Ron) Slater who talks about events of 12th November 1963 when he was piloting a Royal Australian Air Force Sabre fight jet (RAAF serial number: A94 – 929) in a formation of eight aircraft from RAAF Williamtown’s No.2 Operational Conversion Unit (2OCU), his aircraft entered a spin. Ron … More Interview with Pilot Officer Ronald (Ron) Slater