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Bikinis or Coal Jetties on Stockton Beach? An Alternate Vision from 1911

November 27, 2019

The three Newcastle plans below form part of a collection of twenty one (21) plans held at the University of Newcastle’s Cultural Collections that originally accompanied the 1911 Royal Commission as to the Decentralisation in Railway Transit, see: https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/38817720?q&versionId=51544349 and https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-234152383/view Unfortunately only the front cover of the report held at the National Library of … More Bikinis or Coal Jetties on Stockton Beach? An Alternate Vision from 1911

High Street, Maitland in 1886

November 5, 2019

“High Street, Maitland 1886” has been digitally remastered by David Sciffer from the original 1886 Mahlstedt and Gee plans, 2019. We thank Mr Sciffer for allowing the University’s Hunter Living Histories to make this work accessible to the wider research communities. Click on the image above for the high resolution version, at 17000 pixels across, … More High Street, Maitland in 1886

Newcastle Military Barracks

October 16, 2019

(This post has been transferred from ‘Newcastle Government Domain’ WordPress site- originally posted 16 December 2014) HISTORIC MILITARY BARRACKS (Adapted from thesis “Here is an asylum open . . . Constructing a Culture of Government Care in Australia 1801 – 2014”) By Dr Ann Hardy Newcastle’s former military barracks are located in the heart of … More Newcastle Military Barracks

Maps of Newcastle and suburbs

September 19, 2019

UPDATE All plans have now been uploaded. If you are a regular visit to this site, you have probably seen Russell Rigby’s excellent presentation on the Hunter District Water Board Plans of the 1890s. At the time he was writing, the plans had not yet been uploaded to any of our sites. However, they have … More Maps of Newcastle and suburbs

The Hunter District Water Board Plans

June 7, 2019

The Hunter District Water Board Plans of the 1890s A Presentation to the Hunter Living Histories Initiative By Mr. Russell Rigby In the 1890s the Hunter District Water Board commissioned the Survey Section of the Land Department to produce a series of large scale plans of urban Newcastle, for planning purposes. The … More The Hunter District Water Board Plans

Google Earth with overlay of 1938 Criagies Motor Map and 5,500 Place Names of Aboriginal and European Origin across NSW

5,500 Place Names of Aboriginal and European Origin Across New South Wales Mapped in Google Earth

May 16, 2019

This work is conducted in memory and respectfully honours the First Australian People, the Aboriginal People of this land. The full digitised manuscript of Canon Stretch’s “Toponomy: Place Names of New South Wales, Their Origin, Meaning and Locality” (Archives Location: A9082 ) is here: https://livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/101365 Please Note: Open both .KMZ files in the stand … More 5,500 Place Names of Aboriginal and European Origin Across New South Wales Mapped in Google Earth

Floods in the lower Hunter, 1857

May 8, 2019

The University Library is delighted to have acquired a rare map and report showing the “extent to which the low lands of the River Hunter, and its tributaries between Oakhampton and Hexham were submerged by the Great Flood of August 1857.” The map was drawn by J. Francis Adams, Licensed Surveyor, and ordered to be … More Floods in the lower Hunter, 1857

Part of Hunter’s River: (or the Coal River) surveyed by Lieutenant Charles Jeffries, Commander of H. M. G. Brig. Kangaroo.

March 30, 2019

The Linen Copy of Jeffries’ 1816 Chart of Part of Hunter’s River (or the Coal River) Pictured above is a linen copy of the 1816 Jeffries Chart of Part of Hunter’s River held in the State Library of New South Wales. With regards to the State Library of NSW linen copy see Entry Here … More Part of Hunter’s River: (or the Coal River) surveyed by Lieutenant Charles Jeffries, Commander of H. M. G. Brig. Kangaroo.

Know Your Hunter Region

March 26, 2019

To Sustain the Hunter, We Must Know the Hunter 2008 Presentation of The UON’s Tom Farrell Institute for the Environment Provided by Dr Karel Grezel. It all began around 200 million years ago……. • Our piece of the earth’s crust was located around 70 degrees South latitude as part of Gondwana, the great southern land … More Know Your Hunter Region

Lake Macquarie Surveys 1829

February 22, 2019

Dr Jim Wafer recently came across some material held by State Archive and Records New South Wales (SARA) consisting of three survey maps of sections of Lake Macquarie, drawn by surveyor J. Ralfe in 1829. One of the maps includes Reverend Lancelot Threlkeld’s farm. They appear to have been digitised from microfilm copies. We have … More Lake Macquarie Surveys 1829