THE NOBBY ROCK, NEWCASTLE. Newcastle, whose trade is second only to that of Sydney, owes its commercial importance, if not its existence as a large shipping port, in no small measure to the works which have been completed there. There are at present two breakwaters in course of construction at Newcastle – one about 2000 … More The Nobby Rock, Newcastle (Illustrated Sydney News, 25 November 1871)
This extraordinary view is based upon a photograph taken around 1865. See: https://hunterlivinghistories.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/1990-mulimbahhouseeje.pdf A discussion of this engraving and its original source photograph from circa 1865 is here: https://hunterlivinghistories.com/2019/03/07/earliest-photograph/ Gionni Di Gravio University Archivist & Chair, Hunter Living Histories
THE RECENT GALE THE first premonition of the storm was felt on the morning of the 11th ult; : the barometer became very unsettled, and heavy banked clouds along the eastern horizon became heavier as the day wore on, until about two o’clock, when the wind, shifted from W. to S. and E., and the … More Wreck of the Cawarra, at Newcastle (Illustrated Sydney News 16th August 1866)
WRECK OF THE VICTOR, AT NEWCASTLE. ON the 16th ult. the brig Victor, of and for Melbourne from Newcastle, with coals, was becalmed off the latter port, and slowly drifted ashore until the captain, not liking the vessel’s position, attempted, unsuccessfully, to wear her, and immediately afterwards she bumped heavily. The steam tug Prince … More Wreck of the Victor, at Newcastle. 16th April 1866
B17334 Honeysuckle Project Historical and Industrial Archaeological Survey. C. & M.J. Doring Pty Ltd Consulting Engineers. October 1991. 440p with plans (217 MB PDF File) (Donated by Professor Howard Dick) Digitised by volunteer Matthew Carr-Kirwan.
VIEW OF NEWCASTLE. IN point of commerce the city of Newcastle is the second city of New South Wales, ranking next in importance to Sydney. It is situated on the slope of a hill, on the southern shore of the embouchure of the Hunter River, about seventy miles north of Port Jackson. Like its great … More Newcastle in 1865 (Illustrated Sydney News)
NEWCASTLE. Newcastle, formerly known as King’s Town, is a free port in the County of Northumberland. It is situated about eighty miles from Sydney, at the mouth of the Hunter, which, rising in the Liverpool Range, passes through a fertile and extensive tract of country, and receiving, below the thriving inland town of Maitland, two … More Newcastle in 1855 (Illustrated Sydney News)
Robert Watson has stitched together two Ralph Snowball glass negative images of the streetscape of 65-73 Hunter Street held at the University of Newcastle’s Cultural Collections (Archives), and promoted in the Newcastle Herald through their Archival Revival Feature on Hunter Shops on the 30 March 2017. The originals are on our flickr site here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/uon/3965304628/ … More 65-73 Hunter Street Newcastle in 1891
A View of Kings Town (late Newcastle)Â Info: http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-135205567 The drawing above, in sepia wash, and measuring 17.7 x 37 cm, appears to be either the original drawing from which the published engraving in Dangar’s Index came from, or vice versa. See: http://libguides.newcastle.edu.au/aboriginalsourcebook/kingstown1 What do you think? c.1820 Unknown A view of King’s Town. (c.1820/1828) … More A View of King’s Town (Newcastle) circa 1822-1825 (Published 1828)
Marilla North launches her eagerly awaited first installment of Yarn Spinners on the lives of three extraordinary women;Â Dymphna Cusack, Miles Franklin and Florence James at a FREE event during the Hunter Writers Festival this Friday “In Conversation with Dr Ann Hardy” 11-12pm Mulubinba Room, Newcastle Town Hall. Info on the Event is here:Â http://www.newcastlewritersfestival.org.au/session/yarn-spinners/ Info … More Come in Yarn Spinners – Three Outstanding Women Dymphna Cusack, Miles Franklin and Florence James