The History Channel (through WTFN Productions in Melbourne) is currently in pre-production for ten (10) half hour TV shows entitled “Tony Robinson Walks.” This TV series will identify little known compelling stories illustrating our unique Australian character and feature Tony Robinson, star of the Time Team, The Worst Jobs in History, and Blitz Street. Newcastle … More Lord Mayor’s Round Table
VIEW IN WEST MAITLAND (From The Illustrated Sydney News 31 March 1855 page 142) This view in West Maitland is taken from the store of Mr. R. H. Paulovick, showing the whole extent of High-street in an easterly direction, with the residence of the Rev. G.K. Resden (sic) in the distance. West Maitland, in … More View of High Street West Maitland 1855
VICTORIA BRIDGE BETWEEN EAST AND WEST MAITLAND (From The Illustrated Sydney News 3 December 1853 page 66) This Bridge is from an English design materially improved by the Colonial Architect, E.T. Blackett, Esquire. The building was commenced about the middle of 1851, and finished at a cost of leas (sic) than £2,000. A similar bridge … More Victoria Bridge in 1853
MORPETH (The Illustrated Sydney News 16 October 1865 page 3) The town of Morpeth is situated on the Hunter River, at the highest point navigable for steamers of any size. It is, properly speaking, the port of Maitland, from whence it is distant about four miles. It is connected with Maitland, Newcastle, … More The Town of Morpeth in 1865
NEWCASTLE (From The Illustrated Sydney News, 26 November 1853 p.58) 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, … More Newcastle in November 1853
Raymond Terrace Hunter’s River (From the Illustrated Sydney News 10 December 1853 p75) Raymond Terrace is situated about 12 miles from Maitland. There is no doubt that it will ultimately become a very important and thriving part part of the colony. It will be on the new road to New England, by way of Port … More Raymond Terrace Hunter’s River
It was an accidental delight this morning to come across an engraving of John Rae in the Illustrated Sydney News of December 1853. John Rae captured Newcastle in two famous panoramas, one painted in 1849, and again in a photograph circa 1880. These two images capture the changing landscape of the town and are among … More John Rae and Newcastle
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Nobbys Head on Planet Mars Exciting news from Col Maybury, President of the Astronomical Society of the Hunter, with the inclusion of the name ‘Nobbys Head’ on a geological feature on the planet Mars. Col Maybury Writes to NASA Col wrote to the NASA team for naming rights a year or so ago as … More Nobbys Head/Whibayganba on Mars
An interesting digitisation project relating to historical documents of Newcastle has been undertaken by the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies Library in London. It comprises the contents of three hand written volumes entitled: ‘Proclamations, government and general orders : made and published by the several Governors in Chief of the territory of New South Wales’ … More Newcastle Proclamations and Regulations 1801 – 1818