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
Podcast Available Here- Unholy Love (33:50) – Dark Stories True Crimes CASE 8: UNHOLY LOVE A day’s walk southwest from the river town of Morpeth brought colonisers to the modest valley of Mulberry Creek, where the red-moon faced John Thornton moved with his wife Mary Baker in 1842 to work on a small farm lease … More COAL RIVER TRUE CRIME: UNHOLY LOVE
In the State Library of New South Wales is held an album of 37 watercolour and pencil drawings by Edward Charles Close that was a gift to his daughter Marrianne Collison Close on the 17th February 1844. Four of the watercolours are scenes taken in Newcastle and Lake Macquarie. The link containing a full description … More The Drawings of Edward Charles Close – 1844