A Bird’s Eye View of Newcastle and Suburbs [1974]

These twenty-one aerial posters of suburbs across Newcastle and Lake Macquarie were originally published by the Newcastle Sun. They were entitled “A Bird’s Eye View: A Portfolio of outstanding aerial photographs of Newcastle and suburbs. A Special ‘Newcastle Sun’ Reader Service” [1974] They look more like a early prototype of Google Earth for the Region, … More A Bird’s Eye View of Newcastle and Suburbs [1974]

George Pugh – Wanderings over Belmont, Newcastle and New Caledonia (1873-1874)

Back in April 2012 we received a very interesting email with regards to one of our stories on our UoNCC Blog relating to Captain Law and the rescue of six communards from New Caledonia. Mr Gary Baker, who, in the course of his family research into his Great Great Uncle Captain George Farrar Pugh, drew … More George Pugh – Wanderings over Belmont, Newcastle and New Caledonia (1873-1874)